Posted on 01/08/2015 10:39:16 AM PST by cotton1706
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) is defending his conservative bona fides after a failed attempt by conservatives to oust him from his speakership.
“It does pain me to be described as spineless or a squish,” Boehner said to chuckles from reporters. “I tell you what pains me the most is when they describe me as ‘the establishment.’ Now I’m the most anti-establishment speaker we’ve ever had.”
“Who was the guy who got rid of earmarks? Me,” he continued. “Who’s the guy who believes in regular order? Me. Who believes in allowing more members to participate in the process from both sides of the aisle? Me.”
Tuesday, on the first day of the 114th Congress, 25 House conservatives — encouraged by outside conservative groups and pundits — voted against Boehner’s reelection as speaker.
When asked about why he faced such conservative opposition, the Speaker explained it comes with the job.
“I’ve given some thought to this as you might imagine,” he said. “The American people are very frustrated. They’re frustrated in a struggling economy, frustrated that they don’t think Washington’s listening and they want action. I talk to Americans everyday, talk to my constituents everyday. And this frustration that’s out there — they need to take it out on somebody. They take it out on the President, take it out on me. It comes with the territory.”
Boehner argued further that when he voted as a member, he had the eighth most conservative voting record in Congress.
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“Who was the guy who got rid of earmarks? Me,” he continued. “Who’s the guy who believes in regular order? Me. Who believes in allowing more members to participate in the process from both sides of the aisle? Me.”
Newsflash, John, regular order is not delaying all spending decisions till September 30th, then delaying them again till December 12th, then forcing something down the House's throat just before Christmas so everything's funded until next September.
And we don't WANT you to use those from across the aisle! We want you to use YOUR MAJORITY! But that majority is mostly conservative so we can't use them, so let's use the democrats to get this legislation through and call it "working across the aisle."
He really is delusional and has no idea what conservatism is.
LOL.
Boehner bends over into a Mobius strip for Obama every chance he gets.
No, you're a wuss.
The criticisms are getting to him...Good!
He is not a squish towards his “enemy” conservatives. He is a squish toward liberals. He is a very bad representative and an even worse leader.
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Boner is delusional.
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Boner is delusional.
I agree he’s not a squish. Squishes only buckle under pressure, while Bonehead defaults to capitulation.
In other news, Oysters globally have marched on science declaring that they really do ‘have a spine’.
A thin pinprick of outside thought broke through his defensive line of yesmen.
This must be stopped!
/ end Boehnervision.
Wasn’t it Thatcher who said “Being powerful is like being a lady, if you have to tell people you are, you aren’t?”
There’s no crying in politics.
(At least there shouldn’t be.)
Yeah yeah yeah! And “love is hate” “war is peace” and “freedom is slavery”!
And he speaks those LIES with a straight face ? ? ?
Quit complaining. Your chocolate ration was increased from 50 to a whole 30 grams this month.
He has no reason not to.
I agree he’s not a squish. Squishes only buckle under pressure, while Bonehead defaults to capitulation.
It’s not capitulation. Boehner is getting what he and the beltway GOP wants.
IMHO:
Boner(sp.) is a ‘catcher’ - he’s NOT a ‘pitcher’ - he’s NOT leading in anyway.
In a related genre re. homosexuals: some are ‘catchers’ and some are ‘pitchers.’
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