JOHN BOEHNER: MY FRIEND JEB BUSH WOULD MAKE A 'GREAT PRESIDENT'

Breitbart Big Government ^ | 12 May 2014 | by CHARLIE SPIERING

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House Speaker John Boehner signaled support for former Florida Governor Jeb Bush to run for president during a press conference on Monday.

“Jeb Bush is my friend,” Boehner said. "I think he’d make a great president. And I’ve been nudging him for some time.”

Boehner made his remarks during a Q&A session with Texas Tribune at the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce.

Boehner also asserted that a majority of Republicans were interested in immigration reform, even though some were blocking the issue.

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Jeb Bush runs for POTUS in 2016? Sounds like a good day to go hunting or fishing and not waste my time, effort or vote. Please, Oh please, will someone cut and paste this to Boo Hoo Bonehead's twitter, facebook or some other related social media. I don't dabble myself.

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What’s so funny about that?

[ROCKLOBSTER]

That’s not the platform. That’s some RINO claptrap.

[OneWingedShark]

What’s so funny about that?

Believing there is any intent by the party to adhere to their planks?
There's plenty of reasons that show it to be a lie (at least considering as-a-party).

1. Government accountability
   1. NSA domestic espionage
   2. Fast & Furious
   3. Benghazi
   4. Voter Fraud
   5. The Executive's rule by decree
   6. Unchecked Debt Incurrance
   7. Unchecked waste (e.g. ObamaCare website)
   8. No push to repeal asset forfeiture laws
2. Fiscal Responsibility (see much of the above)
3. Strong Defense
   1. Dismantling the F-22 project
   2. Endorsing the F-35
   3. Failure to make securing the borders an issue
   4. Failure to make illegal immigration an issue (heck, they're gearing up to push amnesty down our throats)
   5. Failure to pushi for repeal of GCA and NFA
4. Pro Second Amendment
   1. Failure to push for repeal of the GCA
   2. Failure to push for repeal of the NFA
   3. Failure to push back against "prohibited areas" (e.g. federal post offices, courthouses, military installations, etc.)
5. Pro-life
   1. Mitt Romney.
      Seriously, they pushed him even while adding no exceptions, not even rape or incest to the platform's stance on abortion — the guy is very much for exceptions.

In short, the party's actions are nothing like the platform.
It may be a good platform, but you've got to realize it's a bunch of words that the party-as-a-whole has no intention of

[OneWingedShark]

That’s not the platform. That’s some RINO claptrap.

No.
It's satire — and the reason that it's funny is it's very close to the truth.

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12 May 2014 - JOHN BOEHNER: MY FRIEND JEB BUSH WOULD MAKE A 'GREAT PRESIDENT'

05 Nov 2016 - JOHN BOEHNER: MY FRIEND JEB BUSH WOULD HAVE MADE A 'GREAT PRESIDENT'

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Yep, Boehner would make a great retiree and Trey Gowdy would make a great Speaker.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

the party's actions are nothing like the platform. It may be a good platform, but you've got to realize it's a bunch of words that the party-as-a-whole has no intention of

LOOK!

There's a difference between "the party", the elected officials at whatever level, and the people who created the platform.

The reason it's a good platform is because regular Republican voters crafted it and the convention voted on it. This happens both at the state and national levels. There's no reason to make fun of the platform if the voters created it and believe in it.

The fact that the RINOs consider it a joke and crap all over it, is where most the problem lies. The fact that the Republican voters in the various states let them get away with it, is the rest of the problem. (See: McCain, Gramnesty, Boner etc etc etc)

THAT is where the TEAparty comes into the equation.

I say again, and you seem to agree..."There is nothing wrong with the GOP Platform".

Just like there's nothing wrong with the Constitution.

[OneWingedShark]

There's a difference between "the party", the elected officials at whatever level, and the people who created the platform.

The reason it's a good platform is because regular Republican voters crafted it and the convention voted on it.

Just like the teleprompter-incident vote? [Link]

This happens both at the state and national levels. There's no reason to make fun of the platform if the voters created it and believe in it.

That's not what I'm making fun of — it's that obviously directed at (a) the segment which is obsessed with 'electable'; and (b) those people who are duped by words-with-no-intention (i.e. the majority of the Republican party's politicians) — that you're taking offense is quite interesting.

The fact that the RINOs consider it a joke and crap all over it, is where most the problem lies.
The fact that the Republican voters in the various states let them get away with it, is the rest of the problem. (See: McCain, Gramnesty, Boner etc etc etc)

I agree; completely.
And that so many will excuse support of those RINOs is deeply disturbing as well. (e.g. those who defend Palin's support of McCain.)

THAT is where the TEAparty comes into the equation.
I say again, and you seem to agree..."There is nothing wrong with the GOP Platform".

As a platform, sure — but the Republicans in power don't have any intention in following up.
(There are some exceptions; Ted Cruz and Trey Gowdy spring to mind — but that they're exceptions is a problem.)

Just like there's nothing wrong with the Constitution.

You're absolutely wrong there — the 17th Amendment altered the legislature of the federal government so that we are a Republic in name only (that is, the Senate acts as a super-representative[-of-the-people] rather than representing the States). The 16th Amendment is pretty bad as well. The 14th Amendment ought to be repealed as well — first, because of the doctrine of incorporation; second, because of the prohibition on questioning the validity of the national debt.