Posted on 12/17/2012 2:56:48 AM PST by Reaganite Republican
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Obama wants to go over the cliff.
Blaming it on Repubs was just icing on the cake.
Boner will not be removed. If 16 republicans vote against him there are 16 democrats who will be more than happy to vote FOR him. They do not want a tea partier as speaker.
Way past time to boot the accomplice to the largest theft of American wealth ever!
Gee maybe it’s because they are partners in crime. Ya think.
Good. Those that dont vote for him will not be bound to him then.
We are in deep doo doo,
The worst President in the history of our country,
the worst Senate Majority leader in the history of the country and the worst Speaker of the House to ever sit in the chair.
All at a time when we need competent people to lead us out of recession government created.
I’m thinking second worse; remember the words we have to pass it before we can read it.
“We only need 16 conservatives”?
In the Republican party?
Ya gots to be kidding right?
We need to do somthing. Boehner has surrendered on both taxes and spending. He appears to want the GOP to go over the cliff.
And the Senate Minority Leader isn’t too great, either.
We need fewer nebbishes in GOP leadership roles, and Boehner and McConnell are nothing but walking doormats.
And the alternative to John Boehner is....
An old truism is “you can’t beat somebody with nobody”.
Who would displace Boehner? No serious prospects seem to be put forth so far. Theoretically, Newt Gingrich COULD be recalled to the job, as it is not necessary that the the Speaker of the House be a currently elected Representative of any district.
Newt has the advantage of being a motivator and has a decent vision of the way things are supposed to be.
And the alternative to John Boehner is....
Jeb Hensarling
Sadly both GOP leaders are lobbyist bagman ,
Boners entire staff move to high profile k street lobby firms and the same is true for Mitchy ,
The Beltway bandits have there bushman in key spots .
Obamacare I’d still
Around because L street pharmaceutical fonts want it !
Boner has funded it while giving lip service to d
Stopping it !
These crooks needs to be tarred and feathered !
Dems voting for Boehner would be really interesting to see. Let’s force that hand.
That vote would rip the mask off the “2-party” system in congress. What we really have is 2 types of professional political class statists.
That would be almost as good as getting a truly conservative Speaker of the House.
The Tea Party caucus is a toothless tiger. No organization. No unity. No point person willing to articulate the conservative cause and tell Boehner bluntly that his time as Speaker is done. 2010 left us with so much promise, immediately followed by so much disappointment. Less than a year after the “we’re mad as hell” voters sent a message to Washington, the representatives they elected either went silent or actively backed RINOs such as Mitt Romney in the Republican primaries.
“The Tea Party caucus is a toothless tiger. No organization. No unity. No point person willing to articulate the conservative cause and tell Boehner bluntly that his time as Speaker is done.” - LH
I hope these points change. The country needs it.
The good news is that all of these challenges are manageable.
There should be no break the pace in sending the approved bills for funding government over to the Senate to be acted upon. Any government stoppage would be laid at the foot of Reid where hundreds of funding bill have gone to die. Nothing important to democrats should be sent over to the Senate before Republican sections are approved.
Saw an interesting comment to a similar article on American Thinker. The gist was that if the Tea Partiers in the house revolted against Boehner, it could lead to a return of Nancy Pelosi to the speakership. All the Dems and a handfull of reach across the aisle rhino types could make the math work. Would there then be any check to the imperial presidency?
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