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 ...
Actually he was a good Speaker of the House, if you rate him by how effective he was at getting things done.
Unfortunately, he was getting things done for Obama and the Rat Party, not the country, and certainly not the people who put him in the Speaker position.
So I say he was a good speaker, just a man willing to sell out his country for power.
“Small” speaker
true to a degree, but the same can be said about every single elected official ever.
And no one wants to read about the voters in Ohio’s 8th district...or about the voters anywhere. They want to read about the politicians they despise - or like.
Pelosi was a brilliant Speaker of the House - for her side. She is ruthless.
I can only dream of having someone with the balls to get done what we want done.
Instead we get people like Boehner and Mcconnell.
And now he tells us how he'd tried for twenty years to get a Pope to address a joint session of Congress as if that is some great accomplishment. Again about Boner and his personal journey, while he seemed oblivious to the fact that this Pope's visit and address to Congress overwhelmingly served the purposes of Obama and his agenda.
OUTSTANDING article. Thanks.
Well, let me know when he’s gone to prison. His announcement was at approximately 18 trillion 400 billion 959 million DEBT ENSLAVEMENT…(the leviathan keeps on rolling)...
house? senate? CONgre$$?
Music for the weeping cheeto…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST86JM1RPl0
Boehner deserves every ounce of abuse he receives but he is also a cautionary tale.
This guy was a dream candidate...looks, personality, ideology, persuasive ability, and represented one of the top 10 conservative districts in the nation.
He may not have been corrupt in the pay-to-play category (although the immigration/Chamber issue may disprove that), he simply became a creature of DC, seeking approbation from the worst human beings on the planet in terms of whacked-out ideas, cynical views on everything especially the law, and the inexorable creep of Marxism/statism.
A man who had neither the courage, the initiative, or the simple sense of duty to pass a budget in EIGHT YEARS is unfit to lead, unfit to serve and especially unfit to criticize ANYONE.
“My RINO rep Jim Brady TX is one of them.”
My rep (Brad Wenstrup) voted for Boner, as well. SO disappointed in him. When he ran the first time, he represented himself as a conservative war vet. He has drunk the DC Kool-Aid and has voted with the RINOs.
My headline called him the worst....AT editors softened it some.
“I can only dream of having someone with the balls to get done what we want done.”
Exactly why I have a Trump hat and bumper sticker. The Donald is a rude, crude, brutal stick of dynamite up the collective behinds of Boehner, McConnel, Pelousy, Reid, Obola, and all the other traitors. With the Pubbie ones, the worst thing is the Tea Party made them and brought them their victories, victories they were helpless and hopeless to win on their own. Then they betrayed us. That’s the reason for the Donald.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.