It's Time To Own It, GOP

schuylaar

Well-Known Member
With President Donald Trump's nonsensical Twitter approach to both domestic and foreign policy, his tweets regularly descending into depravity, congressional Republicans often find themselves facing the question: "Do you agree with the President's irreverence and self-contradictions, and if not, what will you do to restore sanity — to restore credibility, dignit

So if you were a Republican elected to Congress on your own platform, distancing yourself from Donald Trump before the election, why would you fall subservient to his agenda and his moral failings now?
Recall that Republican members of Congress were not elected on the platform of President Barack Obama, and understandably never fell in line with his agenda. Well, this Republican Congress largely wasn't elected on Trump's platform either, yet today engages in subordination to a President who appears to have no understanding of policy nor traditional Republican orthodoxy.
So to my former colleagues — good people, so many with very honest and sacrificial intentions on behalf of their country and constituent — the prescription for dealing with this President is simple.
Ignore him.
No more trips to the White House. No more flights on Air Force One. No more accepting his gratuitous offers of signing ceremonies, White House cocktails, or meetings with his children. No more asking the White House for permission, for policy advice, or for the President's priorities.
Honor your oath as a fiduciary of Article I, who holds the public trust. Strike out with your own bold agenda that wins the hearts and minds of the American people. And leave this President behind. Leave him to his Twitter account and to placating his base with disgusting Tweets.
Tell the President of the United States that Congress will do its job. He can do his. And the next time the speaker of the House will need the President is when he's dropping legislation on the Resolute desk, handing the President one of the speaker's own pens, and saying, "Here Mr. President, sign on the dotted line."
The President can own his own legacy. It's time for Republicans in the House to once again own theirs.

# 25thammendment
 

SneekyNinja

Well-Known Member
TLDR

Do you have any recipes ??
Southern Fruitcake

TOTAL TIME: Prep: 20 min. Bake: 1-1/2 hours + cooling
MAKES: 32 servings

Ingredients
  • 4 cups chopped pecans
  • 1-3/4 cups chopped candied pineapple
  • 1-1/2 cups chopped dried peaches or apricots
  • 1-1/2 cups golden raisins
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour, divided
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 5 eggs
  • 1 cup peach or apricot nectar, divided
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
Directions
  1. Grease and flour two 9-in. x 5-in. loaf pans. Line the bottoms with waxed paper; grease and flour the paper. Set aside.
  2. Combine the pecans, pineapple, peaches, raisins and 1/2 cup flour; set aside.
  3. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar; add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add 1/2 cup peach nectar, honey and milk; beat well (mixture will appear curdled). Combine cinnamon, baking powder, salt, allspice and remaining flour; add to the creamed mixture and mix well. Add pecan mixture; stir well.
  4. Pour into prepared pans. Bake at 325° for 1-1/2 hours or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes.
  5. With a skewer, poke holes in the loaves. Spoon remaining nectar over loaves. Let stand for 10 minutes; remove from pans to a wire rack to cool completely. Wrap tightly and store in a cool place. Slice and bring to room temperature before serving. Yield: 2 loaves.
Although some here probably would demand no brown sugar.
 

schuylaar

Well-Known Member
TLDR

Do you have any recipes ??
Southern Fruitcake

TOTAL TIME: Prep: 20 min. Bake: 1-1/2 hours + cooling
MAKES: 32 servings

Ingredients
  • 4 cups chopped pecans
  • 1-3/4 cups chopped candied pineapple
  • 1-1/2 cups chopped dried peaches or apricots
  • 1-1/2 cups golden raisins
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour, divided
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 5 eggs
  • 1 cup peach or apricot nectar, divided
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
Directions
  1. Grease and flour two 9-in. x 5-in. loaf pans. Line the bottoms with waxed paper; grease and flour the paper. Set aside.
  2. Combine the pecans, pineapple, peaches, raisins and 1/2 cup flour; set aside.
  3. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar; add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add 1/2 cup peach nectar, honey and milk; beat well (mixture will appear curdled). Combine cinnamon, baking powder, salt, allspice and remaining flour; add to the creamed mixture and mix well. Add pecan mixture; stir well.
  4. Pour into prepared pans. Bake at 325° for 1-1/2 hours or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes.
  5. With a skewer, poke holes in the loaves. Spoon remaining nectar over loaves. Let stand for 10 minutes; remove from pans to a wire rack to cool completely. Wrap tightly and store in a cool place. Slice and bring to room temperature before serving. Yield: 2 loaves.
Although some here probably would demand no brown sugar.
Reported for the usual harrassment freakshows..you men don't learn, do you?
 

SneekyNinja

Well-Known Member
you are reporting me for asking for recipes.
The mods are going to start to think of you as crazy and bothersome...wait. Never mind
A man can't even provide another man a recipe for Southern Fruitcake anymore without someone else trying to make it all about them.

EDIT: Weird font sizing going on there...
 

SneekyNinja

Well-Known Member
I think your recipe sounds delicious and very fitting for this thread.
If you want something that's easy to take with you...

NUTTY NUT BARS

Ingredients:
1/2 lb. butter (butter is not as good)
1/2 c. sugar
1 c. chopped walnuts
Graham crackers, quartered (enough to fill a well-greased jelly roll pan)

Directions:
Place crackers close together in pan.
Melt butter and sugar, bring to hard boil. Boil for 2 minutes, remove from heat and stir in nuts.
Spoon evenly over grahams.
Bake for 10 minutes, no longer, in 350 degree oven.
Remove from pan onto rack immediately.

Produces:
40-48 bars.
 
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