Posted on 04/14/2011 4:23:32 PM PDT by ejdrapes
By Robert Costa Pence tells National Review Online that he remains sour about the deal’s specifics, but not about House Speaker John Boehner.“I think Speaker John Boehner fought the good fight,” he says. “I think he drove a hard bargain.” Noting how Democrats control both the White House and Senate, he says, “I just can’t bring myself to criticize a basketball player who faces 2-on-1 all night.” “My frustration, and I know the frustration of many Republicans who voted ‘no,’ was focused squarely on liberals in the Senate, and on this administration,” he says.Pence: Boehner ‘Fought the Good Fight’
Rep. Mike Pence (R., Ind.) was one of 59 Republicans who voted against the Boehner-White House spending agreement this afternoon. However, in an interview in the speaker’s lobby, he defended House GOP leaders for how they handled the ‘continuing resolution’ to fund the government for the remainder of the fiscal year.
Well, Boehner could have stopped the game. But he feared the media and his opposition...so he just kept on getting beat by that 2-on-1.
Pence wrote amnesty lite for jorge bush, nothing else needs to be said.
He’s get labeled a RINO because he IS a RINO.
“Now Mike... you know what you have to do for the good of the party. You go out there and tell those red necks whatever the hell you need to tell them to shut them up. You do that for me and I will”...
LLS
If he fought the good fight, then he lost the fight. Perhaps we should send in someone who is a better fighter.
We need a fighter,not a Drunk!
And people wonder why Trump is gaining so much ground in the polls....look at all the weak-kneed pantywaist liberals in the GOP
Cant get a real tax cut....cant adress Obama Eligibility....cant secure our borders. The GOP has turned into the DNC
What about the huge historical UNPRECEDENTED mandate from last November??? The rats at this point should be running for the hills and obummer is as good as cooked turkey already. No, this is nothing short of a backstabbing betrayal of the voters who so decisively took the keys away from the rats and handed them on a silver platter to these pubs.
Pence should keep his mouth shut.
Oh pooh.
He has the purse strings.
He's afraid of the press and he has no business being there unless and until he's willing to look them in the eye and say, "We won".
His statement about being one half of one third of the power shows he is unsuited for the job.
That was exactly like McCain saying we "have nothing to fear from an Obama presidency". It screams, "I don't really want to win!"
Well, what do you think now, John?
I have a two letter response:
BS!
Boehner is just another Republican eunuch serving the court of the Great Mandarin.
Good thing for Boehner, he's not one of Michael Vick's dogs....
However, for presidential runs, both parties do the equivalent: In the R vs D match-up, if you lose once, you are done. I think Nixon was the last to have two tries.
Yeah, I am with you...look, the Hussein Cult grows stronger when we allow our internal divisions to distract us.
Hussein and his arse smoochers in the House and Senate are truly dangerous, not just misled or confused or unaware of the facts. Hussein and the liberals want to DESTROY prosperity.
Let’s stay focused on the true enemies of Liberty.
He's an undependable loser at best and must be replaced by someone with a spine.
I listened to Trump on Hannity tonight. He was passionate and engaged and said exactly what he thinks. The rest of these possible candidates are hiding in the weeds. If they don’t look out Trump is going to steamroll to the GOP nomination.
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