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John Boehner backs Paul Ryan for president, calls Ted Cruz ‘Lucifer’
The Washington Times ^ | Mar 16, 2016 | Kellen Howell

Posted on 03/16/2016 2:41:16 PM PDT by bkopto

Former House Speaker John A. Boehner said current Speaker Paul D. Ryan should be the Republican nominee for president if the party fails to chose a candidate on the first ballot at its national convention this summer in Cleveland.

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Mr. Boehner, who stepped down from the speakership last fall, has long whispered to friends that he thinks Mr. Ryan could be the savior of the Republican Party. He told the crowd Wednesday that “anybody can be nominated” at the Republican National Convention.

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During the same question-and-answer session in Florida, Mr. Boehner referred to Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, another Republican presidential candidate, as “Lucifer.”

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


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With the flak that both Trump and Cruz are taking from the Establishment, in my opinion, I believe that the best ticket would be Trump as Prez and Cruz as VP. If Trump dies in office (he's getting up there in age), Cruz takes over. Or, if Trump serves one or two terms, Cruz is then available as a VP groomed to take over in the subsequent terms (something that Schrub never did).
1 posted on 03/16/2016 2:41:16 PM PDT by bkopto
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To: bkopto

Do we need any more evidence Bonehead is a Democrap operative?


2 posted on 03/16/2016 2:41:58 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Can we please kill the guy already who invented the saying "My bad"?)
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To: bkopto

This actually raises my opinion of Cruz.


3 posted on 03/16/2016 2:42:24 PM PDT by Ultima
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Was Boehner in his cups when he called Cruz “Lucifer?” It is a fine endorsement ;-)


4 posted on 03/16/2016 2:42:36 PM PDT by austingirl (Cruz 2016)
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To: bkopto

GOP digging the hole deeper...


5 posted on 03/16/2016 2:43:20 PM PDT by Walkingfeather
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To: bkopto

Bonehead.


6 posted on 03/16/2016 2:43:54 PM PDT by grimalkin (Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. - Winston Churchill)
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To: bkopto

Hey, there is a series on Fox TV, called “Lucifer”, and the character comes off as really charming. The Devil has quit Hell and set up shop in Los Angeles, and it confuses the higher divinities no end.


7 posted on 03/16/2016 2:45:26 PM PDT by alloysteel (If I considered the consequences of my actions, I would rarely do anything.)
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Did John shed a tear or two?


8 posted on 03/16/2016 2:45:41 PM PDT by Jeff Head (Semper Fidelis - Molon Labe - Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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He makes you wish you could still challenge people to duels...


9 posted on 03/16/2016 2:46:02 PM PDT by heights
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To: grimalkin

What’s he doing in the ‘smoke filled rooms’ meeting anyway?
Boehner is a name of the past, period! He holds no current office as far as I know. This is not a Country Club.


10 posted on 03/16/2016 2:46:26 PM PDT by lee martell
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Cruz has thrown his support to the BLM protesters by blaming Trump for violent protests from the left wing of the left wing party. He says it’s the Republican front runner’s fault that commies and fascists have shut down his rally.
Kasich and Rubio did the same.
They are dead to me. But Boner is a gigantic mistake of a has-been who never should have been.


11 posted on 03/16/2016 2:46:40 PM PDT by jim35 (The Tree of Liberty is in dire need of refreshing.)
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You're a mean man Cruz, you're like, like Lucifer

cruz and boehner photo: Ted Cruz John Boehner TedCruzandhislittlebitchJohnBoehneronadate.jpg

12 posted on 03/16/2016 2:47:06 PM PDT by rineaux (It's not a lie, it's Ted Truth.)
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To: austingirl

Agree, this almost makes up for Glen Beck in my opinion. :)

Is this a “takes one to know one” moment?


13 posted on 03/16/2016 2:47:26 PM PDT by Shark24
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Okay, somebody level with me. The Dems infiltrated the Republican party and are sabotaging it from within, right? I mean, are they THAT stupid. They had, what? seventeen people running for the nomination, each occupying a unique hue on the political spectrum. The people have sifted through them and are in the process of choosing a nominee. None of these people were named Paul Ryan. Why do they think that an eleventh hour choice of an establishment candidate, in the year of the anti-establishment candidate, is a wise decision? I am just incredulous.
14 posted on 03/16/2016 2:48:04 PM PDT by fhayek
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Did John shed a tear or two?

He just wanted Kasich and himself to be invited to play a round of Golf with Obama

15 posted on 03/16/2016 2:48:32 PM PDT by scooby321
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It’s a “Johnny Boehner is a braying jackass” moment.


16 posted on 03/16/2016 2:49:02 PM PDT by NorthMountain (A plague o' both your houses.)
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Do we need any more evidence Bonehead is a Democrap operative?

None whatsoever. He is a piece of work isn't he?

17 posted on 03/16/2016 2:49:03 PM PDT by Mark17 (Thank God I have Jesus, there's more wealth in my soul than acres of diamonds and mountains of gold)
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Trump makes me so.. I promised myself I wouldn't cry, Trump makes me mad.

cruz and boehner photo: BOehNER boehner2.jpg

18 posted on 03/16/2016 2:49:06 PM PDT by rineaux (It's not a lie, it's Ted Truth.)
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And your Cruz supporters think Cruz will be nominated at a brokered
convention?

Get real. The GOPe’s will use Cruz to try to stop Trump and discard
him after they are done with him.


19 posted on 03/16/2016 2:49:45 PM PDT by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small pittance)
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To: austingirl
Probably since his likely successor will be a Tea Party candidate. I'm sure Boehner isn't happy about that.
20 posted on 03/16/2016 2:50:05 PM PDT by Major Matt Mason (Those that can, do, those that can't, work in the Beltway.)
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