What do you think of ouse Minority Leader John A. Boehner?

[Zebo]

Looks down too much and not charming. DOA.

 

[Adn4n]

TAX CUTS TAX CUTS TAX CUTS! You're right, you know nothing else of him OP.

 

[dawp]

Didn't he cry crocodile tears a couple of years ago over some assnine bill?

 

[ccbadd]

Originally posted by: Craig234
Dishonest, foolish, ideologically corrupt (I haven't checked his finances) buffoon is my impression. Used car salesman is another impression, moreso than most politicians.

Not that this prevents his ascension in the GOP.

The Republicans have been fooled by a lot worse.

If you changed the references to DNC and Democrats, this would fit Obama to a T!

 

[MagicConch]

It is sad about his 8-year case of laryngitis during the Bush years b/c I'm sure his outrage at overspending would have resonating as much then as it does now. The important thing is that he is okay now and ready to lead us to a brighter fiscally conservative future.

 

[theeedude]

Republicans have no credibility on spending. Zero. Boehner is building a permanent Republican minority.

 

[Balt]

Originally posted by: ccbadd

Originally posted by: Craig234
Dishonest, foolish, ideologically corrupt (I haven't checked his finances) buffoon is my impression. Used car salesman is another impression, moreso than most politicians.

Not that this prevents his ascension in the GOP.

The Republicans have been fooled by a lot worse.

If you changed the references to DNC and Democrats, this would fit Obama to a T!

I'm not really sure how you can say Obama is dishonest. So far he seems to be doing most of what he said he would. Just because you don't LIKE what he's doing doesn't make him dishonest.

 

[Lemon law]

What are all the people on this thread talking about, Boehner may have a presence, but so does a foghorn and so does a broken record.

Boehner was also the de facto GOP house majority leader during the 1990's until he was caught in the act of openly distributing tobacco lobby money on the house floor. He was replaced by the real GOP reformer, Tom Delay. And one of Delay's tactics was thereafter to totally marginalize Boenher and those that did not slavishly follow the Delay doctrine in the GOP dominated house. To keep some of the heat off themselves, they did not have the full title of GOP house majority leader, but as long as they could dominate a nothing like Dennis Hastert, it did not matter.

Of course when Delay was forced to resign, its paved the way for the second most corrupt GOP member in Boehner to rise right back up to a leadership position.

Sure, ole Boehner can rail against pork with the best of them, but now that he is in a minority position, how swiftly we forget Boehner was the pork king of capital hill three years ago.

 

[Mani]

Originally posted by: Lemon law
Sure, ole Boehner can rail against pork with the best of them, but now that he is in a minority position, how swiftly we forget Boehner was the pork king of capital hill three years ago.

Yep, and that's why nobody's listening to his incessant whining.

 

[fallout man]

His stiff delivery really rubs me the wrong way--he really comes off like a dick.

 

[Lemon law]

The other point to make, is that while McConnell in the Senate can mount a filibuster if he keeps the entire GOP Senate member ship unified, Boehner , in the House, even if he keeps his entire flock united, still gets
buried by a democratic landslide of votes. So Boehner may have a motor mouth, and nothing else to bring to the political debate.

So Boehner can't lead, and chooses not to follow, so there is no choice but to bulldoze him out of the way. And if that becomes the Boehner norm, the GOP in the house will isolate itself while becoming totally irrelevant. But if the GOP chooses to do some compromise, the GOP may have a better chance of making a positive difference while keeping relevant.

 

[heyheybooboo]

Originally posted by: Lemon law
What are all the people on this thread talking about, Boehner may have a presence, but so does a foghorn and so does a broken record.

Boehner was also the de facto GOP house majority leader during the 1990's until he was caught in the act of openly distributing tobacco lobby money on the house floor. He was replaced by the real GOP reformer, Tom Delay. And one of Delay's tactics was thereafter to totally marginalize Boenher and those that did not slavishly follow the Delay doctrine in the GOP dominated house. To keep some of the heat off themselves, they did not have the full title of GOP house majority leader, but as long as they could dominate a nothing like Dennis Hastert, it did not matter.

Of course when Delay was forced to resign, its paved the way for the second most corrupt GOP member in Boehner to rise right back up to a leadership position.

Sure, ole Boehner can rail against pork with the best of them, but now that he is in a minority position, how swiftly we forget Boehner was the pork king of capital hill three years ago.

This.

How soon they want you to forget ...