By Neil W. McCabe —— Bio and Archives July 23, 2013
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“We're tired of it, though. That's why we've formed this group. We'll be working to bring accountability back to our district--we'll work to put a true conservative in office,” he said.
“He'll say one thing and do another, which we in his district see. For instance, he'll put up votes to repeal Obamacare, but then continue to pass Continuing Resolutions that will fund it,” he said.Ohioans are frustrated that the GOP, led by Boehner, was supposed to reverse Obamacare and yet it continues to move forward fully funded, he said. “It really is a sore spot for a lot of people.” Wintergg said Boehner plays a game acting conservative, but acting differently.
“He'll go on TV to say he supports traditional marriage, and then support a former gay lobbyist as the head of the Republican Party in Ohio,” he said. “He'll say he believes in the sanctity of life and then continue to vote for funds that go to Planned Parenthood, knowing that abortions will be financed with taxpayer money. He speaks like a Conservative, but he acts like a RINO.”The Ohioan said he reached out to Boehner’s staff and local Republican leaders without much success. Winteregg said he lives four blocks from the speaker’s local office, one of two in the district, the other is in West Chester. But, the teacher’s interactions with the local office staff have been frustrating and difficult and he found the GOP leaders to be universally committed to Boehner’s political career and not interested in fighting for conservative goals. “Part of it is loyalty and part of it is that the older generation just votes Republican, but they are unaware of where it actually stands,” he added. Winteregg said he and the OAP are focused on the younger voters, who are open to new ideas and not tied to the establishment. When voters under 40 years-old learn how the Speaker and the GOP leadership continues to fund Obamacare and push for liberal policies, they get all fired up, he said. “Once they are informed, they want to get involved, but they don’t know what to do,” he said. “There seems to be two Republican parties, the establishment Republican Party and the American Republican Party,” he said. Younger conservatives do not always understand how the establishment Republican Party operates, especially in Ohio, he said.
“Our individual voices need to be heard, because the mandates from the federal level are affecting our lives--and not in a positive way. “We want to work, we want to be able to support those around us, and we want to do this without fear of those who represent us. We will work to be heard, because it's time they in Washington, D.C., finally listened--Boehner included,” Winteregg said.Neither do many conservatives realize how serious the liberals are about changing America, he said. “It is not really about left and right, but about right and wrong and doing what is right by the Constitution and the people.” “I am a French teacher and I have lived over there,” he said. The Ohioan said his time in France gave him insights into what happens when a country is taken over by socialists. “I can see where we are headed--I could not live with myself if I did not try to warn people.”
Neil W. McCabe is the editor of Human Event’s “Guns & Patriots” e-letter and was a senior reporter at the Human Events newspaper. McCabe deployed with the Army Reserve to Iraq for 15 months as a combat historian. For many years, he was a reporter and photographer for “The Pilot,” Boston’s Catholic paper. He was also the editor of two free community papers, “The Somerville (Mass.) News and “The Alewife (North Cambridge, Mass.).”