Rep. McGovern: Boehner To Blame For Shutdown

wamc.org ^ | October 15, 2013 | Ian Pickus

[Tailgunner Joe]

Massachusetts Congressman Jim McGovern, a Democrat from the 2nd District, says he has lost respect for Speaker John Boehner’s leadership amid the ongoing federal government shutdown. McGovern slammed the Ohio Republican on WAMC’s Congressional Corner.

"I've always given John Boehner the benefit of the doubt, you know," McGovern says. "I know him and I remember when he was reasonable. But at some point, you become part of the problem, and at this point I think it's fair to say he is part of the problem. I'm not willing to give him the benefit of the doubt any more, nor I don't preface my remarks by saying he's a reasonable guy any more, because, quite frankly, over these last few weeks he has not been.

The one thing that I’ve learned over the years, is when you give in to bullies…and that’s what I think some of this Tea Party group are: they’re bullies. When you give in to bullies, they just continue to bully you. You don’t solve problems, you just create more and more and more problems. It is totally unreasonable for any political party to shut down the government and use it as leverage to get something."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: massachusetts; ohio; teaparty

[onyx]

ROTFL.

Make up your tiny, sick, perverted mind.

Heretofore, I thought y’all were blaming Senator Ted Cruz!!!

[MuttTheHoople]

Projectin’

[GreyFriar]

Obama’s definition of negotiation with the Republicans is: UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER by the Republicans.

[PATRIOT1876]

Man we dodged a bullet when the hippie in a suit McGovern lost in 1972!

DEFINITION OF A DULLARD:

Somebody who thinks that the TEA Party are bullies for trying to reverse an economy, life quality, health destroying program like Obamacare, but has no words for Harry Reid about bullying.

[A CA Guy]

The main stream press will report that crap as news and that is why I think you’ll see many of their sponsors getting boycotted. IMO too many people are sick of this communist leaning press.

[who knows what evil?]

We’re bullies??? It was the progressive extremists in the DEMOCRAT party who shoved ObamaCare down the Nation’s throat when they didn’t want it. Supporting ObamaCare is an extremist position; no doubt.

[Gay State Conservative]

You know that whenever a Gay State Maoist in DC opens its yap you'll get bilge that's straight out of the “Little Red Book”.

[Fido969]

That’s the leftie “social shaming” lie -

“I’ve lost respect for you (because of your conservative position)”

[skinkinthegrass]

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[skinkinthegrass]

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[RJS1950]

Ignorant POS doesn’t even know the division of responsibilities between the three branches. The House cannot shut down ANYTHING you democrat socialist moron.

[higgmeister]

When you give in to bullies, they just continue to bully you. You don’t solve problems, you just create more and more and more problems. It is totally unreasonable for any political party to shut down the government and use it as leverage to get something."

Don't they call this transference?

[ExCTCitizen]

The one thing that I’ve learned over the years, is when you give in to bullies…and that’s what I think some of this Tea Party group are: they’re bullies. When you give in to bullies, they just continue to bully you. You don’t solve problems, you just create more and more and more problems. It is totally unreasonable for any political party to shut down the government and use it as leverage to get something."

You name-calling LIBERAL A$$...you are a MARXIST, McGovern

[Lancey Howard]

I love to hear the scumbag Democrats whine.
It means the Republicans are doing something right.