Blame Hastert not Boehner. Boehner has never been Speaker. Hastert retired 8/17/2007 after we lost the House in Nov 2006.
Before commenting why not do some research and find out he was NEVER Speaker. Putting them all in the same basket without the facts is not right. Boehner was not a huge McCain fan and if you think he was, then you don’t have a clue about Boehner and who he is.
Boehner has continually gone against Pelosi including reading cap and trade on the floor when it had just come out the night before. He kept the entire GOP caucus voting against the Obama stimulus and all but 8 voted against Cap and Trade. With his own people instead of Hastert’s, Boehner has done much better this session. In the previous session, he had to confront being undermined by Hastert people all the time.
I have HAD it with the national GOP Leadership.
Boehner was in charge of the House when we lost MORE seats in 2008. That’s enough reason for me to dislike him, ditto McConnell.
As for Hastert, I totally agree with you.
With very few exceptions, the GOP leadership in Congress is bankrupt. WE deserve better.
Senile old clowns like Hatch and Grassley should have been flushed out of office long ago. They are liviong breathing advertisements for term limits.
We are at war with the Democrats ideologically for the heart and soul of America and we can’t afford self-serving, smug, elitist professional career politicians screwing up effective leadership in that war anymore.
There should be no margin for failure.