U.S. Speaker Boehner says doesn't like being called 'spineless'

Yahoo News ^ | 8 Jan 2015

[mandaladon]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner said on Thursday he doesn't like being called "spineless" or a "squish" by critics, and he vowed to prove his mettle to lawmakers who bopposed his re-election earlier this week.

Boehner was re-elected Speaker of the House on Tuesday even as 25 members of his own Republican party declined to support him, the biggest such intra-party rebellion against a speaker candidate since 1859. His detractors, many of them on the right wing of his party, say Boehner is too prone to compromise with Democrats.

Boehner said that portrayal is false.

"During my years here when I voted, I have the eighth most conservative voting record in the Congress. And it does pain me to be described as spineless or a squish," he told reporters.

Since becoming speaker in 2011, Boehner has faced a series of internal challenges to his leadership, particularly on his handling of budget matters in which small-government Tea Party Republicans have demanded a more aggressive confrontation of President Barack Obama's agenda.

In 2013, Boehner warned against a government shutdown, but Tea Party lawmakers pushed for a showdown over Obama's healthcare law that resulted in a 16-day closure of the federal government.

[mandaladon]

Boehner said what hurt the most was being called "establishment" by his fellow Republicans....................Actions speak louder than words......

[jsanders2001]

His new name is Jello Boehner then...

[Veggie Todd]

Oh poor baby, got his widdle fewwings hurt.

[TurboZamboni]

Fine.

Your new nickname is Ball-less Agent Orange.

[JaguarXKE]

How does he feel about A**hole!!

[rockinqsranch]

“U.S. Speaker Boehner says doesn’t like being called ‘spineless’”

Well then grow one.

[LostInBayport]

The truth often hurts.

[faithhopecharity]

spineless?
brainless?
ballless?

take your pick, Boner

[ViLaLuz]

You make Weepy cry.

[Fungi]

How about “Bonehead,” Mr. spineless one?

[RckyRaCoCo]

How about the Marmalade Milquetoast?

[riri]

Made me laugh. (:

[Hot Tabasco]

I have the eighth most conservative voting record in the Congress.

A Bronze medal only means you won first place over the rest of the losers.............

[exit82]

Cheetos don’t have spines.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Boner’s “I am not a crook” moment.

[onyx]

When he met Joy Behar at a bar in the Hamptons last September, this is what he told her. Drunken stupor or not...it's pathetic. ~ Breitbart








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[JaguarXKE]

Flaccid Boehner

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

Perhaps Boner would prefer “invertebrate”? Or “Vertebrally challenged”?

[DaveyB]

[loveliberty2]

Leadership requires far more "spine" than having the 8th most conservative voting record. Will someone point out the difference to this man who may very well hold the most important position in our government which might lead others to stem the tide which threatens our Constitution and its protections for liberty?