John Boehner feelings thread
wwestern
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Just thought everyone might be as happy with this guy as me and would like a place to express their feeling for him.
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After the tea party started whining, with that Balanced Budget Amendment, it'll NEVER pass the Senate, much less Obama's veto - the tea party **** themselves over on this one because they pushed too hard on the wrong damn issue. Reid's plan is the only one that can pass the Senate since that BB amendment was nothing but a poison pill
The time to push for huge cuts was during an election, or after they got the WH - NOT when they're in the minority, and Obama's gonna demagogue any proposals as pushing granny off a cliff, or eating babies
The fact is, the Republicans are in the minority - they can't do anything unless they make it palatable to Senate Dems. The Boehner plan at least had real cuts, unlike Reids plan full of phantom cuts (eg - the wars in Afghan/Iraq are winding down and aren't gonna need the level of funding they're currently getting - Reid's plan counts this wind down as a "cut", even though the troop draw down is going to require less funding regardless of budget)
Doesn't matter who's in power we're headed to a cradle to grave system. Repubs will do it the name of security, Libtards will do it in the name of general wellfare of man kind. The tea party is a glimmer of hope that will probably fail due to fear mongering.
"Long ashes my friends."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MPQBnDC3Nk&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdSK56q50Pw&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL
The first 2 are just to show you what a liar boehner is.
The third one is just so you can see the **** lackeys behind Boehner they look like bobble heads.
After the tea party elections, a slate of freshman got in who were elected by the tea party, who were gung-ho about spending cuts - I like these guys, but I think this is the wrong time and wrong issue to push on. The tea party folks who are pushing Boehner now are the guys who were needed back in 2004-2008, not now
Obama and the Dems control the levers of power; nothing gets thru unless they agree to it - now's not the time to push drastic reform. I'd prefer the tea party hold it's fire until the election, hopefully sweep the Senate and WH, THEN hold the GOP's feet to the fire on spending cuts and such - when they can actually do something about it, when their filibuster won't cause the US to default on it's credit rating, when they're the ones in power.
But to get back to your post - the Republicans lost a LOT of credibility during the Bush years, but Obama's had such a blow-out on spending, that even the Repubs look good by comparison - it took Bush 8 yrs to raise the debt by $2 trill; it took Obama 2 yrs.
Honestly, I don't think the GOP establishment has changed at all since Bush, but the tea party caucus is so raucous (rhyme unintended) that they're forcing the establishment, against its wishes, to get back to fiscal restraint. The Old Guard still wants spending, but not as much as the Dems - the tea party are the only ones who want to cut drastically, but like I said, they're pushing hard on the wrong issue at the wrong time.
*cough* two things: 1) I made that post when I was rather tipsy; minus the swearing, I still stand by the theme of it - the tea party's pushing too hard on the wrong issue
2) If you're gonna go with a gun, better do it proper with a model 1911a - this year's the 100th anniversary of John Moses Browning's genius design, after all