Orange you glad he's not Speaker? by ElvisChrist

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Orange you glad he's not Speaker?

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UPDATED: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 17:35
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Saturday, September 26, 2015 9:51 PM

ELVISCHRIST

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Sunday, September 27, 2015 8:08 AM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

Well, aside from the orange tan and the crocodile tears ... I dunno.
I guess he gets what he deserves: deposed by the very troglodytes that he fostered in his quest for power. It's been the Republican tragedy for 40 years: Now the GOP is being ridden by the very evangelicals they thought they would ride to power.

With The Boner gone, the GOP is free to go off the rails.

GO TEAM!

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Sunday, September 27, 2015 10:05 AM

WHOZIT

Good riddance to the Weeping Cheeto, he's done more for the Dems than Botox Pelosi has.

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Sunday, September 27, 2015 10:37 AM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

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Originally posted by whozit:
Good riddance to the Weeping Cheeto, he's done more for the Dems than Botox Pelosi has.

"Weeping Cheeto"!
HAHAHA!

Well, do we now get to see what the GOP is truly made of?
Or will there be yet another scapegoat to blame for GOP failures?

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Sunday, September 27, 2015 10:56 AM

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The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:

It's been the Republican tragedy for 40 years: Now the GOP is being ridden by the very evangelicals they thought they would ride to power.

With The Boner gone, the GOP is free to go off the rails.

GO TEAM!

As best he can, Boehner has thwarted the will of the Tea Party for years. But without the Tea Party, Boehner did not have a majority in the House. Both the Democrats and the Tea Party have been his problem. It has been a very thankless job for him. In November, they will be somebodyelse's problem, which is fine with Boehner. He can start making a multimillion-dollar salary as a lobbyist.
www.thenation.com/article/nurture-that-resentment-young-man/

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Sunday, September 27, 2015 11:05 AM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

True.

But you wouldn't like what I have to say about the Democratic Party mainstream either.

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Sunday, September 27, 2015 12:19 PM

WHOZIT

Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Quote:
Originally posted by whozit:
Good riddance to the Weeping Cheeto, he's done more for the Dems than Botox Pelosi has.

"Weeping Cheeto"!
HAHAHA!

Well, do we now get to see what the GOP is truly made of?
Or will there be yet another scapegoat to blame for GOP failures?

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You can't build a nation with bombs. You can't create a society with guns.

THAT is the money question, will he be replaced by another yes man who's afraid of the MSM? ALL the Republican candidates have proven you can tell the press where to get off and get away with it. Trump, Paul, Cruz and the others have shown that people love it when they tell the press to cut the crap. I hope the next speaker has learned that.

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Sunday, September 27, 2015 12:29 PM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

Cruz and Rand Paul (and I LIKE what Rand Paul has to say about foreign policy!) are about to drop out of the race. That doesn't say much for candidate's ability to counter the MSM, or the voter's ability to discount what the MSM emphasizes.

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Monday, September 28, 2015 5:04 AM

SHINYGOODGUY

So true. This man desperately tried to go the way the wind blew, only to find himself completely without any moral compass. He so wanted to keep his cushy job as Speaker that he totally abandoned his principles. He had NO BALLS to deal with the extreme fringes of his party and so he lost all credibility with both sides of the aisle.

Something the Pope said must have gotten to him. Finally, he got his Mojo back!

SGG

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Monday, September 28, 2015 5:11 AM

SHINYGOODGUY

The Tea Party and The Democrats thwarted from 2 completely different points of view and ideologies. Apples and Oranges.

BTW, I think Boehner may be through with politics, but I agree that the Evangelicals seem to have free reign. Break out the Swastikas boys, it's gonna be a long haul.

Sharia Law rides again!

SGG

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Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:

It's been the Republican tragedy for 40 years: Now the GOP is being ridden by the very evangelicals they thought they would ride to power.

With The Boner gone, the GOP is free to go off the rails.

GO TEAM!
As best he can, Boehner has thwarted the will of the Tea Party for years. But without the Tea Party, Boehner did not have a majority in the House. Both the Democrats and the Tea Party have been his problem. It has been a very thankless job for him. In November, they will be somebodyelse's problem, which is fine with Boehner. He can start making a multimillion-dollar salary as a lobbyist.
www.thenation.com/article/nurture-that-resentment-young-man/

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Monday, September 28, 2015 10:19 AM

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The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

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Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY:

The Tea Party and The Democrats thwarted from 2 completely different points of view and ideologies. Apples and Oranges.

An example to describe a single case of how Boehner has thwarted the will of the Tea Party and helped the Democrats and any Republicans who aren't in the Tea Party:

Boehner and the Tea Party agree that abortion is wrong. Although I think he does believe that abortion is “murder”, Boehner does not say it out loud as the Tea Party does, but only because the next step would be for Boehner to help the Tea Party shutdown the Federal Government over funding Planned Parenthood.

Boehner is very aware that a majority of citizens, Republican and Democrat, don't want a shutdown, even if abortion was the same as “murder”. Boehner can have two conflicting thoughts in his mind, at the very same time, and the Tea Party cannot. His two thoughts are that abortion is “murder”, but I'm not shutting down the government to stop “murder”.

Cognitive Dissonance can make a man weary. Boehner probably finds the mental conflict to be very tiring. He has other things that pay better he'd rather be doing.
www.simplypsychology.org/cognitive-dissonance.html

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Monday, September 28, 2015 2:01 PM

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The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

For lobbyists, Boehner’s announcement was a reason to mourn.
https://theintercept.com/2015/09/28/lobbyists-lament-speaker-john-boeh
ners-departure/

“We are grateful for Speaker Boehner’s leadership in so many areas,” said Chip Bowling, the chief lobbyist for the corn growers industry. “Speaker Boehner’s departure will leave a hole, to be sure,” said John Engler, a lobbyist who represents the chief executive officers of major American corporations.

Other lobbyists used social media to express grief and salute Boehner’s tenure as Speaker of the House:

A statement from former Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., who now lobbies on behalf of the Saudi Arabian government, was Tweeted by the Congressional Leadership Fund, a Super PAC that works to elect House Republicans:

CLF Chairman @normcoleman: "History will conclude that John Boehner’s leadership as Speaker of the House was an unparalleled success."

— CLF (@CLFSuperPAC) September 25, 2015

Kelly Johnston, a lobbyist for the Campbell Soup Company:

Two thoughts about @SpeakerBoehner's announcement. 1) I will miss him, thank him for his leadership under tough circumstances. (1/2)

— Kelly Johnston (@johnston_kelly) September 25, 2015

David Schnittger, a former Boehner aide who now lobbies on behalf of Goldman Sachs, Medtronic, and Royal Dutch Shell, among others:

John Boehner will hand over the gavel of the speakership the way he accepted it: with humility, gratitude, and a love of God and country.

— David Schnittger (@OhSchnitt) September 25, 2015

Gary Shapiro, the president and chief lobbyist for the Consumer Electronics Association:

Boehner resigning. Sad. Decent honorable man in a near impossible job.

— Gary Shapiro (@GaryShapiro) September 25, 2015

Myer Marks, a government affairs consultant:

It has always been pleasure working with Boehner over the years. He will be missed on Capitol Hill. These new… http://t.co/18fzacNbLZ

— Meyer Marks (@Marks4Maryland) September 26, 2015

Lobbyists enjoy access to establishment politicians of both major parties. But Boehner leaves behind a career that is marked by a particularly extreme coziness with K Street.

He was once caught handing out tobacco industry campaign checks on the House floor before a vote on tobacco legislation.

In 2009, Boehner slowed down House proceedings to allegedly attend the “Boehner Beach Party,” an annual event hosted by lobbyists. Before he became Speaker, Boehner served as the House GOP contact for regular meetings with lobbyists and convened a weekly meeting with lobbyists called the “Thursday Group.”

And for a period of time, Boehner rented a Capitol Hill apartment from a lobbyist.

As he raised millions from corporate political action committees, Boehner encouraged lobbyists to have a direct influence over the policy process. Under Speaker Boehner, the reverse revolving door became a blur, with more and more corporate lobbyists hired to manage the day-to-day business of key congressional committees and to serve as senior staff.

Boehner at one point called on bank lobbyists to be more aggressive when dealing with congressional staff, declaring: “Don’t let those little punk staffers take advantage of you.”

Even with a Boehner exit, lobbyists probably will not despair. House Majority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., whose chief of staff is a former lobbyist and who is also known for his ties to the lobbying establishment, is expected to replace Boehner.

Speaking to Roll Call, John Feehery, a former GOP aide who now lobbies, was nonchalant about the shift. Boehner “had a very close relationship with K Street — that’s just kind of how it is,” Feehery said, adding, “McCarthy’s got a lot of good contacts on K Street, too.”

The post Lobbyists Mourn House Speaker John Boehner’s Departure appeared first on The Intercept.

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Wednesday, September 30, 2015 2:42 PM

ELVISCHRIST

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Originally posted by whozit:

THAT is the money question, will he be replaced by another yes man who's afraid of the MSM? ALL the Republican candidates have proven you can tell the press where to get off and get away with it. Trump, Paul, Cruz and the others have shown that people love it when they tell the press to cut the crap. I hope the next speaker has learned that.

They really don't like it when the press tells THEM to cut the crap, though, do they? That's when they show their true selves in all their whiny, childish, petulant glory.

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Wednesday, September 30, 2015 2:45 PM

ELVISCHRIST

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Cruz and Rand Paul (and I LIKE what Rand Paul has to say about foreign policy!) are about to drop out of the race. That doesn't say much for candidate's ability to counter the MSM, or the voter's ability to discount what the MSM emphasizes.

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You can't build a nation with bombs. You can't create a society with guns.

Li'l Randy's superPAC has stopped fundraising, calling his a "futile" campaign.

Cruz will be tapped by Trump as his VP choice; I'd bet money on it.

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Wednesday, September 30, 2015 5:35 PM

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The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

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Originally posted by G:

Mr. Boehner is quitting because he found himself caught between the limits of the politically possible and a base that lives in its own reality. But don’t cry for (or with) Mr. Boehner; cry for America, which must find a way to live with a G.O.P. gone mad."

Americans want Congress members to pee in cups to prove THEY aren't on drugs. While Congress pushes for drug tests for food stamp recipients, most Americans like the idea of drug testing members of congress even better. A YouGov poll found that 78% of U.S. citizens are in favor of requiring random drug testing for members of Congress. A full 62% said they 'strongly' favor this, compared with only 51% who feel the same way about food stamp and welfare recipients. The support for this move was bipartisan, as 86% percent of Republicans, 77% of Democrats and 75% of independents support the mandatory drug tests for members of Congress.

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