Make no mistake...I have never been a fan of Eric Cantor....I'm still not...and when I heard that he suffered a stunning primary loss...I was ecstatic with glee until I found out WHO he lost too..A Tea party supported candidate...
If I didn't like Eric Cantor...I certainly dislike the Tea Party and anybody that stands with them even less...In this case...Eric Cantor is not the better of two evils...He's evil, but yet another evil taking his place...
In the most stunning upset so far of this midterm season, the second-highest ranking Republican in the House of Representatives lost his party’s primary on Tuesday. Eric Cantor, the man seen as next-in-line to become House Speaker, was handily defeated by college professor Dave Brat. WHO???
It's extraordinary and damn near unheard of for an incumbant congressional leader to lose his or her primary race and, in this case, one of the big reasons for the upset was the highly charged issue of immigration.
Eric Cantor had previously supported a "Dream Act"-like proposal to provide a path to citizenship for children who were brought to the United States illegally. "One of the great founding principles of our country was that children would not be punished for the mistakes of their parents," Cantor said in a speech a year ago. "It is time to provide an opportunity for legal residence and citizenship for those who were brought to this country as children and who know no other home."
In his long-shot campaign,Dave Brat attacked Cantor on that stance. "Eric Cantor is saying we should bring more folks into the country, increase the labor supply - and by doing so, lower wage rates for the working person," Dave Brat charged.
To protect his right flank on immigration, Eric Cantor sent out mailers saying he led the fight against President Obama's “amnesty” -- that is, comprehensive immigration reform that had passed the Senate a year ago.
I don't think the attack Obama card got him the knee jerk support he was hoping for this time. And as Tuesday's Virginia primary proved, that ultimately wasn't enough.
Before tonight's Tea Party victory, establishment Republicans had cruised to victory in many contests. In North Carolina, the Chamber of Commerce-backed Thom Tillis won the state's Senate GOP primary.
In Idaho, an establishment incumbent congressman defended his seat. And in Kentucky, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell easily defeated his Tea Party challenger.
But in Mississippi last week, Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., was forced into a June 24 runoff. And now the No.2-ranking House Republican goes down to defeat.
What is the world coming to huh? There is a saying...The enemy of my enemy is my friend....Not in this case!
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Well, well, well. I think the chickens have come home to roost! To me, Eric Cantor is a smarmy, narcissistic narrow-minded man who sought only his own progress. He wanted to be the first Jewish Speaker of the House and did all he could to set himself in the place to make it happen. He set himself against President Obama on every action even those that would have benefitted the nation. He was at the infamous dinner on President Obama's inauguration night planning to do our president and Americans a dirty deal of doing nothing. He led the fights against healthcare. He championed the breakdown of the EPA. Count on Eric to help shut the government down and then smile at the camera as he blamed the president.
Good riddance!! I wonder if he'll have a chance to vote for extending unemployment benefits before he leaves office. I think he'll need more than 26 weeks to find a job!!
And Dave Brat isn't going anywhere. Did you hear him speak yesterday? He sounded like a tea party fanatic! As a college professor he's had to do some writing at length about his beliefs. Somebody right now is culling his writings and we will know shortly who this man is. People who say that God is on their side have it wrong. We should be on God's side. Any thinking person knows the difference.
Good Riddance to Eric Cantor and like Arlene said...Dave Brat is a nobody and he isn't going anywhere!
Remember what you once wrote about the endless list of folks that won't be missed? Count Eric Cantor as one of them!
Hallelujah! He's gone!
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