[C. Edmund Wright]

Think most Freepers will like this one. Takes an explanatory look at Boehner....

[C. Edmund Wright]

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[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

In the 1940s, Flagstaff, in Coconino County, Arizona had a Sheriff named Perry Francis. His jail was small, however, only having 3 or 4 cells. So if it was full of serious offenders, as Sheriff Francis went on his rounds in the city, the other arrested would tag along with him.

They wore no handcuffs, and in fact the Sheriff had no handcuffs. The reason being that he didn’t *need* handcuffs.

This because his reputation as a fast draw and deadly shot were known to all. No prisoner of his would dare to try and run away, because he knew if he tried, he would be a dead man.

I mention this because staying in a jail without bars because you are a dimwit is one thing, but staying in a jail without bars may also be for a very good reason.

Something that should be considered when pondering John Boehner. What we see is him sitting in a cell without bars. What we don’t see is why.

[Nip]

Bragging here.

For years I have been posting that you can not expect any Congressional leader of a conservative leaning to be effective once he gains power inside the beltway. It takes years of having to work with liberals to achieve any political power. And, all those years are indoctrinating you to respond with a certain, to I dare say Pavlovian response, to outside stimuli.

Add to this how you obtain political power in Congress. The only route short of a massive replacement of almost all its members (see Tom Clancy’s Executive Orders) is to sit in the back and follow your leadership’s orders. After several terms in office that attitude becomes your default response to everything that crosses your desk!

In short you can not take a lap dog and expect him to be an effective guard dog for a large home.

[Gritty]

Wow. Did this analysis smack the bullseye!

[RitaOK]

Nice. What a great allusion to the jail with no bars. A very funny movie does make the case for the shaky core of one collapsed Republican leader.

Courage is dangerously hard to come by in the Republican Party.

[logic101.net]

Guys, he’s actually standing up to El-Presidente for a change; now is not the time to ridicule him. Wait until after he caves.

[Servant of the Cross]

Good article. The explanatory look at Boehner also applies to a huge part of the GOP Senate as Ted Cruz explains ...

I will tell you the single biggest surprise in arriving to the Senate is the defeatist attitude here. I mean, we don't even talk about how to win a fight. There's no discussion. We talk about, "Hey, let's get a show vote so we can go tell our constituents we're doing something." But I promise you, Rush, if you had to sit through one Senate lunch, you'd be in therapy for a month ... but they've been here a long time, and they're beaten down, and they don't believe we can win. They don't believe it can happen, and the answer they say on every issue is, "No, we can't do it. We can't do it."

[Idaho_Cowboy]

An interesting article. The assumption in this premise, as is usually assumed now adays; is that the Democrats are in charge and it is up to the Republicans to follow along. Obama is not the sheriff in this town, though he is a tin star type. One of the greatest constitutional checks and balances of our Representative Republic is that the House, the Senate, and the President are required to pass laws meaning each can be a check on the others. This nonsense that Obama is in charge and Boehner and everybody has to go along renders the voice of the people through their representatives in the house silent, and that would be a travesty of justice to the people of America.

Boehner strikes me as a man playing not to lose; the surest way to bring about defeat strategically. He seems confused that his enemies are actually fighting him.

[Bender2]

Re: I am reminded of the signature scene from the 1969 Western comedy Support Your Local Sheriff:

Funny, I recall this... as the signature scene:

You meanin'... whoever marries her gets the mine?

Shaft... and all!

So I guess if Boehner goes along with Obama, he gets the shaft... and all!

[Yaelle]

Ha ha ha ha ha!

I knew he’d be bad the moment he was made speaker, but here on FR he was praised to the hilt by a lot. We need leadership with something to put in an athletic supporter.

[MUDDOG]

The Tiny Mind of Boehner

Not necessarily stoned, but... Obamacized.