Posted on 11/08/2012 4:09:24 PM PST by Arthurio
WASHINGTON – In a wide-ranging interview, House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) said raising tax rates is “unacceptable,” vice presidential nominee Paul D. Ryan is not the new leader of the GOP and the reelection of President Obama means the nation’s new healthcare law is “the law of the land.”
Boehner spoke to ABC News’ Diane Sawyer on Thursday, his first post-election interview as the divided Congress prepares to negotiate with the White House over the scheduled year-end tax hikes and spending cuts that economists fear will put the economy back in a recession.
“I’m the most reasonable, responsible person here in Washington,” said Boehner, who is expected to remain speaker in the new House Republican majority. “The president knows it. He knows that he and I can work together. The election’s over. Now it’s time to get to work.”
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The Ohio Republican said he called it quits at about 11:15 p.m. on election night once Romney was poised to lose, but still “slept like a baby.”
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The fact he said this will be lost on many FREEPERS.
with a better health care plan than us
We need to remove the Weeper of the House.
Well. What can you say?
Now who said ANYTHING about hate????? That’s the problem these days...one disagrees with someone and all of a sudden it’s HATE. No it isn’t... its two different opinions and strong ones at that. It is NOT anything to do with HATE.
This comment, in the context of the subject of the discussion, is enough to kick this bast*rd out. Its got that 'kinder gentler' ring to it.
Although I never had much respect for Boehner, I never harbored any contempt for him.
I do now.
I agree with you.
Nice job delivering your home state to the Repubs Foster Brooks!
/sarc
No true conservative begins the negotiating process in public with a counterpart that has no inclination of negotiating.
Would Harry Reid or Nancy Pelosi say anything close to what he said today if they lost an election and had a full blown partisan bill ready to become full law in one year’s time? Reid was already preparing to oppose Romney before he was even elected.
Boehner is weak. He and Cantor need to be replaced.
My decision not to give these fools money over the past four years has been a good one.
Yeh, he woke up and cried, woke up and cried, woke up...
LOL!
“slept like a baby”
I sure didn’t.
Boehner’s comment was a back handed insult to Reid, Pelosi, and Obama. And it was probably true.
“slept like a baby”
I sure didn’t.
ObamaCare is the law of the land, but it is raising costs and hurting #smallbiz. Our goal remains #fullrepeal.— John Boehner (@johnboehner) November 8, 2012
This lobbyist front man needs to be removed from
Office .
This liar had no intention in killing off Obamacare !
His lobbyist pals lived it !
He could defund it any day He wanted to !
Vile DC elite !
This lobbyist front man needs to be removed from
Office .
This liar had no intention in killing off Obamacare !
His lobbyist pals lived it !
He could defund it any day He wanted to !
Vile DC elite !
We need to contact our representatives and demand that he is not re-elected as Speaker. The House is all we have right now, and our only way to try to defend freedom. It will take a strong leader, and Boehner is neither a leader, nor strong.
Thanks. Some here on FR just want to attack the guy for telling the truth.
And the mainstream media only tells part of the story and then laughs while we cannibalize each other.
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