Robert Draper Book: GOP's Anti-Obama Campaign Started Night Of Inauguration

[jaxx]

Robert Draper Book: GOP's Anti-Obama Campaign Started Night Of Inauguration
Posted: 04/25/2012 2:53 pm Updated: 04/25/2012 2:59 pm

WASHINGTON D.C. -- As President Barack Obama was celebrating his inauguration at various balls, top Republican lawmakers and strategists were conjuring up ways to submarine his presidency at a private dinner in Washington, D.C.

The event -- which provides a telling revelation for how quickly the post-election climate soured -- serves as the prologue of Robert Draper's much-discussed and heavily-reported new book, "Do Not Ask What Good We Do: Inside the U.S. House of Representatives."

According to Draper, the guest list that night (which was just over 15 people in total) included Republican Reps. Eric Cantor (Va.), Kevin McCarthy (Calif.), Paul Ryan (Wis.), Pete Sessions (Texas), Jeb Hensarling (Texas), Pete Hoekstra (Mich.) and Dan Lungren (Calif.), along with Republican Sens. Jim DeMint (S.C.), Jon Kyl (Ariz.), Tom Coburn (Okla.), John Ensign (Nev.) and Bob Corker (Tenn.). The non-lawmakers present included Newt Gingrich, several years removed from his presidential campaign, and Frank Luntz, the long-time Republican wordsmith. Notably absent were Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) -- who, Draper writes, had an acrimonious relationship with Luntz.

<..> "You will remember this day," Draper reports Newt Gingrich as saying on the way out. "You’ll remember this as the day the seeds of 2012 were sown."

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What a bunch of rat bastards. I'm now doubly glad that Newt got his ass handed to him and won't be near the WH.

[janedrake]

Well, well... all the usual suspects. I look forward to seeing a collective "FAIL" painted over their images come this November.

[Brewman_Jax]

No shock there. The thought of a black man as President is too much for some people. The FACT of a black man as President is beyond comprehension for too many people.

[Treestar]

Just shows the Rs think only of winning and having the power - never of governing or of the people.

[jaxx]

Innauguration Day Oath: Secret GOP Meeting To 'Take Down' Obama Exposed

Published on Apr 26, 2012 by politicalarticles

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