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  • Boehner faults talk radio for his downfall: Cites hosts 'trying to out-right each other'

    10/29/2015 10:34:15 AM PDT · by BlackFemaleArmyColonel · 46 replies
    WND ^ | 10/29/2015 | CHERYL CHUMLEY
    John Boehner, who’s leaving office and his speaker role at the end of this month, took a sideswipe at conservative media – and right-leaning talk-radio hosts in particular – and said it’s such influences that led to his political downfall. “Understand what’s going on here,” Boehner said, addressing questions about the pressure he’s faced from conservatives in recent years, Bloomberg reported. He then spoke of the hundreds of radio hosts “trying to out-right each other” who, when combined with active social media posters, cause unnecessary turmoil and confusion over political and cultural matters. “[Such has bolstered] the ability of a...
  • Boehner On Dealing With Conservatives: ‘Garbage Men Get Used to the Smell of Bad Garbage’

    09/21/2015 9:34:38 AM PDT · by bestintxas · 73 replies
    breitbart ^ | 9/21/15 | breitbart news
    House Speaker Rep. John Boehner (R-OH)is under fire from Conservatives. While on a fund raising trip, he told a Politico reporter that dealing with them is part of his job. “Garbage men get used to the smell of bad garbage. Prisoners learn how to become prisoners, all right?” Boehner said in a phone interview this weekend from Seattle during a fundraising trip to the Pacific Northwest, referring especially to the grind of constant travel. “You can teach yourself to do anything, especially if you’re committed to a cause. I came to Washington to fight for a smaller, less costly and...