Posted on 09/28/2015 4:41:44 AM PDT by Ouderkirk
All you need to know about the failed speakership of John Boehner was exposed to the entire world by Boehner himself as he announced his resignation from Congress. The what, the how, and the why of his failures were succinctly explained when he said, The first job of any Speaker is to protect this institution that we all love.
Do what? Well, no wonder he was a disaster as speaker. He had no clue what the job description was. In just 15 words, everything about his disastrous reign was brought into laser-sharp focus. Never has someone so orange said so much with so few words and so many tears. When you're this out of touch and have abused this much power and wasted this many opportunities that have caused a nation great pain, there is no limit to the scorn you deserve.
And for the record, that "institution that we all love" comment may be the dumbest political statement since David Brooks proclaimed Barack Obama a great president on the strength of his pant crease. It's also a perfect bookend comment to some words he uttered through tears in November of 2010 as he was preparing to take the gavel without a clue what message the voters had just sent.
The salient point that Boehner made clear is that the country is here to serve the government. The important people are those in government. What else can his words possibly mean? When he said "the institution that we all love" it's clear that we means the House of Cards Washington Cartel in the House. For damned sure, no one else has any love for that institution.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
ZING! That was damned funny.
Not just Boehner, who kept voting for him as Speaker in the first place? My RINO rep Jim Brady TX is one of them. Boehner is a symptom of the unprinipled go along to get along spineless R’s.
So Boehner capitulated and on the other side Pelosi laughed at everyone and said “Embrace the suck”. Good riddance JB
Absolutely nothing about the people you represent you sobbing cheeto.
That is what you were sent there for.
That is what Representatives do, a$$hole.
History will ask the question why such a clearly dysfunctional, disloyal and dishonest person was permitted to stay in that pivotal role for so long.
More stories will surface, showing how often the democrats saved Boehners job for him.
Also from the article...
“He (Boehner) was indeed worse than Pelosi. She was horrible because she is who she is. Any far-left Bay Area crony-connected statist would be a terrible speaker, or majority leader, or president. There was no way for Pelosi to have a speakership that was good for the country, because none of what Pelosi and her party believes in is good for the country. Frankly, she did in fact do what her party and voters elected her to do. Boehner did not. He ignored the mandate from the voters, was cowed by the Washington culture and Obama’s skin color, too worried about his own skin color, and spent his time and energy with back-room gamesmanship against conservative junior congressmen.”
At some point in time, the outgoing Speaker became one of the elite masked-ball D.C. Devil worshipers, just doing whatever he was told by his high priest or master.
The Day all this ceases is coming rapidly, and the caves and rocks of the mountains will not hide these wicked ones in D.C. from what they have wrought on the earth and all for a pittance of temporary notoriety and mammon.
My rep, Mark Amodei, voted to keep boehner in as well. When I called, urging him to vote against Boehner, I received a mildly nasty email response from him.
I will work to see that he's not reelected.
Sounds like Boehner thouht the house was a fraternity house and he was the leader. He sure partied like a fraternity boy.
Never have so few misunderstood so many and fought them at every turn - through our streets, our neighborhoods, towns and in our cities, at our borders and shores on virtually ever single issue designed to stop our lingering madness of destruction. John Boehner led the charge along with Mitch McConnell. Both of them should rot in hell.
I agree with Mr. Wright, but he missed where the real blame lies. The voters in the 8th district of Ohio. They and only they allowed Boehner to posture and preen for 25 years. At least 15 years longer than his conservatism lasted. Boehner is a walking, talking poster boy for Term Limits.
My only regret about his resignation is, the sonofabitch waited until I finally learned how to spell BOEHNER.
Damn you John Boehner.
Exactly. Pelosi fought tooth and nail for her wacked out constituents. Boehner fought tooth and nail for Pelosi’s constuents too.
Boehner thought yes, really thought this was about him. His tears [upon assuming the Speakership] were not tears of joy that President Obama, Harry Reid, and Nancy Pelosi had been given an historic Obamacare-big-government-hell-no rebuke. . . . that's what 2010 was . . . [and] such tears would have been appropriate.
[Instead] Boehner's tears were about his personal journey, his rise from a small town in Ohio to the number-three position of power in the entire land. It was tone-deaf and cringe-worthy, with or without the tears. I remember thinking that night, John, dude, this is not about you! But as he made clear yesterday, oh, yes it was in his mind. It was all about John, and of course "the institution we all love."
Exactly. I was thinking the same thing - we were desperate for a Ronald Reagan, and there stood John Boehner, blubbering about having reached the pinnacle of his profession.We were desperate for a Ronald Reagan, and what the GOPe delivered was an exemplar of the Peter Principle.
Bad speaker?
Worst speaker?
DRUNK SPEAKER!
I prefer Ex Speaker
At a time when America desperately needed the best, we got Cryin' Johnny "Jackass" Boehner instead, the sorriest [and most corrupt] SOB to ever hold the office of Speaker!
Exactly! What we need is huge salaries for Congressmen, to attract really good people to serve there - and Term Limits to enable other really good people to replace them before they go native in Washington. Six years. Three terms. Then up (to the Senate) or out. Maybe three terms in the Senate.But of course, we really dont want the Senate to represent the people of the State, they should represent the State Government. One way to do that would be to make each Senator the running mate of the winning governor. Youd have to mesh their terms in order to do that.
‘Zing’ ping ... nice article.
I am one of Boehner’s. constituents and i can assure you I have not voted for him for years. I was sickened when he was blubbering about all the “rotten jobs” he had had to endure over the years to get where he was!!
If not the worst, close to it.
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