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Give Boehner a break: GOP Speaker brings real leadership to 114th Congress
Fox News ^ | January 14, 2015 | Liz Peek

Posted on 01/17/2015 7:59:16 AM PST by Zakeet

Some crank apparently has it in for John Boehner. No, I’m not talking about Ted Yoho; rather, the bartender who supposedly threatened to poison the House Speaker’s drinks – a low blow. Seems like there’s no end of folks eager to attack the GOP leader.

Only Republicans could celebrate one of the great moments in the party’s history by falling on each other like cats in a laundry bag. Weeks after securing one of the GOP’s most convincing electoral sweeps, Tea Partiers in the House, egged on by the likes of Mark Levin and Rush Limbaugh, decided to humiliate Speaker John Boehner by rallying to elect one of their own.

They failed, but in the process they gave wounded Democrats ample fodder for ridicule. They also steered the narrative away from the popular programs mainstream Republicans hope to pursue and that Americans hunger for.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 114th; boehner; boehner4dnc; boehner4obama; boehnertheenabler; congress; gop; weeperinside
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You bad old Freepers should stop picking on the brave Boo Hoo!

1 posted on 01/17/2015 7:59:16 AM PST by Zakeet
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To: Zakeet

Real pi$$ poor leadership, maybe.


2 posted on 01/17/2015 8:01:25 AM PST by Paladin2
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To: Zakeet

LEAVE BOEHNER ALONE!!!!

3 posted on 01/17/2015 8:02:03 AM PST by P-Marlowe (Saying that ISIL is not Islamic is like saying Obama is not an Idiot.)
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To: Zakeet

Republicans are largely rinos in the political class and are both inept and enablers of the lunacy of the political left.
They will probably live and spend in their glass bubbles in DC as the nation dies.


4 posted on 01/17/2015 8:05:24 AM PST by kindred (Only God is good, Christ is Lord and Saviour of all who believe only on Him.)
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To: Zakeet

In many respects, Boehner epitomizes the GOP (Gutless Old Party). He passes for what the GOP believes to be “leadership”.


5 posted on 01/17/2015 8:07:08 AM PST by Starboard
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To: P-Marlowe

Boehner a bonehead rino and can kiss Nancy Pelosi to death as he does nothing to represent conservatives in America.


6 posted on 01/17/2015 8:07:08 AM PST by kindred (Only God is good, Christ is Lord and Saviour of all who believe only on Him.)
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To: Zakeet

Boehner must be worse than we thought if the democrats are defending him


7 posted on 01/17/2015 8:07:09 AM PST by Mr. K (Palin/Cruz 2016)
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To: Zakeet

Sadly it boils down to perspective. Boehner is conservative compared to Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. Just not principled enough to satisfy Tea Party aligned conservatives.


8 posted on 01/17/2015 8:10:07 AM PST by buckalfa (First time listener, long time caller.)
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To: Paladin2

I am willing give Boehner a chance to prove himself, but he has limited time. As we should not stop in trying to get him removed. He also has a lot of make-up work to undo previous damage to the republic. But I am willing to keep an open mind. :)


9 posted on 01/17/2015 8:12:37 AM PST by D Rider
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Folks like Boehnor and McConnell count on “battered wife syndrome” as their election strategy.


10 posted on 01/17/2015 8:20:27 AM PST by vmivol00 (I won't be reconstructed.)
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Boehner must be worse than we thought if the democrats are defending him.

The fact that democrats are defending him should tell one all they need to know about his "leadership"!

11 posted on 01/17/2015 8:22:56 AM PST by Bigun ("The most fearsome words in the English language are I'm from the government and I'm here to help!")
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To: Zakeet

The cryin squishy Cheeto is a ‘Rat enabler. Worthless.


12 posted on 01/17/2015 8:23:19 AM PST by VRWC For Truth (Roberts has perverted the Constitution)
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Boehner is worthless. Just look at conditions in todays America.


13 posted on 01/17/2015 8:23:20 AM PST by mulligan (I)
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To: Zakeet

John Boehner's leadership: Embrace the Suck!

14 posted on 01/17/2015 8:24:46 AM PST by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: Zakeet

He lied to members and crammed through more than 1600 pages of more than a trillion dollars of everything Obama wanted including massive pork for cronies in a LAME DUCK session.

He could have easily introduced a simple stopgap measure good through March 1, 2015 and let the new Congress take up the budget.

THERE IS NO EXCUSE!


15 posted on 01/17/2015 8:29:36 AM PST by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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To: Mr. K

Bingo!


16 posted on 01/17/2015 8:30:48 AM PST by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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To: buckalfa

17 posted on 01/17/2015 8:32:06 AM PST by Ray76 (al Qaeda is in the Oval Office (and John Boehner is their craven servant))
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To: Zakeet
 photo NevilleBoehnercopy2_zpse9bab78d.jpg

18 posted on 01/17/2015 8:32:09 AM PST by Dick Bachert (This entire "administration" has been a series of Reischstag Fires. We know how that turned out!)
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popular programs mainstream Republicans hope to pursue and that Americans hunger for.

I hadn't realized Obamacare had seen such a rise in the polls.

19 posted on 01/17/2015 8:32:37 AM PST by madprof98
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To: Zakeet

Bush, Romney, Rubio, Christie.

Nahhhh!

I am ready for a party.

A new party.

With none of the above.


20 posted on 01/17/2015 8:34:17 AM PST by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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