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John Boehner Tears Up As Eric Cantor Announces Departure (Good Lord!)
time.com ^ | 6/11/14 | Alex Rogers

Posted on 06/12/2014 6:43:20 AM PDT by cotton1706

Before House Majority Leader Eric Cantor could tell his fellow Republicans that he was stepping down, Speaker of the House John Boehner began to cry Tuesday in the basement of the Capitol, as he praised his outgoing colleague at a caucus meeting behind closed doors, according to several members of Congress who were present.

Republicans had gathered to honor their leader as he announced plans to leave his leadership on July 31, after losing his primary race on Tuesday. For at least short time, his colleagues stopped their jockeying to replace him and offered words of praise. “Eric Cantor was one of the five most influential people in the United States of America in unseating Nancy Pelosi as House Speaker and giving us a Republican majority,” said Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.).

“There was a whole lot of standing ovations for everything that [Cantor] said,” Rep. Rob Bishop (R-Utah). “It felt like I was at a mortuary watching a viewing.”

Other members said they believed that Cantor lost his job to protect theirs. “I think Eric was in the awkward position of having to go around the nation and every weekend always take care of national issues and business that required him to be outside of his district,” said Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.), who is running for Senate. “I’m home in Georgia every single weekend.”

“Ultimately it might have cost him his elected position but good leaders will sacrifice to do what they believe is right,” said Rep. Tom Graves (R-Ga.).

(Excerpt) Read more at time.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: elections; itstheamnestystupid
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To: cotton1706

Perhaps Boehner sees the future...his own ouster.


21 posted on 06/12/2014 6:55:05 AM PDT by ryderann
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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers

Manless, pathetic criers.


22 posted on 06/12/2014 6:55:40 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: cotton1706
giving us a Republican majority

But a majority that is impotent is also feckless.


23 posted on 06/12/2014 6:58:14 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: cotton1706

“Eric Cantor was one of the five most influential people in the United States of America in unseating Nancy Pelosi as House Speaker and giving us a Republican majority,” said Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.).

Then he turned on the REAL people who unseated Pelosi...the true conservatives.

It’s obvious Boner and the rest didn’t get the message.


24 posted on 06/12/2014 6:59:43 AM PDT by VerySadAmerican
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To: maggief
LOL! Geesh! How did this guy ever get to be Speaker? No wonder 0bama/Pelosi/Reid have run rampant over him. They must laugh themselves silly over his ineptitude. This guy cries at the drop of a hat.

He must have been on the receiving end of regular 'wedgies' in the locker room at Moeller High School.

25 posted on 06/12/2014 7:00:50 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: cotton1706

When is the canonization?


26 posted on 06/12/2014 7:02:08 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: maggief

Sounds like these elitists would love to have Cantor as Speaker. Do not be surprised if Boner steps down and they try it.


27 posted on 06/12/2014 7:02:27 AM PDT by VerySadAmerican
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To: cotton1706

“Eric Cantor was one of the five most influential people in the United States of America in unseating Nancy Pelosi as House Speaker and giving us a Republican majority,” said Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.).

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No, Mo. Conservative voters (fewer and fewer of them identifying as Republican by the way) pushed out the Democratic majority, allowing a different set of scavengers to devour the banquet. You and others derive your office from the VOTERS - or not, as in the case of Cantor.

You see Mo, we keep looking for gladiators, and instead we keep getting golf caddies. We have no need for golf caddies, and they will be replaced like your friend there.


28 posted on 06/12/2014 7:04:53 AM PDT by Psalm 144 (FIGHT! FIGHT! SEVERE CONSERVATIVE AND THE WILD RIGHT!)
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To: cotton1706

Please get a Speaker of the House who has some balls!!!!


29 posted on 06/12/2014 7:05:49 AM PDT by ThomasMore (Islam is the Whore of Babylon!)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7uC5m-IRns

30 posted on 06/12/2014 7:06:30 AM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: cotton1706
Boehner...get some balls!
31 posted on 06/12/2014 7:07:22 AM PDT by Awgie (truth is always stranger than fiction)
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To: cotton1706
“Eric Cantor was one of the five most influential people in the United States of America in unseating Nancy Pelosi as House Speaker and giving us a Republican majority”

Which you then totally squandered doing NOTHING.

32 posted on 06/12/2014 7:09:16 AM PDT by Paine in the Neck (Socialism consumes EVERYTHING)
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To: jwalsh07

I don’t think there is one beyond the cosmetically enhanced men’s clothing store mannequin appearance.


33 posted on 06/12/2014 7:09:21 AM PDT by Psalm 144 (Happier than a Svoboda skinhead with a free new armband.)
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To: cotton1706

Does this clown EVER stop for a moment to think how ridiculous it looks when the Speaker of the House publicly blubbers?

Can we PLEASE get a replacement....


34 posted on 06/12/2014 7:10:15 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: ilgipper

Not me, after reading that it’s clear they haven’t learned anything.
Empty suits with law degrees in a pity party
Voters are scared to death about their futures as the country collapses
And this is what is going on up there


35 posted on 06/12/2014 7:12:47 AM PDT by reefdiver (Be the Best you can be Whatever you Dream to be)
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To: cotton1706

Bye Bye Juanito..too bad we knew ya’


36 posted on 06/12/2014 7:17:30 AM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: cotton1706

Feelings are neither right nor wrong. They just are.

Not what you do with those feelings — different story.


37 posted on 06/12/2014 7:18:53 AM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: cotton1706

Probably because he now knows his days are numbered.


38 posted on 06/12/2014 7:25:16 AM PDT by al_c (Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
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To: cotton1706
Other members said they believed that Cantor lost his job to protect theirs. “I think Eric was in the awkward position of having to go around the nation and every weekend always take care of national issues and business that required him to be outside of his district,” said Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.), who is running for Senate.

Delusional. Must be a symptom of Potomac Fever.

39 posted on 06/12/2014 7:26:27 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: cotton1706
Clearly, Boehner is not mentally stable enough to hold his current position. I think his drinking has a lot to do with his emotional displays. But whatever the reasons, he is an embarrassment as a House speaker and needs to step aside. This is not leadership.
40 posted on 06/12/2014 7:41:28 AM PDT by Major Matt Mason ("Journalism is dead. All news is suspect." - Noamie)
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