Boehner an underappreciated speaker

Washington Examiner ^ | 9-28-2015 | Editorial

[Sir Napsalot]

Boehner's tenure has been viewed with suspicion by many conservatives, and it has coincided with a general loss of faith in the party's leadership. Even so, right wingers give him an undeservedly bad rap. As a Republican speaker with a Democratic president, he never had a chance to do several of the things they clamored for him to do. Sometimes his most critical Republican colleagues' demands that he get rid of Obamacare or, more recently, defund Planned Parenthood, have suggested a fundamental failure to grasp the mechanics of the system of government in which they work.

Boehner was not in a position to enact a sweeping, positive agenda. It could not have progressed through the narrowly divided Senate, let alone of overridden President Obama's inevitable veto. .......

.... During the Senate-initiated government shutdown of 2013, Boehner played along with conservative attempts to defund Obamacare as long as he could. But in the absence of any endgame that led to a win, and lacking any serious counter-threat to make against Obama (who was more than happy to keep the government closed as long as he had to), Boehner never had much of a choice about whether he could capitulate in the end. .....

Some conservatives have reacted to Boehner's exit with unattractive jubilation....But they should remember that their outgoing leader was also a conservative and they would do well to recall the truth of the old maxim that politics is the art of the possible. Whoever becomes the next speaker and whatever his personal ideology, he will not find the job easy. ..... Boehner did his job well, and with the sort of patience that conservatives may not appreciate until he is gone.

[Sir Napsalot]

Excuses, excuses. Always with this 'can't be done' or 'it's impossible ...' excuses. Tell me again why give GOP majority control of both houses then. We should all just give up and roll over already!

People saw Boehner's biggest sin (or failure) as treating the base, which gave GOP control of Congress with explicit instructions, as the real enemy DC faced.

[SeaHawkFan]

The House controls the purse strings; he could have accomplished everything.

[Steely Tom]

When we win the Presidency and have both houses of Congress, they’ll be telling us the problem is the Supreme Court.

The result is always the same: the agenda of the elites keeps moving forward, no matter who or what we vote for.

[skeeter]

Boehner became speaker because the GOP promised to do several key things.

Under Boehner they did nothing but make excuses.

That is the measure of Boehner's leadership. Fail.

[TexasCajun]

Boehner an underappreciated speaker

I couldn't disagree more:

Barack, GOPe, Democrats & MSM surely appreciate Boehner advancing Obama's policies and agenda.

[abbastanza]

I appreciate Boehner for his expertise as a liar, coward, and poster child for a GOPe that is soon to be dismantled. A Boehner clone (Kevin McCarthy) will be the new Speaker. That will be the last punch thrown at the conservative base and spell the end of the GOPe.

[Olog-hai]

Some conservatives have reacted to Boehner’s exit with unattractive jubilation.…But they should remember that their outgoing leader was also a conservative and they would do well to recall the truth of the old maxim that politics is the art of the possible …

No conservative attacks other conservatives and pushes the liberal agenda so readily.

As for the “art of the possible”, so much was possible in terms of not handing over the power of the purse to the executive, yes? or not “fearing” government shutdowns that aren’t? or not worrying about raising the infernal debt ceiling? Must we go on?

[rigelkentaurus]

the problem with boner is not that he did not accomplish all that we want. The problem is he never, ever had a plan to accomplish ANY of what we want. His only solution was to give the RATs and Obola 100% of what they wanted - never any compromise to get us any of what we expect - only surrender like a French army.

[Don Corleone]

As a Republican speaker with a Democratic president, he never had a chance to do several of the things they clamored for him to do.

HE NEVER TRIED!

[tioga]

Newt Gingrich had a Dem prez, yet he accomplished a lot.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

I sure appreciate him for what he’s done in exactly the correct amount...

negative numbers.

[showme_the_Glory]

Also under qualified and overpaid.

[Political Junkie Too]

As Speaker, Boehner could have spoken for the People. He could have worked with the Senate to pass bills that reflected the will of the People and of the several states, and forced the Democrats to oppose the People and the states with vetoes.

Just like with McConnell in the Senate, Boehner didn't just oppose the message of the People, he collaborated against them.

-PJ

[Gee Wally]

Boehner should read the House's own website

... the House “was more immediately the representatives of the people, and it was a maxim that the people ought to hold the purse-strings.”

"This end would . . . be best attained, if money affairs were to be confined to the immediate representatives of the people.”

"The framers were unanimous that Congress, as the representatives of the people, should be in control of public funds—not the President or executive branch agencies."

Boehner ceded the House's authority over budgetary matters to the President. He utterly failed in his Constitutional obligations and breached his oath of office.

[MortMan]

The biggest issue with Boehner is that he would compromise when the goal was attainable and capitulate when it was not. If he had striven for success when possible and settled for a partial win when complete victory was not possible, he would not have needed to resign.

The condescension toward conservatives he needed for the votes was just the icing on the cake, although that was the trigger for much of the anger, on top of the deep disgust with his “leadership” practices mentioned above.

[norwaypinesavage]

Bull Crap. Does anyone think Obama would veto a bill that gave him $1 less than he wanted? OK, then how about $2. The job of a Speaker, one with cojones larger than the dot at the end of this sentence, is to find out where that limit is. Boehner simply conceded on every point, and then went off to whimper in the corner.

[NEMDF]

He is only underappreciated by Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, and 0bama.

[Fiddlstix]

Boehner Is Speaker Of The House Who LOVES Golf AND the best lobbyists in DC

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Speaker John Boehner has a message for everyone wondering what happens when he plays golf with President Barack Obama: It's just a game.

"The president has suggested, 'Hey, do you think it is too much trouble to play golf again?'" Boehner says in an interview with the Golf Channel. "I have to look at him and say, 'Yes, because everybody gets bent out of shape worried about what we are up to, when all we are really going to do is just play golf.'"

The speaker recalled another golf match with Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who is now seeking the Republican presidential nomination.
"President Obama shows up, we are getting ready to putt a few, and he says, 'Boehner, you and I are partners. We are going to take these guys (Kasich and Biden) on," Boehner recalled. "I thought John Kasich was going to cry. So the president and I whipped up on them pretty good and they paid up."

"As soon as we got in the cart I said, Mr. President, just remember something, this is just golf," he said. (Click For More)

On Life Lessons Learned on the Golf Course:
“Perseverance and Patience. Probably one of the secrets to my tenure as Speaker is just to be patient. Listen to everyone and try to understand. It takes an awful lot of patience.”

~~I treat my colleagues – Democrat and Republican – the same. Nobody more open and transparent in Washington, D.C. than I am. At the end of the day, that is the way I ran my business and the way I run my political life. Just tell people upfront the facts and the truth.”

On why he Loves the Game of Golf:
“Golf for me is more of an escape. It is an escape from all of the other things going on because when you are trying to hit that little white ball, you don’t have time to think about anything else.”(Click For More)

From the day he arrived, Boehner made it clear that lobbyists wouldn’t get past his receptionists until we wrote out checks for the maximum amounts allowed and that if we wanted consideration for our legisaltive initiatives, those checks had better keep coming.

He demanded invitations to Realtor conventions at locations where he could play golf. Boehner cares more for golf than he does for the needs of his constituents.
In 2009, his campaign fund spent $82,998 for golf outings for himself and his cronies.(Click For More)

A promotion is running on The Golf Channel about Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) appearing on the show “Feherty” on August 3, and Boehner, who has a history of waterworks, gets the tears flowing again.

“I wanted to make sure that every kid had the same chance I did. An opportunity,” Boehner told former PGA golfer David Feherty, with tears forming in his eyes.

The spot also shows Boehner talking about a picture of himself and colleagues, and he told Feherty, “The three of us are talking about how easily we turn to tears.”

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I have emails concerning Boehner's crying. I am trying to find a source to verify those. It is said that Boehner has been coached. He has been given "acting lessons" as it were. His "crying" is as phoney as everything else he does.

JOHN BOEHNER: The Very Best DemocRAT Speaker Ever!

[Hildy]

I’ve been following the libs line lately and here’s one I didn’t expect.. all the problems today can be traced back to Ronald Reagan. Democrats take responsibility for nothing that goes badly. I’m so sick of it.

[NormsRevenge]

Gutless writer praises gutless soon to be ex-Speaker

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