The Brody File has exclusive video of Former GOP Majority Leader Dick Armey speaking to conservative caucus members of the Republican National Committee at their meeting in Hawaii last week. He was invited there by the conservative group because as the current Chairman of Freedom Works he is a major player in the Tea party Movement.
Armey had tough words for both President Obama and George W. Bush. He also says the way it stands now, the GOP has already won 15 House seats before even lifting a finger campaigning because of the Democrats overreaching agenda He makes clear that the GOP has had nothing to do with it so far. He also talks about how the GOP has broken hearts along the way and how the Contract WITH America won’t work this time around. He sees it more like the Contract FROM America.
By the way, this WAS NOT an open press event. Rather, The Brody File was exclusively invited in at our request. Please note that because this was not an official press event, the audio is natural sound only but you can still pick it up. Put in your hearing aid.
Dick Armey on GOP Identity crisis:
“Bless their heart. They go through more identity crises than the average college sophomore. They just don’t seem to be able to understand and stay consistently devoted to who they are.”
Dick Armey: George W. Bush “broke our hearts”
“Bill Clinton was careless, he was self indulgent but he didn’t strike fear in our hearts because we never saw with a purpose of an ideological divine purpose to transform America into something it should never be.”
“And then we took over again with George W. Bush and he broke our hearts but he didn’t do it all by himself. He had a whole Congress help him.”
“How many of you had your heart broken? And then what we found is the Republican party at times can lift our spirits and give us reason to hope and to really care and to dare and to be prideful and to dream and then they can take it all away."
Dick Armey on GOP and Tea Party Movement joining forces:
“So this new force, the grassroots activist force knows that they must if they’re going to preserve liberty in this Republic they must find away to help the Republican Party rehabilitate itself back into the party of Reagan. The party of liberty, the party of Goldwater. “
“If the Republican Party can find its way back there and demonstrate a commitment and a resolve then we’ll have the largest force on the field as their allies because right now the largest force on the field is the grassroots small government activist.”
“Now here’s the deal. The Republican Party standing alone in its confusion can not beat the Democrats. The small government conservative standing alone in their resolve that their mighty as heaven can not beat the Democrats. But if we can bring them together we are the force to be reckoned.”
Dick Armey on GOP Chances in 2010:
“Now here’s where I think we are by the numbers. Obama has scared America so much that today he has put in the bag at least 15 Republican House victories in the House of Representatives. That’s there and by the way every one of those victories that are out they’re in the bag is to no credit to the Republican Party. That’s the first troche (wheel) of change that comes out of bitter disappointment in the Democrats. It’s not enough to get the Republicans to a majority but it’s a pretty darn good beginning. In the senate, there’s probably 5 , maybe 6 seats that he’s put in the bag. Now the question is can the Republican Party restore itself to the point of view where it shows a level of conviction and commitment so it merits our allegiance and if we get it regain the rest of the seats that are necessary.”
Dick Armey on why Contract WITH America won’t work this time:
“The contract with America worked well because we had the credibility. People believed it. And we had an easy job by the way in 1994. All we had to do was say to America is give us a shot at it. Give us a chance. We’re not them. Nobody was alive in this country that could remember ever having been disappointed in a Republican majority. Now these guys have got to go back and say give us a shot at it, we’re not them and by the way we’re not who we were when we broke your heart.”