[library user]

“I can’t do this job unless you’re behind me.”

Spoken like O and Larry Sinclair.

[Doogle]

...they’re not behind him because it does nothing...so GET YOUR ASS BUSY BONEHEAD

[teg_76]

He’s a clown. He has no intention of ever making significant cuts.

Worse is that he’s already got some tea party freshman, like Alan West, to sell out his base.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

Boehner said yesterday that it is a "moral imperative" to avoid "default" and to protect baby-boomer entitlements...in other words it is a "moral imperative" to continue the growth in government spending and borrowing. He said that on Rush, of all places.

If that is a moral imperative, but limiting the power of government to economically enslave us to politician's programs (and graft and corruption) is not a "moral imperative" then who, really, is going to "fold like a cheap suit" when the chips are really down?

[Logical me]

Bonehead just doesn't get it. The cuts should have been at least 5 or 6 trillion over 10 years with 1.2 cut the first year. What the hell is this dumb ass doing? Sure it might not pass the Senate or our dictator King Obama but at least over have of the population will be with him and they will blame the RATS for the crash.

[ScottinVA]

No, Boehner.. you couldn’t even come up with $1T in cuts over a DECADE!!??

Oh, hell no!!

Get YOUR ASS back to the desk and work the numbers again!!

[Iron Munro]

"Get Your Ass In Line!"

[Iron Munro]

"Get Your Ass In Line!"

[RockinRight]

OK, let me play politics for a minute.

If I were a Tea Party Freshman, here’s what I’d tell Boehner...

“Mr. Speaker...you already understand why I oppose this bill; you yourself of course are a fan of Cut, Cap and Balance, and I don’t know why you aren’t pushing forward wtih CCB instead of this. Perhaps you know it won’t pass, so can we do this instead - we’ll pass this, but we reintroduce CCB (without the debt ceiling increase since that’s already done) once this is passed and signed.”

[TomGuy]

“I can’t do this job unless you’re behind me.”

Where's that pre-election promised $100 billion in spending cuts? Oh yeah, that can got kicked down the road.

Mr. Boehner, your credibility is on shakey ground. Your offer allows cuts to be kicked down the road, but spending to happen almost immediately.

Maybe, you are right -- maybe you can't do this job.

[Principled]

Boehner also predicted Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) and Senate Democrats will have to pass his proposal once the House does.

The House passed CCB.... the Senate tabled it.

Why does Boehner think this time the Senate will even allow a vote?

[brownsfan]

I know this won’t be popular here, but isn’t this what Obama fears? The GOP controls 1/4 of the government at the moment, (counting just the executive and legislative branches).

Assume Boehner’s plan passes.

- The GOP looks more reasonable, in bending to avoid default.

- Obama will have to go through this one more time before the 2012 election.

Both things could lead to enough gains that real reform could be possible.

Sometimes pragmatism isn’t all bad.

[dagogo redux]

Get YOUR ass home, and find a new job.

[Joe 6-pack]

“I can’t do this job unless you’re behind me.”

Speaker Boehner, Leadership 101 suggests that the quickest way to get people behind you is merely to step to the front.

[Fantasywriter]

Ever notice how good Republicans are at talking tough to fellow Republicans? Talking tough to Dems...not so much.

Dems talk tough to Republicans too. They rarely, if ever, do the same to fellow Dems.

[onedoug]

The sellout. I thought so.

[Elle Bee]

Boehner, stop negotiating against yourself

.

[Red Badger]

“I can’t do this job unless you’re behind me.”

We know, John. We don't want them behind you!.....................

[70th Division]

Boehner the Head Turd Polisher.

[mn-bush-man]

Two things that are CRUCIAL to remember as we discuss this among ourselves and with friends/colleagues:

1. THESE ARE NOT PROPOSED CUTS TO ANYTHING!! They are REDUCTIONS IN THE INCREASES!! This is still not fiscally responsible conduct.

2. Boehner is starting to flail, plea, and sputter like Nobama. It is also becoming more and more apparent that he does not share the important conservative views most Americans are demanding. Our freshmen need to be reminded that we expect them to stand firm to the pledges they made when we sent them to D.C., IN SPITE of what “Leader” Boehner is instructing them to do.

We will win this battle in the war.