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Give Boehner a break: GOP Speaker brings real leadership to 114th Congress
Fox News ^ | January 14, 2015 | Liz Peek

Posted on 01/17/2015 7:59:16 AM PST by Zakeet

Some crank apparently has it in for John Boehner. No, I’m not talking about Ted Yoho; rather, the bartender who supposedly threatened to poison the House Speaker’s drinks – a low blow. Seems like there’s no end of folks eager to attack the GOP leader.

Only Republicans could celebrate one of the great moments in the party’s history by falling on each other like cats in a laundry bag. Weeks after securing one of the GOP’s most convincing electoral sweeps, Tea Partiers in the House, egged on by the likes of Mark Levin and Rush Limbaugh, decided to humiliate Speaker John Boehner by rallying to elect one of their own.

They failed, but in the process they gave wounded Democrats ample fodder for ridicule. They also steered the narrative away from the popular programs mainstream Republicans hope to pursue and that Americans hunger for.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 114th; boehner; boehner4dnc; boehner4obama; boehnertheenabler; congress; gop; weeperinside
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21 posted on 01/17/2015 8:36:00 AM PST by hosepipe (" This propaganda has been edited (specifically) to include some fully orbed hyperbole.. ")
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To: Zakeet

Squish.


22 posted on 01/17/2015 8:45:16 AM PST by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.com)
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To: hosepipe

Circumcise


23 posted on 01/17/2015 8:45:48 AM PST by Magic Fingers (Political correctness mutates in order to remain virulent.)
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To: Servant of the Cross

That photo is nauseating - even that witch is cringing.


24 posted on 01/17/2015 8:46:40 AM PST by dainbramaged (Get out of my country now)
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To: dainbramaged
So far, Mr. Boehner has not done anything other than speak empty words and continue surrendering to Mr. Obama. Specifically on Obamacare, Illegal aliens and wide open borders, and what is turning into a host of tax cuts for cronies and big donors.
TWB
25 posted on 01/17/2015 9:01:15 AM PST by TWhiteBear (Sarah Palin, the Flame of the North)
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To: Zakeet

Damn, too bad you didn’t tag your article title with a BARF or IDIOT alert. It was, and is, sorely needed!!


26 posted on 01/17/2015 9:02:07 AM PST by harpu ( "...it's better to be hated for who you are than loved for someone you're not!")
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To: Zakeet

Just shows how Fox News has lost its mojo. Simply not worth watching anymore.


27 posted on 01/17/2015 9:04:18 AM PST by kenmcg
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To: Zakeet
Hey Liz,

Benedick Gruber Bonehead emasculated ONE HALF of the term of the newly elected House members by denying them any say on financial matters by funding the CRomnibus.

He, along with many other members of the Congress should be flushed from office, much like you would your toilet. The composition is all waste!
28 posted on 01/17/2015 9:07:53 AM PST by leprechaun9
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To: leprechaun9
John Boehner at your service, Sir!

YESSIR!!!
RIGHT AWAY SIR!

Thank you Sir!


29 posted on 01/17/2015 9:17:09 AM PST by Ray76 (al Qaeda is in the Oval Office (and John Boehner is their craven servant))
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To: Zakeet

Patton said that leadership is “The application of principles to circumstance”. That is the best definition of leadership I’ve seen, and by a man who was a real leader.

The problem with Maj. “Boo Hoo” Boehner, and the rest of the GOPe, is that the either lack the principles or (worse) the principles they are applying are the opposite of conservative principles. I think it’s the latter, they are very effectively leading us onto their plantation.


30 posted on 01/17/2015 9:36:41 AM PST by Dead Dog
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To: Servant of the Cross

He’s kissing the Democrat’s Ass.


31 posted on 01/17/2015 9:38:22 AM PST by Dead Dog
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To: Zakeet

He didn’t show much for the 113th Congress.

Nor the 112th.

So, why should we expect anything different for the 114th?


32 posted on 01/17/2015 9:41:51 AM PST by TomGuy
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To: Zakeet
Not me!? Image and video hosting by TinyPic
33 posted on 01/17/2015 9:42:15 AM PST by MtnMan101
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To: Zakeet

Boehner is a disgusting RINO traitor to America who deserves to be run out of politics and into pauperhood.


34 posted on 01/17/2015 9:44:20 AM PST by mikefromwichita
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To: Zakeet

I’ll give him a break when he shows us some spine and not a minute before.

None of this Kabuki theater stuff either where everyone simply acts out a role to make a show of doing something when not actually doing anything to fight and stop obie and gang.


35 posted on 01/17/2015 9:50:13 AM PST by Boomer (Yep. Not very PC.)
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To: D Rider

I suspect that Boner will prove himself to be every bit the disappointment that I expect him to be.


36 posted on 01/17/2015 11:07:59 AM PST by jospehm20
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To: Zakeet

Headline should read, “Give Bone head a cane a straw hat and watch is soft shoe act.”


37 posted on 01/18/2015 4:52:13 AM PST by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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