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| Boner: 'I'm The Most Anti-Establishment Speaker We've Ever Had' |
| 2015-01-09 |
Speaker of the House John Boehner defended his conservative bona fides Thursday, arguing during a press conference that it pains him to be described as a squish by members of his own party. His comments, directed at the conservative wing of the GOP, come days after 25 members of his own party, many of whom argue he is not sufficiently conservative, voted against him for speaker. Boehner still won re-election. "During my years here when I voted, I had the eighth most conservative voting record in the Congress," Boehner said Thursday, rebutting the conservative criticism. "And it does pain me to be described as spineless or a squish." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #21 He is right. Get control of your state and local areas. |
| Posted by: newc 2015-01-09 20:13 |
| #20 That's such an establishment thing to say. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2015-01-09 16:45 |
| #19 In other words, the founders were wise enough to give the people the judicial mechanism, we need to wise up and learn how to use it to its full potential. |
| Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 2015-01-09 16:35 |
| #18 Alaska Paul, here is a third branch of government that 99% of Americans do not know how to use to deal with situations like this. The Judicial Branch. Attorneys are not the exclusive party to that branch if Americans would get up to speed on the process and bring the courts into the fray. |
| Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 2015-01-09 16:33 |
| #17 I think an earlier poster mis-spelled chancre as cyst |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2015-01-09 15:02 |
| #16 It is obvious that the Repub leadership is immune to appeals to reason so what is the next step, folks? We are bankrupt, government is still spending like Jack the Pig, and needs a purge and enema. We are running out of options here before we self destruct. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2015-01-09 14:58 |
| #15 And that is the problem. He is still very much an establishment creature. The fact he may promote it the least of all the other speakers speaks volumes about the corruption in Washington. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2015-01-09 13:50 |
| #14 John McCain has a relatively conservative voting record as well. I'd still say "Establishment" trumps "Conservative" when it counts. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-01-09 13:26 |
| #13 "I'm schmartt! I'm anti-establishment! I deserve respect! Hic!" |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2015-01-09 12:12 |
| #12 "I'm the most anti-establishment *HIC* speaker ever..." |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2015-01-09 11:43 |
| #11 And I'm the tooth fairy. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2015-01-09 10:35 |
| #10 Boehner is a problem. A systemic flaw in the republican party is the failure to remove him. He is a cyst that runs interference for obama. So the Publicans re-elected him, and the democrats re-elected pelosi and ried. It says both parties are STILL FUBAR. |
| Posted by: newc 2015-01-09 10:28 |
| #9 "over" ---> "ever" English, she's a hard language. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-01-09 10:21 |
| #8 Working alongside the most transparent presidency over? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-01-09 10:20 |
| #7 Anti-Establishment=Anti-Constitution The Beltway Party runs on power and corruption (re: Inner Party). |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-01-09 08:13 |
| #6 Observing that Obama can lie and get away with it due to the air cover provided by a liberal press, Boehner has decided to give it a try. He has forgotten that the press will destroy lives to get leftists elected, and will turn on him in a way that they never would on Obama. The knife in the back is coming no matter what he does. |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2015-01-09 06:01 |
| #5 Mods: That is the first time I have tried to link an image. Apologies if I futzed it up. I could not remember the magic sizing command. |
| Posted by: abu do you love 2015-01-09 02:43 |
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| Posted by: abu do you love 2015-01-09 02:41 |
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| Posted by: Besoeker 2015-01-09 02:24 |
| #2 Prove It! Refuse to fund Obama' illegal Amnesty. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2015-01-09 01:19 |
| #1 You're a funny guy! |
| Posted by: Raj 2015-01-09 01:16 |