Posted on 06/18/2015 4:53:28 PM PDT by xzins
John Boehner is simply one of the worst Speakers this nation has ever endured. More hostile to conservatives than to far-left liberals, Boehners leadership jeopardizes our country more and more each day and his latest slight against conservative efforts to curtail Obamas powergrabs is simply enraging:
Speaker John Boehner refused to allow conservative Republican amendments to the Obamatrade deal But he allowed Democrats to amend the legislation. Unbelievable.
Last week, leadership galvanized Jordan and his allies by refusing to allow Republican amendments to TPA, even as they negotiated with Democrats in an attempt to rally enough votes to make up for the GOP defections. So, the Democrats basically got to amend the process; we didnt, Jordan says. Thats a frustration that members have, as well.
Jordan had offered to deliver about two dozen votes for TPA, enough for Republicans to pass the bill without Democratic help, on three conditions: that GOP leadership include an amendment that sets up checkpoints at which the Republican conference could decide if the trade agreement proceeds; that they kill a union-friendly job-training program for workers affected by the free-trade deal, which Senate Republicans had backed in order to win Democratic votes; and that Boehner promise not to allow a vote on the reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank. (Jordan wanted Boehners word on Ex-Im because Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had promised to allow a vote on the banks reauthorization in order to get Democrats to drop their filibuster of the trade package.)
In order to avoid having to send the bill back to the Senate, GOP leadership rebuffed all of Jordans demands. They told us to pound sand, so thats why we did what we did, says one Freedom Caucus member who joined the procedural revolt.
There is a war on conservatism and make no mistake: this is a war lead by both Democrats and so-called Republicans.
Surely, the Republican Party can do better. Or can they?!
McConnell (RAT-Turtle Party) — Senate Leader
Boehner (RAT-Traitor Party) — House Leader
AND they can’t (or won’t) get a new bridge built across the Ohio River. I guess we have to wait until the old one collapses and people are killed.
And every December I get nostalgic and stick my head in an oven. It too is a dry heat. But it’s never the same. Ovens don’t get hot enough ;)
I blame this on all the so-called conservatives who are purists and idiots and stated home in 2008 and 2012! /sarc
In 2016 we need to vote for Republicans and hold their feet to the fire. They’ll get the message that John Boehner needs to go. /sarc
You can still see those comments on FR. It’s mind boggling.
And every house member who voted for this, and voted for him, are cowards, stupid, or liars.
True, but it’s also good to remember that he’s a complete winner. He’ll be speaker as long as Republicans control the house. He has always done this and keeps being speaker.
He was speaker, the Republicans won, so they reelected him speaker. The only way to defeat Boehner is to defeat Republicans.
He showed that back in 2010, yet conservatives voted for Republicans who they knew would vote for Boehner.
By who? This is nothing new for him, yet a bunch of reps from deeply conservative district voted him as speaker. Most of them will be reelected in their districts, and they’ll make him speaker again.
This piece of $h1t needs to go!
I no longer refer to the GOP as the "Stupid Party"; a more apt moniker is the "Duplicitous Party". Since in a growing number of issues we can no longer distinguish between the political parties, we may as well have two "D" parties on the path to European Socialism.
That’s assuming what’s happening is not what they want. They keep in good graces with the lobbyist, they stay in their cushy jobs with low interest real estate loans and sweet investment deals, and they keep getting elected because they throw meaningless bones at the base now and then. The GOP keeps putting Boehner in because he delivers. They’ll suffer no consequences because we’ll keep voting for lesser-of-two-evils.
And the conservatives who have been truly consistent (Jim Bridenstine) are really just wasting their time and giving a semblance of credibility to a completely corrupt body. The country would be better off if the 20 or so conservatives would hold a no confidence vote and walk out.
Speaker Boehner and his entire Republican Leadership team, and the Senate Republican Leadership team, as well, HAVE BEEN very badly compromised (as in BLACKMAILED) by Ophonybama and his LIEberal thugs.
I don’t have any evidence that would hold up in a courtroom, but the circumstantial evidence is certainly there!
After all, blackmail is the LIEberal modus operandi — virtually every race Ophonybama has been in at the state and federal level has involved considerable chicanery of a VERY personal sort against his opponents.
We all must remember that Saul Alinsky was Ophonybama’s mentor, and that George Soros is pulling his puppet strings!
Why would we expect any different outcome?
“Speaker Boehner and his entire Republican Leadership team, and the Senate Republican Leadership team, as well, HAVE BEEN very badly compromised (as in BLACKMAILED) by Ophonybama and his LIEberal thugs....”
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You give these scumbags way too much credit...they have NO integrity or core conservative beliefs that need to be compromised. They revel in doing their despicable acts and they, and their family members & friends, are well compensated by the special interests for every betrayal of American citizens they conduct.
Boehner is a vile man and even more so because he claims to be on “our” side. One can only imagine what the Dems have on him as blackmail fodder. I’d bet it is really juicy stuff.
Absolutely true. Just because his mission does not coincide with your desire doesn't mean he isn't focused on his mission.
If we had men of principle they would form a caucus and withdraw from the republican party in order to deny Boehner a majority status. That is the only way to stop this traitor and refusing to do that tells us all we need to know about those men of principle, they don't exist. Sigh..........
Congress has the direct power to expel their own.
-PJ
This Obama trade deal is a trojan horse.Its disguised as free trade What It really allows is for Obama to flood the USA with an unlimited number of 3rd world immigrants ...
http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/item/20710-obama-gop-trade-scheme-includes-unrestricted-immigration
This Fast track gives Obama power to make treaties that override U.S. laws. Its the destruction of the republic.It gives obama unlimited dictatorial power to destroy the U.S. Proof here :
http://getliberty.org/oppose-trade-authority-for-obama-on-pacific-trade-deal/
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/20233
Obama , Hillary, Jeb Bush ,Boner etc. all the villains support this evil bill. And the worst villain the mainstream media is for that obama trade bill because they are hiding it from the American people as they hide the Obama IRS scandal and other abuses of power.
This is why I toss all RNC envelopes into the trash can, unopened.
Where are you third party?
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