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The Following Republicans are Dead to Me

By Chip Hanlon | 06/26/09 | 12:56 PM EDT | 10 Comments

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...if they vote "yes" for this Cap-and-tax monstrosity. According to Americans for Prosperity, these are the Republican votes in question, and how they're leaning:

Solid Yes
Bono, Mary (California)

Lean Yes
Cao, Anh (Louisiana)
Castle, Michael (Delaware)
Ehlers, Vernon (Michigan)
Lance, Leonard (New Jersey)
McHugh, John (New York)
Reichert, Dave (Washington )

Undecided
Buchanan, Vern (Florida)
Kirk, Mark (Illinois)
Lobiondo, Frank (New Jersey)
Petri, Thomas (Wisconsin)
Smith, Chris (New Jersey)

...and here's the list of Republicans "leaning" no, which deserves a phone drubbing until they become firm no votes:

Lean No
Johnson, Timothy (Illinois)
Fortenberry, (Jeffrey Nebraska)
Frelinghuysen, Rod (New Jersey)
Gerlach, Jim (Pennsylvania)

For the simplest way to find your representative's phone number, if you see him or her on this list, is to click on this link and enter your zip code. Don't wait--the vote is coming today or tomorrow and the Dems are now making noises like they think they have the votes. Turn back that tide!

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Cap & Trade VOTE NO

If a Republican dare vote yes on Cap n Trade TAX Bill, We Will Vote You OUT OF OFFICE. ANTI AMERICAN TAX BILL is a sham and a greedy money grab by liberal democrats. Please Stand On American Capitalist Principals.

Americans People are NOT stupid and can read the facts on the sham of global warming.

We will Not Forget Your Vote.

Submitted by Pamela Pope on Fri, 06/26/09 - 01:16 PM »

Right on! I called my squish,

Right on! I called my squish, Reichert. What the hell is the matter with you, Dave?!!!!!!

Submitted by Phil G on Fri, 06/26/09 - 01:26 PM »

What are these Republicans

What are these Republicans thinking? Have they learned nothing? My God, at what point do you just make the leap to the other side of the aisle? Any Republican voting yes on this taxpayer highway robbery should be retired in 2010. No exceptions. Do what's right, for crying-out-loud!!!

Submitted by Bill on Fri, 06/26/09 - 01:29 PM »

I did not realize that we had

I did not realize that we had so many Republicans with so little backbone. There is absolutely no justification for voting yes on this fraudulent legislation. Have they learned nothing from the past two election cycles?

People wonder why Ron Paul can generate so much support. This is a great example of everything that's gone wrong with the GOP and why fringe candidates start to become appealing.

Submitted by Sally on Fri, 06/26/09 - 01:33 PM »

Okay Chip.....

I agree, but what about all the Republicans that voted for the one trillion dollar TARP bailout. Can we please include them on your list to?

Submitted by Allan Bartlett on Fri, 06/26/09 - 03:25 PM »

I railed against TARP in

I railed against TARP in writing at the time but no, the people who voted for it don't belong on the same list with the Cap-and-Tax Republicans and here's why: sometimes, those of us out here in commentary land need to acknowledge that we don't have to walk down onto that floor and cast hard votes. Imagine if the Secretary of the Treasury came up to you, sat you down and solemnly said, "if you don't vote for this, the world financial system will grind to a halt literally any day now and global chaos will result. ATM machines will not even be able to dispense cash." Maybe you're not tied in enough to know that was the pitch, but THAT WAS THE PITCH. If you can honestly say you wouldn't have given a second thought to voting against TARP if you were in office, then your opinion is amateur hour-- typical of the most extreme liberarian nuts who don't deal in reality to begin with. I have much higher regard for your intelligence than to think that. Was TARP a bad vote? Of course, but good people got fooled by a supposed financial genius who told them they'd be responsible for kicking off a new Dark Ages if they didn't pass his TARP legislation. The panic of that bill in no way resembles what just went on with Cap and Tax.

Submitted by Chip Hanlon on Sat, 06/27/09 - 01:51 AM »

The rationalizations & excuses must stop now...

And yes I was completely dialed in to the pitch that Paulson was making to members. Obviously the pitch didn't work on a majority of GOP members because they rightly voted against the TARP bailout by a margin of 108 to 91(Roll Call Vote 681 last year). So your argument of my opinion being "amateur hour" doesn't hold water. I have to say though that these rationalizations by you and Matt trying to say that the TARP vote doesn't compare to the gravity of the cap & tax vote is very disingenuous of you guys. All I'm asking for is consistency here. You can't argue for policing members on this vote and then give a wink and a nod to a trillion dollar bailout giveaway and be credible. Our party has to regain believablity on smaller gov/fiscal matters. We're not going to get that if we keep excusing the Reps who voted for the bailout as "well they just had to buckle under the pressure". If I want that kind of Republican, I'll just keep voting for the RINO-y Arnold Schwarzeneggers of the world.

Submitted by Allan Bartlett on Sat, 06/27/09 - 03:52 AM »

I understand your sentiment

I understand your sentiment and completely agree that TARP was despicable, Allan. Re-read this, for example, which I wrote at the time: http://www.greenfaucet.com/economy/what-has-paul-ryan-done/10072. I'm simply making the point that you and I get to be purely philosophical because we don't have to cast votes, and the environment around TARP was different. That GOP majority against it, by the way, would not have been one had they needed more votes to pass it. That's fyi. I'm just constantly worried that you're going to tip all the way over into loony libertarian land, where the real world becomes a distant memory. If you're not going there, great. And I'm not giving a complete pass to those who voted for TARP. For example, I think Paul Ryan sacrificed his claim to being the big future leader for our party and even our own John Campbell paid a price-- he was set to become the Chair of the Republican Study Committee but undoubtedly lost it becauce of his yes vote on TARP. As much as I hate to say it, I think it's right he lost that slot as a result. Still, you can't equate the simplicity of voting against Cap-and-Tax with the environment surrounding TARP. Can't be done. Sorry if my pointing out that reality offends you.

Submitted by Chip Hanlon on Sat, 06/27/09 - 12:31 PM »

List 'Em

Please get us the final list when it becomes available.

RINOS... GTFO of the party. Step aside and let others with principles stand up and do the job you just refused to do. You are a pathetic bunch of useful idiots, GO TO HELL.

Submitted by Jeff Williams on Fri, 06/26/09 - 07:55 PM »