Seriously, how ignorant is this? Boehner is not the devil. Sure, he needs to be held to account. But attacking him like he is an Obama sycophant is stupid. He isn't.
John Boehner is not Charlie Crist. John Boehner is not Lincoln Chaffee. John Boehner is not Christy Whitman.
There is a danger, believe it or not, of seeing a RINO in every Republican. And you know who wins then? Democrats.
For a prime example, I give you: the Democrat party of the 1980s. Anyone who was keen on politics then knew there was so much infighting about the "true keeper" of the Democrat party's principles (i.e. Roosevelt's vision) that they NEVER coalesced (is that spelled right?) to defeat Republicans.
We are in a danger of doing that NOW. So many are wanting to claim THEY are the ONLY conservatives who are worth listening to...and the rest of those Rs are idiots....we really do have a danger, I think, of having a circular firing squad.
Do we need to separate the wheat from the chaff? Absolutely. But looking at the guy who is--for whatever his faults are--trying to keep Hussein's vision of fascist socialism at bay as the "ENEMY" is a bit over the top.
Boehner has a lifetime 94.3 rating from the American Conservative Union. Are there ANY Democrats with lower ratings who deserve to have primary challengers? Are there ANY Democrats who deserve to have Hussein hung around their necks like an albatross in the next election? Would MONEY be better spent on THAT kind of campaign than against a guy who is rated higher than a 94 with the ACU?
Hell, even if you're keen on whacking Republicans, look at some Republicans who are MORE liberal than Boehner....
Don Young of Alaska?
Gary Miller of California? Mary Bono Mack of the same state?
Judy Biggert of Illinois?
Vern Buchanan of Florida?
Mike Simpson of Idaho?
Rod Frelinghuysen of New Jersey?
My point is, there are PLENTY of people who could be labeled RINOs before John Freakin' Boehner.
And while we're at it, look around FR. You will find nearly EVERY candidate labeled a RINO or a traitor or a liberal or a Democrat in disguise: Romney, Perry, Bachmann, Santorum, Newt...hell, we even have a contingent here who despises Sarah Palin....
Frankly, I threw my hat in the ring a little late in 2008, and I am doing the same this year. I haven't ruled anyone out in the primary except for Huntsman and Ron Paul.
We cannot win if we label EVERY person a RINO.
Look at our best President of the past 50 years...Ronald Reagan. He gave us amnesty, Sandra Day O'Connor and Anthony Kennedy, AND he cooperated with that extremist liberal Tip O'Neill on social security. Good God Almighty, that'd make him an BIG TIME RINO in the eyes of some people.
I don't say that to attack Reagan...I say that because I want people to see there are faults with all men and women in the body politic. Demanding they be Pure Gods from Mount Olympia is unrealistic and contrary to our purpose of shrinking government and defeating Hussein.
He needs to go.
Your mind ain't right. Years of liberalism have taken its toll on you.
Boehner had a very good pronouncement out this morning stating why he opposed each and every part of Obama's jobs bill.
The public is onto Obama now and siding with Boehner's position and people want to now remove the Speaker? Really?
Sheesh. So many conservatives have suicidal tendencies.
Great post and very well said. Also for all we know this guy could be a liberal plant.
don’t worry about central - he still thinks the Civil War is going on.
I live just to the east of Boehner’s district. Whoever this nobody is that is challenging him has absolutely zero shot at defeating him unless we get some naked pictures of Boehner with a house page or something.
The most press this guy will get will likely be right here on FR.
Well said.
Well said.
We must stop the circular firing squad.