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In reporting on John Boehner’s reelection as speaker, the Wall Street Journal uses some curious language when it notes that House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia and Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy of California joined “149 other GOP rebels” to vote against the fiscal tax bill that passed on New Year’s Day. Rebels?
One hundred fifty-one House Republicans voted against the bill, 85 voted for it. Wouldn’t the latter be more properly called rebels, given that they rejected the position held by a vast majority of their Republican colleagues? That of course would make the re-elected Speaker their real rebel here.
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Simon Templar| 1.3.13 @ 3:43PM
Yeah, Boner is a rebel. My god, you are an idiot.
Now, that really, sincerely is the most ridiculous article I have ever read here. Congratulations.
Redfray | 1.3.13 @ 4:45PM
To the life of me, I can't understand the republican party. They have to be much worse than the democrat party. The speaker has sold us down the stream everytime he has negotiated any house bill. How can the people we elected not see how stupid they are. I'm very sure I want vote for any of my federal people in the next election. They don't care about me, nor do they care about our country. All they want is to get reelected. How do we stop this terrible actions by our elected leaders? Of course most are not leaders. I hope this gun control play by federal or state governments starts a war, that will make these elected people take notice.
spike59| 1.4.13 @ 5:52AM
The 151 are called 'rebels' because they voted against the wished of His Royal Inadequacy; the election is over, and the MSM is simply reminding us that we are all supposed to bow down or something...
Occam's Tool| 1.4.13 @ 6:20PM
The WSJ EDITORIAL page is Conservative; the reporting is pure Liberalism.