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64. it was a real CONSPIRACY to destroy him; they actually met & conspired the night of the inauguration
Thu Sep 11, 2014, 05:28 PM
Sep 2014
Robert Draper Book: GOP's Anti-Obama Campaign Started Night Of Inauguration

WASHINGTON -- 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.

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.

For several hours in the Caucus Room (a high-end D.C. establishment), the book says they plotted out ways to not just win back political power, but to also put the brakes on Obama's legislative platform.

read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/25/robert-draper-anti-obama-campaign_n_1452899.html




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Cromwell West is not a serious voice for any kind of folk. Fred Sanders Sep 2014 #1
No, he is not, Fred. sheshe2 Sep 2014 #2
I think our armchair psychoanalysis is very near the truth....Obama saw through him. Fred Sanders Sep 2014 #15
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I'll get back to this. Thanks, Sheshe. freshwest Sep 2014 #4
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let's not forget ----> napkinz Sep 2014 #7
My reaction, napkinz. sheshe2 Sep 2014 #12
the RACIST Republicans set out to -- CONSPIRED to -- undermine him and the nation from DAY ONE! napkinz Sep 2014 #14
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it was a real CONSPIRACY to destroy him; they actually met & conspired the night of the inauguration napkinz Sep 2014 #64
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