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Boehner may let dissenters off the hook
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| 1/7/15
| Jake Sherman
Posted on 01/08/2015 5:24:59 AM PST by cotton1706
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Boehner is feeling the heat from his rank and file, because THEY are feeling the heat from the voters.
So he'll likely back off his heavy-handed, oligarchic, dictatorial tactics.
But I'm not naïve, Boehner will get back at these people in other ways.
To: cotton1706
quote “but the prospect of letting the dissenters off easy is galling to some of the speakers closest allies, who want blood and seem angry he isnt willing to spill it.”
welcome to our world!
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posted on
01/08/2015 5:29:12 AM PST
by
TexasFreeper2009
(Obama lied .. the economy died.)
To: cotton1706
The bone head needs to get out of our house.
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posted on
01/08/2015 5:30:06 AM PST
by
exnavy
(Got ammo, Godspeed.)
To: cotton1706
I had to stop reading at "House conservatives who betrayed Speaker John Boehner", because I started choking from laughing and trying not to barf at the same time.
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posted on
01/08/2015 5:30:40 AM PST
by
WayneS
(Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
To: cotton1706
If Boehner was a grownup, he wouldn't even consider retaliation. That he did shows him to be a petty tyrant. Too bad he couldn't be as forceful with the real enemy — the godless commies on the left.
To: cotton1706
What constitutional conservatives have to do is form their own caucus and vote against any sellout deals Boehner makes as a block. Otherwise, Boehner will just get a few of them to go along with each of his dirty deals.
Look what happened with the budget. Instead of standing firm, they used Ryan to circumvent conservatives.
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posted on
01/08/2015 5:30:59 AM PST
by
grania
To: TexasFreeper2009
“welcome to our world!”
No kidding!!
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posted on
01/08/2015 5:31:59 AM PST
by
cotton1706
(ThisRepublic.net)
To: TexasFreeper2009
some of the speakers closest allies, who want blood and seem angry he isnt willing to spill it Poor Boner, what a predicament. He is totally in the tank for Obola and his regime, but when it comes down to actually slitting throats, he doesn't have the guts to draw the knife.
To both sides, he's effeminite.
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posted on
01/08/2015 5:35:04 AM PST
by
Old Sarge
(Its the Sixties all over again, but with crappy music...)
To: cotton1706
“who betrayed Speaker John Boehner”
betrayed? Man that kinda spin belongs in major league baseball.
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posted on
01/08/2015 5:36:30 AM PST
by
V_TWIN
To: cotton1706
None of Boehner’s closest “allies” are even in the House. They are the billionaires and America-hating globalists.
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posted on
01/08/2015 5:36:58 AM PST
by
Mamzelle
To: TexasFreeper2009
but the prospect of letting the dissenters off easy is galling to some of the speakers closest allies, who want blood and seem angry he isnt willing to spill it people who voted for Boehner due to fear of retaliation.
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posted on
01/08/2015 5:37:59 AM PST
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools)
To: cotton1706
Maybe take a close look at Ohio—those were the only voters he thanked. Wonder where the bodies are buried?
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posted on
01/08/2015 5:38:04 AM PST
by
Mamzelle
To: cotton1706
Well IF he looks at his facebook page, although the POS doesn’t have a “comment” button, you have to comment on one of his stupid posts,he is being ripped to shreds! I love it. I was one ripping him up.
To: cotton1706
No. They will OWE HIM. (He surmises)
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posted on
01/08/2015 5:41:05 AM PST
by
dasboot
To: exnavy
Exactly correct. OUR House; not Boehner’s.
To: cotton1706
Useless complicit, enabling, treasonous EXEMPT RINO:
"It is good to be king, my most beloved Master."
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posted on
01/08/2015 5:43:09 AM PST
by
Diogenesis
("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
To: exnavy
Boehner is a tyrant that has usurped the representative power of the people for himself. He is no different than Obama
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posted on
01/08/2015 5:46:53 AM PST
by
Breto
(Stranger in a strange land... where did America go?)
To: fatnotlazy
If Boehner was a grownup, he wouldn't even consider retaliation.If Boehner was a grown up, he would have resigned the speakership like he promised to do 4 years ago.
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posted on
01/08/2015 5:47:58 AM PST
by
P-Marlowe
(Saying that ISIL is not Islamic is like saying Obama is not an Idiot.)
To: cotton1706
How benevolent of him.
If he were serious about making things right, he’d kill himself and spare us his Obama cuddling idiocy!
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posted on
01/08/2015 5:50:18 AM PST
by
Darksheare
(Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
To: cotton1706
Orange, drunk and crying is no way to go through life, son.
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posted on
01/08/2015 5:51:32 AM PST
by
chrisser
(Silly Wabbit. Trix are for kids. And Cheetos are for Rinos.)
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