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Bad blood: Four feuding leaders (Reid Calls Boehner "Coward")
Politico ^ | 10/4/2013 | JOHN BRESNAHAN and MANU RAJU

Posted on 10/04/2013 9:58:37 AM PDT by mojito

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid privately told fellow Democratic senators this week what he really thought of Speaker John Boehner.

“He’s a coward,” Reid angrily said, referring to Boehner’s private push for federal health care contributions for lawmakers and their staff. Boehner later backed legislation to end those subsidies in order to win points with House GOP conservatives. “He’s a coward!” Reid exclaimed.

Reid’s outburst — confirmed by several sources attending a Senate Democratic policy luncheon on Tuesday — is the latest example of how the relationship between the nation’s top political leaders is now brimming with acrimony, distrust and pettiness at a perilous time for the country’s economy. The government shutdown — the first in 17 years — is in its fourth day with no end in sight.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: boehner; cowardboehner; debtceiling; dingyreid; govtshutdown; harryreid
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To: Red Badger

Excellent!

...and true.


21 posted on 10/04/2013 10:57:10 AM PDT by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos...)
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To: BigEdLB

I don’t know about Boehner, but if that POS said that to me, he would be defacating out his mouth from today till eternity.


22 posted on 10/04/2013 11:02:40 AM PDT by Mouton (The insurrection laws perpetuate what we have for a government now.)
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To: mojito
“He’s a coward,” Reid angrily said, referring to Boehner’s private push for federal health care contributions for lawmakers and their staff. Boehner later backed legislation to end those subsidies in order to win points with House GOP conservatives. “He’s a coward!” Reid exclaimed.

I think that Boehner is a hero! Actually, for two reasons:

(1) He is demonstrating that Reid (Democrats) can dish it out, but cannot take it!

(2) Boehner is a gentleman for not impeaching Reid for dereliction of duty for failing to prepare a Budget for five years in a row!

23 posted on 10/04/2013 11:12:48 AM PDT by olezip (Time obliterates the fictions of opinion and confirms the decisions of nature. ~ Cicero)
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To: mojito

mojito: “That’s just in the Senate. You can still badmouth and humilate House Reps.”

Apparently so...


24 posted on 10/04/2013 11:22:07 AM PDT by CitizenUSA (Conservatives are not anarchists!)
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To: henkster

henkster: “I would stand up and ask Harry if those rumors of his sexual abuse of corpses while he was an undertaker were true.”

Except that sexual deviancy doesn’t have the same impact in Democrat circles as it does in Republican ones.


25 posted on 10/04/2013 11:23:51 AM PDT by CitizenUSA (Conservatives are not anarchists!)
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To: mojito

because reid knows the cry baby is a COWARD! RINO!


26 posted on 10/04/2013 11:37:47 AM PDT by GailA (THOSE WHO DON'T KEEP PROMISES TO THE MILITARY, WON'T KEEP THEM TO U!)
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To: rightwingextremist1776

Boehner is a coward. Reid is evil.


27 posted on 10/04/2013 12:34:32 PM PDT by Jabba the Nutt (Obama is an historic President. He's America's first 'Dear Leader' President.)
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To: mojito

I want to see fist fights on the floor like in Korea and Japan!


28 posted on 10/04/2013 12:36:29 PM PDT by esoxmagnum (The rats have been trained to pull the D voting lever to get their little food pellet)
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To: esoxmagnum

Bah, back in the good ol’ days, Congresspeople used to cane each other.


29 posted on 10/04/2013 12:55:49 PM PDT by JoeTheGeorgian
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To: Jabba the Nutt

Speaker Boehner has the courage to publicly oppose the Senate leader and their attempt to force the public to pay for abortions under the guise of public health care.

For that, he has my appreciation.


30 posted on 10/04/2013 7:00:13 PM PDT by mbj
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