Useless complicit EXEMPT RINO:
"I need more IRS audits on conservatives,My Master, My beloved King."
Posted on 08/02/2015 5:28:03 AM PDT by cotton1706
For the first time in 105 years, a speaker of the House is the target of what parliamentarians call a "motion to vacate the chair" — and what other people might call an attempt to throw the speaker out on his ear.
But John Boehner greeted this unwelcome status Wednesday with studied sangfroid.
"Listen," Boehner said in an afternoon news conference when asked by Chad Pergram of Fox News how he would put down the insurrection. "You've got a member here and a member there who are off the reservation. No big deal."
So, asked Jennifer Steinhauer of The New York Times, would he hold a vote on the resolution just to prove that he has support?
"Uh, listen. This is one member, all right?" he replied. "I've got broad support amongst my colleagues, and — and, frankly, it isn't even deserving of a vote."
Had he spoken with Rep. Mark Meadows, the North Carolina Republican who filed the no-confidence resolution Tuesday?
"I've not," Boehner said with nonchalance. "Why?"
It was a cool performance by a man who usually is a wellspring of emotion. New footage, to be broadcast next week, shows him choking up and crying — in an interview with the Golf Channel.
But maybe the resolution really isn't a big deal. The motion, in the highly unlikely event it were adopted, would declare the office of the House speaker "vacant." But, in a sense, the office of the speaker already is pretty much vacant. Boehner is in charge, but only nominally. He is unable to move legislation and is rendered powerless by his struggles to placate about 50 conservative holdouts, including Meadows.
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His “off the reservation” comment just reinforces why he needs to go. What fricking arrogance.
Useless complicit EXEMPT RINO:
"I need more IRS audits on conservatives,My Master, My beloved King."
The fact that he continues to cling to the position despite the wishes of the American people says plenty.
A real man would step down and claim it was in the best interests of the party and nation.
“Off the reservation”??? Boneheaded....is that really what you think of us, thousands, hundreds of thousands? Remember the “crazies” in Arizona? You pathetic arse! Hey Trump, guess who said we are “off the reservation!
Title should be renamed.
Hath the Emperor clothes?
Funny some lefty does not declare “off the reservation” to be a racist remark against American Indians.
Oh, wait a minute. The left does not want to rock this boat as boner is doing them more good than harm.
But, in a sense, the office of the speaker already is pretty much vacant. Boehner is in charge, but only nominally. He is unable to move legislation and is rendered powerless by his struggles to placate about 50 conservative holdouts, including Meadows.
So, in two short paragraphs, "a member here and a member there" becomes "50 holdouts".
Or, 25% of Republicans in The House.
You telling me there aren't 50 'RATS who can make up the difference? Obviously the 'RATS in The House are accessories to the hostage taking.
Harry Reid has more guts than the entire GOP leadership put together. That is the problem.
Example No.#-1
50 conservative holdouts.
Example No.#-2
Yes sir and Bernie Sanders, "a Self Avowed Socialist, from Vermont, is refereed to as an Independent.
Jamie Dupree (the most connected man in Washington) did a good job on Hannity yesterday of blowing this off as nothing. Much the same way Boehner is doing here.
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