Posted on 11/13/2014 8:18:47 AM PST by servo1969
After a White House meeting last week, Republicans described Speaker John Boehner aggressively confronting President Obama over the president's planned executive amnesty, prompting an extended period of a defensive Obama attempting to justify his actions.
But a key moment of the meeting, left out from those accounts, was unveiled by Boehner himself in an exuberant moment of boasting in a closed-door meeting with GOP colleagues minutes ago.
Boehner recalled telling Obama, Mr. President, just give us one more chance to do this the right way. If we can't, then do what you gotta do.
The sentiment, recalled by several lawmakers exiting the meeting, angered conservatives not only because the Ohio Republican paired an immigration effort to Obama's plan to brazenly flout his constitutional role, but also because he seemed to have let him off the hook in the event he later went ahead with the plan.
"To me it's unacceptable. We believe what [Obama] is doing is unconstitutional," said one fuming lawmaker leaving the session.
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Repubs will not get another penny from me until this fellow is sent to the garbage pit.
Oops, forgot, he’s a congresscritter and is therefore in the garbage pit already.
McConell and Boehner keeping their leadership roles tells you all that you need to know about the Republican Party.
We really need a third party.
Please Mr. Boehner, tan more. It look great. Go to a tanning booth daily. Crank it to 11 for an hour. So-called “Melanoma” is a myth.
” So Boehner gave Obama the green light to go ahead with executive amnesty. No doubt this was leaked by the WH. “
Remember all of those pictures of Obama feeding Boehner booze? There are plenty of them. Obama got him drunk, and made him promise not to stop amnesty.
Mr. President, just give us one more chance to do this the right way. If we can’t, then do what you gotta do.
Un-fricking-believable.
Every word Boner has spoken this year suggesting that he would oppose amnesty was nothing but a lie. He’s flip flopped several times in the past few months.
That there is some form of insider politics among House Republicans that serves this character up as the leader suggest how bad things are.
Begging and crying- Boehner trademarks.
Comments in these Boehner threads cause me to chuckle.
I recall when Boehner was first elected speaker and some of us were projecting how we thought that was a big mistake. We were getting skewered from many others on FR.
It seems those ‘skewerers’ have gone quiet for some reason.
” McConell and Boehner keeping their leadership roles tells you all that you need to know about the Republican Party.”
But many here were jubilant because we won!
” Mr. President, just give us one more chance to do this the right way. If we cant, then do what you gotta do.”
Nuff said.
Seeing as how the Good Lord did put teats of a sort on Boar Hogs, I feel you should ease up on Boehner. Accentuate the positive.
He is beautifully barbered, tailored, and shod.
He never fails to pick up his share of a bar tab.
All things considered, he really holds his liquor quite well, even if he does get a bit weepy and sentimental.
He is quite the gallant with the ladies about DC town. Back in Ohio, he maintains the rarely seen and never heard Mrs. John Boehner in excellent style.
He never misses a good cocktail party.
He is an excellent golfer.
He always uses a designated driver for his Georgetown Bar Crawls.
Drunk or sober, his good manners never fail. (Unless he must remonstrate with an errant Republican.)
One more thing on this alcohol question. John Boehner is not a falling-down drunk. He is merely attempting to assume the correct position prescribed for kissing Barry's ring and it is not his fault if Barry, who often has the drink taken himself, is turned around.
In short, Olde Bonhomie Boehner is the very picture of a late 60's Ohio State Frat Boy and an exemplary RINO Role Model. Long may he rain (odd color that rain) on the non-RINO parade.
Like I have said, our GOPe grandees are torn between wanting to take credit for amnesty, or wanting the president to take the blame for amnesty. But either way, they want amnesty and they want it now.
They’ll say whatever they have to say during election, but they want amnesty and they will have it. Unless we mount a coup against Boehner and McConnell. They both need to be dethroned and defenestrated. An enemy with an R by his name is worse than an open enemy.
Of course the spineless crybaby did. /spit
GOPe leaders are basically Democrats
That’s an insult to boar hogs.
I can just imagine Boehner begging, on his knees, whimpering, and clutching at Obama’s coast sleeve.
This is BS. Boehner needs to insist that Ob@stard DOES NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO THIS BY EXECUTIVE ORDER AND THE REPUBS WILL FIGHT THIS TO THE END.
Of course he has the votes. He has 191 Democrats and at least 80 Republicans.
More than enough.
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