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Harry Reid’s Office Leaks Boehner Office Emails—And It Could Ruin Any Faith You Have in Washington
The Blaze ^ | 10-2-2013 | Becket Adams

Posted on 10/02/2013 7:46:56 AM PDT by sheikdetailfeather

A series of leaked emails from House Speaker John Boehner’s chief of staff, Mike Sommers, show that the Speaker may have coordinated with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) to exempt Congress from Obamacare.

The emails were leaked Tuesday by David Krone, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s chief of staff, who actually has a history of this sort of thing.

The leaks, which are a major taboo in Washington, show Rep. Boehner (R-Ohio) worked behind the scenes earlier this year to address confusion over a provision in the Affordable Care Act that would force members of Congress and their aides into the exchanges. In fact, if one were to go by the leaks, which were first given to Politico, it appears that the offices of Boehner and Reid regularly coordinated to exempt Congress from the health care law.

But given that the Speaker is now apparently against congressional Obamacare exemptions, the emails make him look inconsistent and hypocritical – which may have been the point of their leaking.

(Excerpt) Read more at theblaze.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: boehner; congresssubsidies; destroyingus; emails; govtshutdown; killmiddleclass; leakedemails; leaks; obamacarefail; reid; reidemails; scorchedearth; stealingwealth
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To: sheikdetailfeather
Harry Reid’s Office Leaks Boehner Office Emails—And It Could Ruin Any Faith You Have in Washington

You've got to be a complete fool to have any faith left in Washington.

101 posted on 10/02/2013 8:25:25 AM PDT by pgkdan
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To: DesertRhino

“True. Reid has utterly destroyed HIS ability to ever do back room deals with repubs. Smooth move, because he does a ton of them.”

McCain and Graham will gladly do deals with Reid no matter what.


102 posted on 10/02/2013 8:26:11 AM PDT by Soul of the South (Yesterday is gone. Today will be what we make of it.)
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To: DesertRhino

Good tag line and it is the truth. We are hanging ourselves with the rope we made. America could never fall from a frontal assault. Our only vulnerability was the enemies within and their ability to persuade the weak and stupid.


103 posted on 10/02/2013 8:26:46 AM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (Free goodies for all -- Freedom for none.)
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To: tanknetter

The left has to keep their Holy Grail, Socialized Medicine. This is a hill they are willing to die on. The least we can do is help them along. Burning back-channels is a pretty desperate move, we need to just take a deep breath and see what develops, we could be in for a muted pleasant surprise.

As to Bone’yer and his crew, who is surprised and who cares? Time to sharpen the pitchforks for 2014.


104 posted on 10/02/2013 8:28:27 AM PDT by X-spurt (CRUZ missile - armed and ready.)
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To: All

Not really a big deal. Boehner has already said he plans to retire as Speaker after next year’s election.


105 posted on 10/02/2013 8:28:47 AM PDT by Owen
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To: latina4dubya

Then if Boehner was simply ethically following his philosophy, why the need to conceal his meetings with Obama and Reid with a dishonest cover story?

Boehner is no better than a rat on a sinking ship,, knocking someone weaker down to get himself into a lifeboat,,,


106 posted on 10/02/2013 8:29:03 AM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: LibLieSlayer

I can proudly say my Rep, Louie Gohmert has stated he will not accept any carve-out. Still waiting on the others.


107 posted on 10/02/2013 8:31:15 AM PDT by X-spurt (CRUZ missile - armed and ready.)
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To: Slump Tester

He has to negotiate against himself first. Then comes the caving and the crying.


108 posted on 10/02/2013 8:32:14 AM PDT by Personal Responsibility (Government: Slimy used car salesmen writing laws forcing you to buy their cars)
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To: Owen

boehner also said that “CUT, CAP AND BALANCE IS THE ONLY PLAN ON THE TABLE”. He was negotiating with obama, reid and piglosi behind closed doors.


109 posted on 10/02/2013 8:32:28 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS!)
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To: X-spurt

Stephen Palazzo also stated that as well. Louie is great!


110 posted on 10/02/2013 8:33:13 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS!)
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To: sheikdetailfeather

It doesn’t surprise me at all. Both parties want to insulate their staffs from Obamacare. It is the reason why the Reps accepted Obama’s ruling on an issue he had no authority to do so. Both parties are corrupt.


111 posted on 10/02/2013 8:34:58 AM PDT by kabar
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To: sheikdetailfeather
Consider the source of the leaked information.
Reid's people wouldn't be lying would they?

Republicans said the leaked emails completely mischaracterize the speaker’s actions.

112 posted on 10/02/2013 8:35:46 AM PDT by oldbrowser (We have a rogue government in Washington)
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113 posted on 10/02/2013 8:35:46 AM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free

“As democracy is perfected, the office of the President represents,
more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great
and glorious day, the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s
desire at last and the White House will be occupied by a downright
fool and complete narcissistic moron.”

~H.L. Mencken,
The Baltimore Evening Sun, July 26, 1920


114 posted on 10/02/2013 8:36:30 AM PDT by listenhillary (Courts, law enforcement, roads and national defense should be the extent of government)
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To: sheikdetailfeather

Not a nice way to treat his fellow Kabuki actor . . .


115 posted on 10/02/2013 8:38:06 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: sheikdetailfeather

I didn’t read all the comments, so maybe this was already mentioned. Are we sure the emails are legit? Faking emails wouldn’t surprise me.


116 posted on 10/02/2013 8:38:26 AM PDT by fatnotlazy
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To: oldbrowser

There will come a time when every republican who did not or could not stand with Ted will be completely unwelcome by the GOP


117 posted on 10/02/2013 8:40:27 AM PDT by stanne
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To: LibLieSlayer

GOOD! Maybe more to come.


118 posted on 10/02/2013 8:40:47 AM PDT by X-spurt (CRUZ missile - armed and ready.)
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To: musicman

Thank you so much, musicman!
That one is perfect for this thread.
I’ve read every comment!


119 posted on 10/02/2013 8:41:11 AM PDT by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: pgkdan

Will wait to see how this shakes out. But as I understand this they are not boehners emails but his Chief of Staff. Beck read them and they could be interpreted several ways, a few words changed here and there and you have a completely different nuance. Reid is pond scum and this is as dirty as it gets. Remember the accusation from Reid against Romney and his tax information? Never saw it did we?


120 posted on 10/02/2013 8:42:16 AM PDT by Toespi
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