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Old 02-05-2009, 12:02 PM
 
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Frustrated by a lack of bipartisan outreach from House Democratic leaders, Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, said House Republicans -- who voted unanimously last week against the economic plan pushed by President Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi -- will pitch a "positive, loyal opposition" to the proposal. The group, he added, should also "understand insurgency" in implementing efforts to offer alternatives.

"Insurgency, we understand perhaps a little bit more because of the Taliban," Sessions said during a meeting yesterday with Hotline editors. "And that is that they went about systematically understanding how to disrupt and change a person's entire processes. And these Taliban -- I'm not trying to say the Republican Party is the Taliban. No, that's not what we're saying. I'm saying an example of how you go about [sic] is to change a person from their messaging to their operations to their frontline message. And we need to understand that insurgency may be required when the other side, the House leadership, does not follow the same commands, which we entered the game with.
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"If they do not give us those options or opportunities then we will then become insurgency of a nature to where we do those things that are necessary to making sure the American public knows what we think the correct answer is," Sessions said during the 60-minute interview. "So we either work together, or we're going to find a way to get our message out."

When pressed to clarify, Sessions said he was not comparing the House Republican caucus to the Taliban, the Muslim fundamentalist group.

"I simply said one can see that there's a model out there for insurgency," Sessions said before being interrupted by an aide.

The staffer said Sessions was trying to convey that the Republicans need to start thinking about how to act strategically from their perch in the minority.

Sessions: GOP Insurgency "May Be Required" - Hotline On Call
Oh, Sarah, you influenced your party more than you knew!

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Old 02-05-2009, 12:08 PM
 
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In other words, it's time to be obstructionists.

He could have said that in far fewer words.
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Old 02-05-2009, 12:10 PM
 
Location: North Cackelacky....in the hills.
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Or.....stick to their principles instead of giving in to the left.
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Old 02-05-2009, 12:13 PM
 
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Or.....stick to their principles instead of giving in to the left.
No - just the opposite of sticking to their principles - he wants more gameplaying and less straightforwardness. "[T]hey went about systematically understanding how to disrupt and change a person's entire processes." (most coherent quote I could find)
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Old 02-05-2009, 12:14 PM
 
Location: New York, New York
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Or.....stick to their principles instead of giving in to the left.
They showed their principles over the last eight years. I wonder why they were thumped at the voting booth.
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Old 02-05-2009, 12:15 PM
 
Location: Londonderry, NH
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Now that is a fine example of a well concieved and spoken thought.

Duke/Palin in 2012!

OZ - what principals? The Republicans violated their own as well as the Dems proincipals while they were in charge.
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Old 02-05-2009, 12:15 PM
 
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Well, they already have the religious zealotry down pat.

This goes along with my comments about one posters call for a general strike, the Republican Party seems to be hell bent on conducting neo-fascist obstructionist tactics to derail the outcome of the election which they so decisively lost. You'd think we are in Chile circa 1970.
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Old 02-05-2009, 12:27 PM
 
Location: Dallas, TX
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With the republican party brimming with support from the extreme right wing as the base, they already are on track to be America's Taliban, using religion for authoritarian social, economic and political control.
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Old 02-05-2009, 04:49 PM
 
Location: Maine's garden spot
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Now that is a fine example of a well concieved and spoken thought.

Duke/Palin in 2012!

OZ - what principals? The Republicans violated their own as well as the Dems proincipals while they were in charge.


Yep, thank god that the culture of corrption is all over with.
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Old 02-05-2009, 06:15 PM
 
Location: NE Ohio
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Frustrated by a lack of bipartisan outreach from House Democratic leaders, Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, said House Republicans -- who voted unanimously last week against the economic plan pushed by President Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi -- will pitch a "positive, loyal opposition" to the proposal. The group, he added, should also "understand insurgency" in implementing efforts to offer alternatives.

"Insurgency, we understand perhaps a little bit more because of the Taliban," Sessions said during a meeting yesterday with Hotline editors. "And that is that they went about systematically understanding how to disrupt and change a person's entire processes. And these Taliban -- I'm not trying to say the Republican Party is the Taliban. No, that's not what we're saying. I'm saying an example of how you go about [sic] is to change a person from their messaging to their operations to their frontline message. And we need to understand that insurgency may be required when the other side, the House leadership, does not follow the same commands, which we entered the game with.
***
"If they do not give us those options or opportunities then we will then become insurgency of a nature to where we do those things that are necessary to making sure the American public knows what we think the correct answer is," Sessions said during the 60-minute interview. "So we either work together, or we're going to find a way to get our message out."

When pressed to clarify, Sessions said he was not comparing the House Republican caucus to the Taliban, the Muslim fundamentalist group.

"I simply said one can see that there's a model out there for insurgency," Sessions said before being interrupted by an aide.

The staffer said Sessions was trying to convey that the Republicans need to start thinking about how to act strategically from their perch in the minority.

Sessions: GOP Insurgency "May Be Required" - Hotline On Call
Oh, Sarah, you influenced your party more than you knew!
"Palin style"? What has this got to do with Palin, and why do you call it "Palin style"?
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