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House rookies meet 'new day' the old way

Chappy

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“Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss”

— lyrics, “Won't Get Fooled Again” by Pete Townshend, performed by The Who​

The more things change … well, you know the rest …

Excerpted from “House rookies meet 'new day' the old way” By Dan Eggen, Washington Post Staff Writer, The Washington Post, Monday, December 6, 2010
[SIZE="+2"]A[/SIZE]fter Francisco "Quico" Canseco beat Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-Tex.) as part of the Republican wave on Nov. 2, the tea party favorite declared: "It's going to be a new day in Washington."

Two weeks later, Canseco was in the heart of Washington for a $1,000-a-head fundraiser at the Capitol Hill Club. The event - hosted by Reps. Pete Sessions (R-Tex.) and Jeb Hensarling (R-Tex.) - was aimed at paying off more than $1.1 million in campaign debts racked up by Canseco, much of it from his own pocket.

After winning election with an anti-Washington battle cry, Canseco and other incoming Republican freshmen have rapidly embraced the capital's culture of big-money fundraisers, according to new campaign finance reports and other records. …
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Proving once again that the Tea Party movement has been betrayed by Republicans elected under its banners.
 
Eh, I don't see this as particularly damning. How else are you supposed to repay $1.1 million in debt?
I'd be begging for change too!
*drumbeat*
 
So going to the very Washington special interests that the Tea Party movement railed against is the only way to pay for elections? Huh. Just, huh.
 
Chappy said:
So going to the very Washington special interests that the Tea Party movement railed against is the only way to pay for elections? Huh. Just, huh.
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The Tea Party railed against political fund raising? I musta missed that.
 
Chappy said:
So going to the very Washington special interests that the Tea Party movement railed against is the only way to pay for elections? Huh. Just, huh.
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The Tea Party seems to be a lot more "GOVERNMENT BAD" than "SPECIAL INTERESTS BAD." Special interest groups are businesses, and businesses are sacred institutions of America!*

*when donating to conservative causes
 
Deuce said:
The Tea Party seems to be a lot more "GOVERNMENT BAD" than "SPECIAL INTERESTS BAD." Special interest groups are businesses, and businesses are sacred institutions of America!*

*when donating to conservative causes
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Businesses are bad, now?
 
Deuce said:
No, why would you say that? What problem do you have with capitalism?
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I'm a real live American entreprenuer. I love capitalism.

I was living the American dream, before the most Liberals government in our history cocked it all up.
 
apdst said:
I'm a real live American entreprenuer. I love capitalism.

I was living the American dream, before the most Liberals government in our history cocked it all up.
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So where did you get this idea that business is bad?
 
Deuce said:
So where did you get this idea that business is bad?
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I was only asking a question. It was purdy much a yes, or no deal. Care to tackle it?
 
apdst said:
I was only asking a question. It was purdy much a yes, or no deal. Care to tackle it?
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I don't see where you'd get the idea that I was proposing businesses are bad things or whatever.
 
apdst said:
The Tea Party railed against political fund raising? I musta missed that.
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I think the implication is that the Tea Party ran as being anti-establishment. Fund raising money by holding a really expensive dinner is pretty pro-establishment.
 
Hatuey said:
I think the implication is that the Tea Party ran as being anti-establishment. Fund raising money by holding a really expensive dinner is pretty pro-establishment.
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Unless it's anti-establishment folks doing the donating.
 
apdst said:
Unless it's anti-establishment folks doing the donating.
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Only we know that's not really true is it. 'Anti-establishment' folks don't play high level politics.
 
Chappy said:
So going to the very Washington special interests that the Tea Party movement railed against is the only way to pay for elections? Huh. Just, huh.
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I don't know what special interests they are. They could be Freedom for Prosperity, tea party organizations or the Koch Bro. I wouldn't have I problem.
I'm just glad he was able to beat his Dem opponent who received donations from Charlie Rangle and Maxine Waters.
 
The Tea Party mainly railed against taxes, Obamacare and government spending. It's a reach to read into it that this guy has bought into "the establishment". He hasn't cast one vote yet.
 
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