{"id":10715,"date":"2015-12-17T15:19:07","date_gmt":"2015-12-17T22:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=10715"},"modified":"2015-12-17T15:19:07","modified_gmt":"2015-12-17T22:19:07","slug":"the-intentional-fail-of-the-gop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2015\/12\/17\/the-intentional-fail-of-the-gop\/","title":{"rendered":"The Intentional Fail of the GOP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Does the Republican party establishment <em>want<\/em> to lose in 2016?\u00a0 Rather than try to show the party base that they really to care about their concerns, the establishment in control of Congress isn&#8217;t even trying to pretend to care, as evidenced by the new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weeklystandard.com\/tax-and-spending-deal-a-lose-lose-for-the-american-people\/article\/2000247\" target=\"_blank\">omnibus spending bil<\/a>l.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Amongst the many pokes in the eye of Republicans:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tax measures to make Obamacare <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/oil-export-ban-drags-down-spending-negotiations-1450198702\" target=\"_blank\">harder to repeal<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Funding <a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/energy-environment\/263447-spending-bill-wont-stop-funds-for-obama-climate-deal\" target=\"_blank\">Obama&#8217;s climate deal<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Fully <a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/healthcare\/263464-planned-parenthood-praises-spending-bill-for-avoiding-cuts\" target=\"_blank\">funding Planned Parenthood.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A <a href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/2015\/12\/15\/congresss-12-billion-giveaway-to-health-insurers\/\" target=\"_blank\">$12 Billion give-away<\/a> to health &#8220;insurers&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>Importing even more <a href=\"http:\/\/freebeacon.com\/issues\/omnibus-would-quadruple-number-of-low-wage-visas-for-foreign-workers\/\" target=\"_blank\">foreign<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/263529-funding-deal-hits-backlash-over-increase-in-worker-visas\" target=\"_blank\">workers<\/a> despite the still low employment rate.<\/li>\n<li>Providing <a href=\"http:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/congress-provides-1-6b-to-resettle-illegal-immigrants-arriving-at-border-through-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\">$1.6 Billion to resettle illegal aliens<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10716\" title=\"obama ryan\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/obama-ryan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/obama-ryan.jpg 640w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/obama-ryan-300x189.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If someone wanted to <a href=\"http:\/\/ace.mu.nu\/archives\/360624.php\" target=\"_blank\">destroy<\/a> the Republican party, would someone do anything different?\u00a0 The Congressional Republicans are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/big-government\/2015\/12\/16\/paul-ryan-betrays-america-1-1-trillion-2000-plus-page-omnibus-bill-funds-fundamental-transformation-america\/\" target=\"_blank\">giving Obama everything he wants<\/a> short of a flashy overt new program, and that only because they want to &#8220;boil the frog&#8221; just short of hot enough to make the frog jump out.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And the frog is parboiled as it is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\"><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatblog\"><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalhat\"><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"The Intentional Fail of the GOP\"><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Does the Republican party establishment want to lose in 2016?  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