Posted on 12/13/2013 7:56:19 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
House Speaker John Boehner is fed up with relentless criticism from outside conservative groups questioning his leadership and blasting a bipartisan budget proposal -- and he's not taking it anymore.
"I don't care what they do," Boehner said when asked on Thursday whether his rhetorical flogging of these tea party backed groups over the past two days amounted to a directive for them to cool it.
Boehner said on Wednesday that they were "misleading their followers." On Thursday, he escalated the rhetoric and effectively dismissed them.
"Frankly, I just think that they've lost all credibility."
The public dressing down made headlines, but it also was a political pivot.
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Liberal Democrats are Communists.
RINO Republicans are Communist Sympathizers.
I’m not even sure if adding the terms Liberal and RINO makes any difference.
Excellent strategy from the Pubbies.....I think they’re getting the hang of things (/snix).
Too back the House cant/wont just close down till the election.
Regardless that Speaker Boehner and HoR did a dog-and-pony show by reading the Constitution out loud twice, at the starts of the 2011 and 2013 sessions, the man and his colleagues evidently couldn’t care less about Congress’s constitutional Article I, Section 8-limited powers which they swore to protect and defend.
This proves the Chicago Machine, with help from the NSA, scares him a lot more than voters. He’s just trying to make it to retirement without going to prison.
How long before Boner starts calling Tea Partiers racists?
He thinks he's John McCain or something....
Sort of like McInsain, the only time they show a semblance of standing for anything is against their own base of conservatives.
So much for all the big tent BS that the GOPe has shoveled for 40 yrs.
Buh, bye Bonor. You worthless DemocRat.
I recall that Boehner gave a speech upon his election as Speaker, then another one about 6 months later, which were great. He hit all the right buttons on reducing the size and scope of the Federal Government, cutting spending, etc., etc., etc.
The problem is for Johnny, is that he doesn't act on his stated beliefs. Now, he's pissed off that people are trying to hold him to his own beliefs. That's why he's angry, he knows he's been lying.
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