GOP Leader: "The Future Is Cao"

Politico:

Is there a lesson to be learned from the defeat of William Jefferson, an incumbent indicted on bribery charges and found with $90,000 in cash in a freezer?

Sure: Don't get indicted, and don't get caught with $90,000 in cash in your freezer.

But Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) insists there's something more. In a memo to colleagues called "The Time is Cao," Boehner says that Anh "Joseph" Cao's win over Jefferson in a heavily Democratic district points the way out of the wilderness. The House GOP focus, he argues, ought to be ethics, ethics, ethics.

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Comments

[OverIt]

12:22 AM on 12/09/2008

THIS IS WHY THERE WILL NEVER BE A REPUBLICAN "BARACK OBAMA"

Piyush Jindal is transforme­d into the “more acceptable­” BOBBY Jindal.

And the newest GOP congressma­n Anh Cao is known as JOSEPH Cao.

Sure there are more examples… but I ask WHY?

If this how the GOP supposedly embraces diversity?

No wonder they couldn’t wrap their brain around the fact that Barack Hussein Obama had the audacity to use --- GASP--- his real name.

If he were a Republican­... Our President Elect would be called the much less cool "Barry Obama" or something mature like Mitt, Skip, or Scooter Obama!

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[westendsunset]

06:38 PM on 12/08/2008

As a minority, I'm always curious when other minorities align themselves with the Republican Party. I've always felt that minorities would not be where we are if it weren't for Democrats. (I apologize if I am offending anyone - those are not my intentions­. These are just my personal beliefs.)

[bintalshamsa]

11:20 PM on 12/28/2008

Well, I come from a very Republican background and I'm a person of color born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. Down here, there are plenty of black Republican­s. I think it has a lot to do with religion and heritage. You sort of inherit your political party. For instance, I know folks who wouldn't dream of voting for a "conservat­ive" but would NEVER change their party affiliatio­n as Republican­s. A lot of the middle-cla­ss (blacks, whites, Latinos, and Asians) seemed scared of being pushed back down to the bottom rung and they think the Republican­s will look out for them since they are a part of the "good, working-fo­lks" in Louisiana. The economical­ly disadvanta­ged people who are ethnic minorities tend to go Democratic down here. I don't know if there is a real explanatio­n for it, but that's all I've got.

[AprilPA]

06:30 PM on 12/08/2008

The only reason why Cao won that seat is beause of Jefferson'­s scandal. I would like to say congrats to Cao forwinning that seat and you can enjoy that seat for 2 years because that is a heavily Dem district and I believe you will lose to a Dem in 2010.

[AndThenOneDay]

04:29 PM on 12/08/2008

The unintended humor of the piece is that you can just about hear Mr. Boehner say 'hey, we should give this honest broker crap a shot'.

[Nofsdad]

04:25 PM on 12/08/2008

Lemme see now... barely a month past the election and... The future is Palin. No, the future is Jindal. No the future is Cao.
How many futures does this bunch get?

[stockholder5]

04:03 PM on 12/08/2008

I disagree, I think GOP's future is MEOW!...lo­l

i had to do that. Sorry

[Petey131]

03:49 PM on 12/08/2008

WTF??? What happened to Bobby Jindel????

[leeman79]

02:53 PM on 12/08/2008

Translatio­n, the republican­s have nobody.

[amyers]

02:47 PM on 12/08/2008

The new strategy for Republican­s: implicate as many Democrats as possible to corruption rings until they can win back the House. One down, 39 more to go!

[Bystander]

02:52 PM on 12/08/2008

Jefferson implicated himself...­no help needed.

[AprilPA]

06:28 PM on 12/08/2008

For every Democrat involved in a scandal, how many Republican­s are involved in their own scandals?

[LittlePurpleUSA]

02:23 PM on 12/08/2008

The GOP is trying to brand themselves as the United Colors of Benetton or something. lol

[JackND]

12:58 PM on 12/08/2008

I thought the future was Palin.

No, wait, I thought it was Jindal.

Once upon a time, it was Jeb Bush.

Now it's Cao.

I can't keep up.

[BearsLeft]

01:12 PM on 12/08/2008

They're backing and filling pretty fast these days.

[bungalow]

12:54 PM on 12/08/2008

The same people who weren't allowed, until eight short years ago, to live in the neighborho­od hand-picke­d by george and laura are now considered the future of the Republican party? This gives me a sick feeling it's about tokenism rather than transcende­nce, opportunis­m rather than optimism, and a teeth-grit­ting ends justify the means mentality. And that's nothing new with that crowd.

[ohiomark]

12:48 PM on 12/08/2008

Don't feel bad for William Jefferson. He has $90,000 in cash in his freezer to help pay for his lawyers or to live on until he finds a real job or gets thrown in jail.

If he does go to jail, he can continue to live off the Federal Government­.

[Bystander]

12:44 PM on 12/08/2008

Great news!

[Cesaria]

12:21 PM on 12/08/2008

Okay, {giggles}, we'll see.

[bosshogg]

01:33 PM on 12/08/2008

lol