Hey isn’t that the American Way? AND he remembers his roots and hard way up the ladder, even gets sentimental about it.
My dad and his siblings (along with brothers-in-law) went through as bad or worse - even putting aside military service - and while they weren't always paragons of virtue, they would all have stopped short of voting to steal other peoples' money or negotiate away their rights. They may all have been flyover-country failures by DC standards, but at least they weren't mendacious beltway elitists (born or made).
Based on his increasingly problematic behavior, I maintain that John Boehner long ago decided that being a member in good standing of the GOP wing of the Corrupt Bastards' Club was his ticket to never going back to the wrong side of the tracks; and rather than growing in character, he has simply increased his standing with those who can keep him living in the style which with he has become accustomed.
Is he the worst guy in the world? Nah. He has become, however, too much of an enabler of the worst this country does have to offer.
Mr. niteowl77
“He has become, however, too much of an enabler of the worst this country does have to offer.”
I cannot speak to unknown ill will or bad motives on his part. I will not engage in ad hominem attacks.
He is better than Pelosi, by a huge factor. Morality, policy, decorum even.
I have nothing against him being replaced by a more conservative and more personally noble Speaker.
Just don’t destroy the guy with the tactics of the Left.