{"id":15591,"date":"2015-07-10T11:28:56","date_gmt":"2015-07-10T18:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=15591"},"modified":"2015-07-10T11:28:57","modified_gmt":"2015-07-10T18:28:57","slug":"gop-reps-just-love-to-hate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/07\/10\/gop-reps-just-love-to-hate\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Reps Just Love to Hate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I have to admit that I have seen some decent behavior from some SC Republicans, because they were so shamed at having been caught turning a blind eye to the hatred of their rabid base, to do otherwise would be screaming their own guilt from the rooftops.&#160; But as they righted a long overdue wrong, Congressional Republicans demonstrated that they still just love to hate.<\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0710GOPDixie\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"0710GOPDixie\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/0710GOPDixie.jpg\" width=\"360\" align=\"left\" height=\"237\" \/>[R]epublicans in Congress stumbled into the Confederate flag debate Thursday after Southern lawmakers protested a proposal to put new restrictions on displaying the banner on federal parklands, launching the party into a conversation many leaders would have preferred to avoid.<\/p>\n<p>The uproar in the House rippled across Washington after an amendment banning Confederate flags &#8212; sponsored by a California Democrat, Rep. Jared Huffman &#8212; was attached [<em>without Republican objection at the time<\/em>] to an otherwise routine budget bill making its way through Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Southern Republicans protested the Californian&#8217;s move and threatened to pull their support for the broader $30-billion bill, which funds the Interior Department and other related federal agencies, including the national parks.<\/p>\n<p>House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) and Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield) tried to salvage the situation by putting forward a compromise by another Californian, the Interior Committee&#8217;s chairman, Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Corona).<\/p>\n<p>But the compromise backfired and was seen as too weak by Democrats, who accused the GOP of protecting what many view as a racist Southern symbol of slavery\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Inserted from &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/nation\/la-nn-congress-flag-20150709-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">LA Times<\/a>&gt;<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><a href=\"http:\/\/on.msnbc.com\/1LZfeyM\" target=\"_blank\">Rachel Maddow<\/a> covered the story very well.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><\/font><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/player.theplatform.com\/p\/7wvmTC\/MSNBCEmbeddedOffSite?guid=n_maddow_ablock_150709\" width=\"635\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Be advised that Agent Orange cannot have an idea get &quot;firm in his head.&quot; He&#8217;s a limp Boehner. The racism that the Republican Party leadership routinely practices is not overt. It&#8217;s dog-whistle racism. 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