He should just give the gavel back to Pelosi.
What a joke.
This guy is a complete cave-in failure. Unbelievable!
Why not instead have a ‘discussion’ on the societal devaluation of human life that has occurred in this country since the Roe v. Wade decision was first handed down.
The Republican Party needs to be destroyed. Boner and every politician who supports him need to go.
My stockpile is safe, at the bottom of the lake. They will never find them unless they take it out of my hand postmortem.
FUJB!
That is a nice way of saying that some members of the Republican party are planning to roll over on whatever anti-gun legislation is passed.
oh really Bohner..........what don’t you understand? is it the N or the O?
Always closed-door sessions with this guy. He's about as transparent as a brick wall.
I have a handy-dandy headline ready for every story about Boehner.
“As expected, Boehner folds on...”
Add today’s issue on at the end, and PRESTO...
How about we have a discussion on why Boehner should be primaries in 2014.
How about we have a discussion on why Boehner should be primaried in 2014.
Every form of communication has its pros and cons. However, it is a matter of historical fact that Free Republic not only helped get Clinton impeached but also managed to destroy the efforts of 60 Minutes to destroy George W. Bush. If that isn't positive proof of the power of “crowdsourcing,” I don't know what is.
Let me give an example of how I promote the effectiveness of Free Republic in places where it's not known.
In my ecclesiastical world, there are still significant numbers of important people who think internet discussions are wastes of time that accomplish very little and reach very few people. Those statements tend to come people in their fifties or sixties or older who are in two categories:
1) pastors of large churches who aren't very computer-literate, who still write in longhand or use secretaries for dictation, and who have staff members doing research for them rather than using the internet regularly, or
2) professors in colleges or seminaries with major reputations as well-known authors but who don't like the personal bitterness and lack of factual accuracy in lots of things posted online.
Despite their aversion to the internet, these people are generally solid conservatives both theologically and politically. When I hear people saying such things, I cite Free Republic and several other conservative and liberal websites as examples of how internet discussions make a major difference.
It's pretty hard to argue that Free Republic was not a key factor in the Clinton impeachment and exposing 60 Minutes’ effort based on forged documents to claim Bush had gone AWOL. That's serious impact, in my view.
Free Republic changed history twice on major issues. It's done so in many other lesser-known ways as well.
No means of communication is perfect, but let's be thankful the internet has made it possible for “little guys” to take on the big dogs.
If not, okay, let's have a discussion.
Let's discuss whether Boehner has gone mad. In my community, most **DEMOCRATS** would be annoyed if a local Democratic elected official said something like this.
Then, let's discuss whether to make Boehner write the Second Amendment 100 times on a chalkboard in front of the Capitol, and follow it up by retyping the recent Supreme Court decision on gun ownership being an individual right before he posts it on his congressional website.
This is crazy stuff coming from a Republican. Gun rights and the Second Amendment are core issues for Republicans, aren't they?
Or maybe the Second Amendment is like abortion and other social conservative issues which are “divisive” and on which we need to stop driving away moderates who might want to vote Republican. After all, we do know social issues reflect a radical right wing minority view that loses elections, right? (/sarc)
Boehner’s “discussion” should begin and end with the text of U.S. Const. Amend. II.
If you want to change a Constitutional right? Change the Constitution. It’s that simple.