Karl Rove: Boehner’s Conservative Legacy. Speaker has achieved far more than his GOP critics have

Wall Street Journal ^ | 10/01/2015 | Karl Rove

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John Boehner is a decent, honorable man who displayed his deep commitment to country and party last week, announcing that he will resign from the House of Representatives in October and relinquish the speaker’s gavel.

Mr. Boehner would have easily beaten any challenge to his leadership. But having decided some time ago that a quarter-century in Congress was enough, he chose to spare his Republican colleagues and the institution he loves a bruising fight.

As Republicans’ leader in the House, Mr. Boehner’s record has been impressive. He marshaled united GOP opposition to President Barack Obama’s stimulus and to ObamaCare. He led the GOP House in forcing Mr. Obama in 2011 to agree to spending caps that slashed $2.1 trillion from federal outlays over a decade. This reduced the federal government’s share of the economy from 24% of GDP to 21%—a figure only slightly above its post-World War II average.

When Mr. Obama planned to dramatically increase income and other taxes at the beginning of 2013, Mr. Boehner forced him to keep President George W. Bush’s tax cuts intact for 99% of Americans. All this did far more to shrink Washington than the government shutdown pushed by the speaker’s intraparty critics.

The straight-talking, chain-smoking Ohioan was also the architect of this year’s entitlement reforms. Each year for nearly the past 20, Congress spent time crafting a short-term “doc fix” to stave off mandated cuts in Medicare payments to doctors. Mr. Boehner engineered a permanent solution to the problem and, in the process, passed the first significant reforms in entitlement spending in a decade.

Since his first days in Congress, Mr. Boehner has opposed earmarks as wasteful and corrupting, and he ended their use when he became speaker.

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If he isn’t competent to serve, he should have retired years ago when he first started breaking down in public.

[Boonie]

Yeah, but he “achieved” everything for the liberal democrats.....

[Fiddlstix]

.....Boner has alcoholic crying jags.

Boehner IS The Best Alcoholic On Capitol Hill!

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Sources close to embattled Speaker of the House John Boehner says the smell of alcohol is far more prevalent on him these days as the continuing government shutdown showcases his failure as a House leader and his obsession with keeping his job above all else in a deepening national crisis.

The Boehner who emerged form a White House meeting Wednesday night appeared stubborn but also confused and out of control after he spent 90 minutes refusing to budge from his marching orders from House conservatives only to face reporters and claim it was President Barack Obama who would not negotiate.

“This is Boehner on his last legs,” a frustrated GOP aide told Capitol Hill Blue after the meeting. “The continuing capitulation, rambling rhetoric and attempts to drown his ineptitude in a bottle are taking their tolls.”(Click For More)

Madsen says he wouldn’t be surprised if Boehner, the 63-year-old son of a tavern owner, was pounding down drinks while trying to please the White House AND hardline House conservatives during the shutdown.

“When he’s under pressure he drinks more, is what I’ve heard,” Madsen divulged.

He adds Boehner’s well-known trait of weeping under stress is also a sign of his boozing.

Says Madsen, “I think it affects his performance as Speaker. I’ve heard people in the White House say ‘We tried to negotiate with him.’ And even some Republicans in the Senate say they can’t work with him because he’s nowhere to be found. He’s off getting sloshed somewhere!”

Former Ohio congressman Bob Ney cranks the criticism up a notch, claiming Boehner “is a party animal who would rather drink than govern.”(Click For More)

He’s also a closet chain-smoker, fond of the Barclay’s brand, rumored to be able to suck half a pack down in a matter of minutes if given a proper recess.

The son of a bar owner, Boehner worked alongside his father mopping the floors at Andy’s Café when he was in elementary school. Perhaps that’s where he first developed his taste for booze, but today, Congressman Boehner resembles a modern day Dean Martin of sorts, even leading a social life the legendary crooner would envy.

He’s made a name for himself with his legendary late-night parties which he first began throwing at the 1996 Republican National Convention. Nicknamed the “Best Little Warehouse” party, Boehner, (along with Bruce Gates, a tax lobbyist with Washington Council Ernst & Young and head of Mr. Boehner’s Freedom Project PAC and prominent lobbyist Henry Gandy) are known for throwing a party at the RNC that runs multiple days, often lasts until dawn and exceeds $100,000.

When Boehner replaced Tom Delay and was elected as Majority Leader back in 2006, disclosure reports filed with the FEC show that Boehner (or his representatives), spent $1,465 at the “classy” liquor store Schneider’s of Capitol Hill on February 3rd, the very next day after he was elected as leader. Clearly a celebration was in order. The bill was paid by Boehner’s slush fund, errr leadership PAC, The Freedom Project.

At the Convention, Boehner gave two awkward, drunken speeches that were embarrassing, somewhat uncomfortable, and confusing at best for those in attendance. The man could not pronounce a name if his life depended on it.(Click For More)

Boehner’s drinking problem – ignored by the mainstream media – received a bit of coverage on a Washington, D.C. blog earlier this year.

“Those who know Boehner best say he does tip more than a few from time to time and some of his drunken binges are poorly-kept secrets on Capitol Hill,” the blog, Capitol Hill Blue noted. “Each day, the email to Capitol Hill Blue is filled with stories about Boehner’s after-hours partying exploits.”

During a trip to Washington, D.C. earlier this year, FITS heard many of these stories … with specific references to the Capitol Hill Club.

Boehner isn’t just a drunk, either, he’s allegedly an “inveterate skirt-chaser who’s had numerous affairs,” according to Down With Tyranny, another Washington, D.C. blog. In fact one lawmaker told us on our recent Washington trip that Boehner – married since 1973 – was forced to narrow his number of regular lobbyist lovers from three down to one when it became evident he was in line to become Speaker in 2010.(Click To read More)

Is it depression? Or is Boehner simply in touch with his emotions? Does he wear his heart on his sleeve, or does he cry on a dime because he has a tender spot for all things American?

While it's impossible to know, some are beginning to speculate that Boehner's penchant for turning on the waterworks might have some connection to his consumption of wine. Liberal MSNBC host Ed Shultz, half-jokingly, called Boehner a "cheap drunk" the other day, Capitol Hill aides of both parties are wondering, and there's even a web page devoted to it.

So is drinking the issue -- and why might a person struggling with drinking be more prone to weeping in public?

Alcohol also "brings out underlying emotions," explains Dr. Michael Fingerhood, an associate professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins University. "It generally is unmasking what is inside them." (Read more Here)

JOHN BOEHNER: The Very Best DemocRAT Speaker Ever!

[paratrooper82]

Karl Rover has used his head as an anvil too many times!

[zerosix]

Puke!

I knew better than to even click on Karl's crap! I was right - again!

[gov_bean_ counter]

Yeah, for Obama!

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Can you imagine any other profession, business or industry where a guy who quite often breaks down into uncontrolled weeping spasms, until he regains control of himself—or is possessed by some other severe character flaw—is promoted to the top job?
Only government—state, local or federal.

[DaveyB]

Boehner’s Conservative Legacy. Speaker has achieved far more than his GOP critics have.

Boehner achievements include astounding progress in the liberal agenda and the thwarting of any resistance to the ever expanding state, the growing tyranny and the loss of standing in the world.

Why under Boehner socialized medicine was passed (he was not speaker at the time but blocked the attempts to derail) and FUNDED, the border remains a sieve, not one annual budget was passed as is required by the constitution, instead a perpetual cycle of continuing resolutions and the accompanying "crises", abortion providers continue to receive tax dollars, the IRS has expanded their political strong-arming, the EPA has plenty of money to destroy businesses and occasionally pollute a river, the illegal actions of the executive branch continue without a real congressional investigation, debt has skyrocketed, and the tea-party was marginalized with contempt so that the fat cat establishment GOP can continue to receive their big K-street "donations".... I'm just getting started.

Perhaps Rove could explain how anything would have been different if Pelosi was the speaker.

[Sun]

“Of course its true. He’s just wearing the wrong team jersey.”

You got it!

Plus, Boehner is a bully who punishes congresspeople who act like real conservatives.

[Calpublican]

Karl does not want us to believe our lying eyes.

[ziravan]

“Let’s not ignore the good he’s done. Boehner is a GOPe hack, but credit him with those things he’s done well.”

Why should I?

I give him credit for absolutely nothing.

You don’t give the arsonist credit for doing the dishes before burning down the house. That’s not how it works.

[Fiddlstix]

You Got That Right!

[Windflier]

The U.S Chamber of Commerce is reportedly gearing up to spend $100 million dollars to bury the Tea Party and the rebellious right. I wonder what Karl’s share of that will be?

[freedomfiter2]

Just like the rest of his family, Jeb wouldn’t know a conservative accomplishment if he tripped over one.

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[Windflier]

Let’s not ignore the good he’s done.

Pardon me if I haven't been watching Boehner over the twenty five years he's been in Congress, but what GOOD has he ever done?

[ziravan]

Benedict Arnold by most accounts was a good if not great Revolutuonary War leader. Should we give him credit for that?

Once Boehner decided to toss the Hastert Rule and use Democrat support to bypass the will of the people that gave his party a majority, any goodwill to give him credit was tossed as well.

Good riddance to the Crying Cheeto.

[SaxxonWoods]

Democrats happily agree!

[Yashcheritsiy]

Well yeah, he did.

He just did it for the other side is all.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

Rove is not a friend of conservatism. He is just another sneaky strategist out to scam us.