People have been screaming for weeks that Boehner will try to raise taxes. He won’t. But some people won’t admit their error and would rather become steeped in hatred for one man. Know anybody like that?
Well, I, for one, haven’t ... but I still think Boehner is a weak, GOP elite (with a drinking problem). He got the leadership position because it was his turn.
JMO
The only reason why Boehner has done an about-face on taxes (as of last Friday PM) was the fury that erupted towards the GOP over talk of a possible “deal” that included tax increases.
Boehner isn’t leading. He’s down on his knees every night, praying the Politician’s Prayer:
“Oh Lord, please tell me where my people wish to go... so that I might lead them there... a puff of wind upon my moistened finger is all I ask, oh Lord...”
Boehner has also been talking of pathetically timid cuts, and over “10 year” timeframes, which is utter nonsense. The 10 year projection in ‘98 or ‘99 was that we’d be most of the way to paying off our debt by now. 10 year projections are worse than useless.
We’re running a $1.5+ Trillion deficit right now. We need two things:
1. We need a budget, which the DNC refuses to prepare. Make a budget so we have spending benchmarks again. Duh.
2. We need to be talking about cutting $500B this year, $500B more next year, and $500B the year after that. And part of the cuts has to include entitlements.
I think that Boehner is soft and should resign as Speaker. There is no hatred in that opinion. Bob