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VIDEO: Cantor, Ryan, McCarthy go from “Young Guns” to “Middle Aged But Holding Up Okay Guns.”

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· Wednesday, June 5th, 2013 at 3:00 pm

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Rachel Maddow does it again. Last night’s show was hilarious, as you can see by this very segment on Aging Guns Who Insist on Womaning Down:

Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor turns 50 on Thursday…. Awkward thing here, though, is this. Mr. Cantor and Congressman Kevin McCarthy and Congressman Paul Ryan back in 2007, they decided to embrace a nickname given to them by the Weekly Standard Magazine, the Young Guns.

I ran a post or two on that very thing, that very laughable thing, right here: POW! Young Guns: A New Generation of Conservatives Who Think They’re Leaders and here: “Young Guns”: Conservatives Who Think They’re Leaders.

Godtheywerefunny. The gun imagery, the idea that they were cool, studly, rough ‘n tough cowpokes (dressed as insurance salesmen), I couldn’t have written anything half as amusing if I’d tried.

Back to Rachel:

It’s 2007, these guys are young and totally with it. Republicans are young and they’re so young and vital! But then, you know, life happens, nobody stays young forever. And at a certain point, a nickname like Young Guns starts to feel like false advertising.

You could change it to something like “Middle Aged But Holding Up Okay Guns.”

Another awkward thing here, though, is the original Young Guns were all guys. In trying to make the Republican party seem less like it was “all guys,” the Young Guns tried to start a new effort last year called Y.G. Woman Up! And right after they started that, they released their slate of endorsed candidates for Congress in 2012 which actually had proportionally fewer women than were already serving in Congress.

So that ended up being an awkward thing too. Woman up!, by which we mean woman down.

Now, though, these guys are taking another crack at it. It’s not going very well.

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Tags : 2007, embarrass yourself much?, Eric Cantor, gop fail, GOP hypocrisy, Kevin McCarthy, Paul Ryan, The Rachel Maddow Show, U.S. Congress, video, War on Women, women's equality, womens rights, Young Guns

Is Eric Cantor doing his best Chuck Hagel impression?

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· Tuesday, March 5th, 2013 at 10:14 am

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Please welcome The Political Carnival’s newest guest blogger “The Democratic Advisor” (@demadvisor):

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va) tweeted this out from last night’s American Israel Public Affairs Committee: @GOPLeader “To all of our Christian brothers and sisters who are with us, we salute you and we thank you for standing with Israel #aipac2013.”

The tweet jumped off the page because it is suggesting quite explicitly that Jewish Americans have a greater or more intrinsic interest in the fate of Israel than other Americans do. To some extent, it was a grand conflating of Israel and Judaism by America’s top Jewish elected official.

Meanwhile, a few short weeks ago, what seemed like the entirety of the GOP was in an outcry over Chuck Hagel’s comment in a 2006 interview that “the Jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people up here.” Hagel apologized, saying that he should have said “pro-Israel lobby,” and pointed out that this was the only time he had used the “pro-Jewish” wording. Hagel also walked back the rest of the comment, saying that he should have said “influences” rather than “intimidates.” Here’s a short Washington Post piece on the Hagel comments.

It’s hard to know exactly how much of the GOP outrage was genuine and how much was part of its failed attempt to trump up an argument against Hagel’s candidacy. But an underlying issue was that Israel and the Jewish religion were two separate things, and that suggesting anything else (or using a phrase once in your life that could have been construed as such) was anti-Semitic.

But it seems like Cantor did exactly the same thing last night. Looking forward to the calls for an apology from his fellow Republicans.

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The 112th Congressional Fool awards or as it’s better known, The Jerkies

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· Sunday, February 24th, 2013 at 11:22 am

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Today’s guest post is by our pal and regular TPC contributor, David Garber.

IT’S AWARD SEASON

Okay. Tonight’s the night. I have my copy of the 85th Academy Awards ballot in front of me and I’m about to make my predictions. Oh, wait, what’s this? Stuck to the back of my ballot is another one. Why it’s the 112th Congressional Fool awards or as it’s better known, The Jerkies. How’d that get there? Better yet, let’s see who’s made the cut.

Best Bonehead Quote of the Year. The Nominees are:

1. Todd Akin for “Legitimate Rape”
2. Mitt Romney for “The 47 % Solution”
3. The GOP for “You Didn’t Build that…” intentional misquote
4. Newt Gingrich for “We will have the first base on the moon.”
5. Eric Ferhnstrom: “It’s almost like an Etch-A-Sketch.”

2012 Idiot of the Year. The Nominees are:

1. John Boehner for insisting his name is pronounced ‘Baner’.
2. Mitch McConnell for still trying to make Obama a one term president.
3. Eric Cantor for trying to convince the GOP he’s not after Boehner’s SOTH position
4. Chief Justice Roberts for leading the SCOTUS into believeing corporations are people
5. Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell for signing the forced vaginal medical rape he calls an ultra sound test.

The Most Deserved Spanking of the Year Award”. The Nominees are:

1. The GOP led Congress for it’s obstructionism and anti-populist positions
2. The Democratic led Senate for cowardliness in settling on a handshake agreement on the flilibuster
3. The entire Congress for being scared poopless of the NRA
4. Rush Limbaugh for being Rush Limbaugh
5. Fox News for everything

Wow, that final category was pretty tough. They’re all so deserving. How do I choose? Wait, what’s this box I can check off over here:

Choice solutions for 2013: Best way to show our disgust with the current government:

1. Write/call your congress person and put them on notice that you’re watching them.
2. Attend political gatherings and speak up.
3. Educate yourself about the facts, not just accept what you hear on the TV faux news.
4. Speak out with your vote. Don’t take your eye off the ball and don’t let them take your vote away.
5. Dump the Chump — vote out all incumbents and replace them with new, responsive representation.

Boy, I better get my ballot filled out. This is really going to be a big award’s night. I can’t wait to see who wins.

Is the 113th Congress really nicknamed, “Django Unchainged?”

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VIDEO: Eric Cantor was against the DREAM Act before he was for it, but doesn’t know what it is

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· Sunday, February 10th, 2013 at 2:48 pm

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Think Progress:

In 2010, Cantor and 160 other Republicans voted against the DREAM Act, a measure that “would offer a pathway to citizenship for undocumented young people who attend college or serve in the military.”

Today, on Meet the Press:

See what happens when 70 percent of the Latino vote goes to a Democratic presidential candidate?

Can you say “pandering”? How about “phony”? No? What about “desperate”? Still no? Then try this: “Anything for a few more votes.”

Via Think Progress:

CANTOR: I have put out a proposal. I don’t know what the DREAM Act at this point is. What I say is, we’ve got a place, I think, all of us can come together, and that is for the kids.

GREGORY: Can you bring conservatives looking to supporting a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants who are here without having to first leave the country?

CANTOR: There is a lot of movement right now in the House and the Senate, both sides of the aisle, with folks having a lot of different ideas. I think –

GREGORY: Yes or no to that question? You could really do it. If you went all in, you could bring along the right in the House, couldn’t you?

CANTOR: I think a good place to start is with children. Here’s the difficulty in this issue, I think. And it is because we’ve got families who are here that have become part of the fabric of our country. And we want to make sure that we’re compassionate and sensitive to their plight. These kids know no other place as home. On the other hand, we are a country of laws. We have a situation of border security that we have to get straight. We have to secure our borders. There is a balance that needs to take place. But the best place to begin, I think, is with the children. Let’s go ahead and get that under our belt. Put a win on the board. And so we can promise a better life for those kids who are here due to no fault of their own.

“I don’t know what the DREAM Act at this point is.” Yeah, you do.

“I think, all of us can come together, and that is for the kids.” No, that is for the GOP.

“And we want to make sure that we’re compassionate and sensitive to their plight.” And by “compassionate and sensitive” he means “holding our noses” and “hypocritical.” Did I mention dishonest and pandering? Or pandering? How about pandering? Oh, sorry, I meant pandering. My bad.

“Let’s go ahead and get that under our belt. Put a win on the board.” And by “put a win on the board” that is exactly what he meant.

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VIDEO– #ShameOnCantor: Reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act

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· Tuesday, February 5th, 2013 at 1:40 pm

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DcccVideo:

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee released a new video today showcasing Republican Leader Eric Cantor and the Tea Party Republicans’ real approach to women: a never-ending war to turn back the clock on women’s rights. Millions of women have been left out in the cold by Tea Party House Republicans and Republican Leader Eric Cantor, who refuse to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act.

As the Senate is planning to again reauthorize VAWA this week, Republican Leader Cantor gave a speech today designed to showcase the party’s “softer” side. Cantor is widely reported to be responsible for blocking the bipartisan Violence Against Women Act, which protects all women and provides critical funding to protect women from domestic abuse.

UPDATE via Think Progress:

Eight Senators on Monday voted not to consider the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, a bill that protects victims of domestic violence. The Senators who voted against moving to debate on the bill were: Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Mike Lee (R-UT), Tim Scott (R-SC), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Mike Johanns (R-NE), Rand Paul (R-KY), Pat Roberts (R-KS), and James Risch (R-ID).

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Hoyer: “You cannot… get our country on a fiscally sustainable path without additional revenues.” Well, if he insists…

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· Tuesday, January 15th, 2013 at 2:21 pm

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Via FreakOutNation

Revenues are swell– mandatory, in fact– but Steny Hoyer also said that President Obama and the Dems are ready to accept significant spending cuts, or as The Hill called them, reductions. Define “significant” por favor. “Significant” cuts to Medicare? Social Security? Those reductions?

Meantime, Republicans are pleased as punch with themselves and their threats to shut down the government. Crash that economy! Go-o-o GOP! Rah! America first! Aren’t they just totes adorbs?

Via The Hill:

Rejecting GOP ultimatums, Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said Tuesday that new revenues must accompany spending cuts as Congress prepares to jump headfirst into a series of high-stakes budget debates. [...]

Hoyer, the Democratic whip, said it’s “categorically not true” that the last deal takes new revenues off the table in the coming talks.

“I certainly reject it out of hand,” Hoyer said during his weekly Capitol press briefing. “You cannot get to where we need to get — to get our country on a fiscally sustainable path — without additional revenues.”

It starts to get comical now, because Eric Cantor opened his big mouth and this WTF Moment fell out:

“It’s time for President Obama to stop putting our credit rating at risk and acknowledge we need a credible deficit reduction plan attached to any increase in the debt limit.”

I’msorrywhat?

That would be the spending that Congress approved, that Congress put on the Giant U.S. Visa card, the bills they racked up and voted for, the same ones Republicans are now refusing to pay now that they’re coming due.

They are the ones who are willing to hold everyone in the country hostage and put our reputation and the world economy at risk in order to get their ridiculous, disastrous spending cuts. It’s all explained in this post: You are about to enter another dimension, a dangerous land of debt ceiling negotiation. Next stop, the Deadbeat Zone!

All the projection in the universe won’t convince America that it is the president who is playing with lives when it is those on the right who have publicly and proudly said they are using the debt ceiling as leverage, as ransom. Stick that in your debt deal and smoke it, Cantor.

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Poll-itics: Eric Cantor is extremely unpopular

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· Thursday, January 10th, 2013 at 12:51 pm

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Public Policy Polling has some good news for Democrats, and it rhymes with Schmeric Schmantor, Schmen Schmuccinelli, and Schmovernor Schmorced Schmultrasound:

Bob McDonnell has solid numbers too, with a 48/35 approval spread. Even so he would trail Warner 52/42 if he tried to run for the Senate next year. The rest of the Republicans we tested do far worse. Bill Bolling would trail by 18 points at 53/35. Eric Cantor, who’s a very unpopular figure with a 27/44 favorability rating, trails Warner 56/37. And likely 2013 Gubernatorial nominee Ken Cuccinelli does the worst in a hypothetical head to head with Warner, trailing 57/36. Barring some dramatic reversal of Warner’s popularity he looks safe for next year.

And just to add to our smug-itude, President Obama’s approval rating in Virginia is now up to 53 percent.

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