John Boehner - yay or nay?

[Amelia]

I love the guy.

Am I alone?

 

[freedombecki]

You are not alone.

I think John Boehner the best of good men, he loves America, and he is concerned with doing people right. It takes courage to fight the good fight, and he has both courage and the good fight on his side. He's America's representative, and he is looking out for the American people.

 

[edthecynic]

John Boehner - yay or nay?

Gay.

 

[rightwinger]

Boehner is a failure as a speaker

His legislative accomplishments are nonexistent. He has been unable to develop a consensus within his own party let alone the Democrats. He is at odds with Eric Cantor and has twice led us to the brink of a Government shutdown. His inability to control Tea Party Republicans led to a devaluing of our credit rating

 

[freedombecki]

John Boehner - yay or nay?

Gay.

After high school, John worked several jobs to pay his way through Xavier University. While working as a night janitor he met Debbie - now his wife of 37 years - and in 1977 earned his bachelor's degree in business. John and Debbie raised two daughters, Lindsay and Tricia, in the northern Cincinnati suburb of West Chester where they still live today. Speaker Boehner's biographical notes

No, that is not his history, EdtheCynic.

 

[freedombecki]

Boehner is a failure as a speaker

His legislative accomplishments are nonexistent. He has been unable to develop a consensus within his own party let alone the Democrats. He is at odds with Eric Cantor and has twice led us to the brink of a Government shutdown. His inability to control Tea Party Republicans led to a devaluing of our credit rating

The people want the spending stopped and voted that way. Speaker Boehner has the last election as his first priority, because the people spoke to him and told him to stop the DC spending spree. I do think he's doing his best, Mr. Rightwinger.

 

[Rocko]

I was annoyed with him when he kept crying, but I've come to really like him, and I think he's done a good job countering obama and the dems.

 

[Oddball]

Nay.

He's a squishy, mealy-mouthed, neocon embarrassment, who should be ousted in a primary challenge by somebody with some gonads.

 

[rightwinger]

Boehner is a failure as a speaker

His legislative accomplishments are nonexistent. He has been unable to develop a consensus within his own party let alone the Democrats. He is at odds with Eric Cantor and has twice led us to the brink of a Government shutdown. His inability to control Tea Party Republicans led to a devaluing of our credit rating

The people want the spending stopped and voted that way. Speaker Boehner has the last election as his first priority, because the people spoke to him and told him to stop the DC spending spree. I do think he's doing his best, Mr. Rightwinger.

Even Boehner has been humiliated by the actions of his own party. The Speaker of the House has certain responsibilities that transcend party loyalties. Boehner has not even been able to allow the House to do business. His speakership has devolved to petty bickering not only with Democrats but between Republicans

Worst Speaker of our generation

 

[freedombecki]

Nay.

He's a squishy, mealy-mouthed, neocon embarrassment, who should be ousted in a primary challenge by somebody with some gonads.

Actually, he's in a difficult predicament between a people who want the American dream to be within their reach and a White House that wants to snatch it away while Obama supporters live the good cushy life at the expense of working people who, after paying school expenses, piano lessons, triple gas pain at the pump, hardly have two nickels to rub together to put their children through college.

I pray for Speaker Boehner for his courage and his concerted effort to answer the majority of Americans who told with their votes to slow down some of the spending spree going on due to silly campaign promises to make everybody rich.

Only 30% of the American people work now. The rest are going to school or are retired. Since the Pelosi Congress outspent themselves while having that large majority, Speaker Boehner had a sorry lot cast upon him, and he's doing as good a job as one man can do to control spending as leader of the House, and in fact, the American people since the executive branch has totally abdicated a sense of responsibility to voters in favor of socialistic agendas that do not flex.

I love people who try really hard to do the impossible.

It's hard to mix a realistic capital system with a no-holds-barred hyper-socialistic revolution. Speaker Boehner is giving his all, that's plain as day to me.

 

[freedombecki]

Boehner is a failure as a speaker

His legislative accomplishments are nonexistent. He has been unable to develop a consensus within his own party let alone the Democrats. He is at odds with Eric Cantor and has twice led us to the brink of a Government shutdown. His inability to control Tea Party Republicans led to a devaluing of our credit rating

The people want the spending stopped and voted that way. Speaker Boehner has the last election as his first priority, because the people spoke to him and told him to stop the DC spending spree. I do think he's doing his best, Mr. Rightwinger.

Even Boehner has been humiliated by the actions of his own party. The Speaker of the House has certain responsibilities that transcend party loyalties. Boehner has not even been able to allow the House to do business. His speakership has devolved to petty bickering not only with Democrats but between Republicans

Worst Speaker of our generation

You insisting he's not a control-freak, hm.

'Kay...

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Boehner is a failure as a speaker

His legislative accomplishments are nonexistent. He has been unable to develop a consensus within his own party let alone the Democrats. He is at odds with Eric Cantor and has twice led us to the brink of a Government shutdown. His inability to control Tea Party Republicans led to a devaluing of our credit rating

What he said.

Also, I despise that he consults with Lushbo. Even if he had the tiniest bit of gumption, the fact that he calls Limbaugh negates everything else.

But, he has yet to do much except obstruct. He's always on vacation, always playing golf, boozing it up and then manages to get in front of a camera just in time to criticize the president.

And the fake tears are repulsive. Glenn Beck said he uses Vicks in his eyes to ring on his on-command tears. I wonder what Boehner uses.

For all practical purposes, we have no Speaker of the House.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Boehner was part of the whole Promise Jobs In Return For Votes and yet, not one jobs bill has been introduced by the R's.

He's not honest. Says anything to get votes. Get rid of him.

 

[freedombecki]

I was annoyed with him when he kept crying, but I've come to really like him, and I think he's done a good job countering obama and the dems.

You're right. It's a full-time job to ensure that America stays America. It takes an erudite, caring man to be the go-between for America and the Executive Branch.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

I was annoyed with him when he kept crying, but I've come to really like him, and I think he's done a good job countering obama and the dems.

You're right. It's a full-time job to ensure that America stays America. It takes an erudite, caring man to be the go-between for America and the Executive Branch.

He's a failure from that point of view as well. He neither "counters" nor is he a liaison.

He needs to get off the golf course, put down the booze, put out his cigarette and get to work. And, keep his promises.

 

[ladyliberal]

About the only thing that comes to mind to like about Boehner is that he is a weak Speaker. But he is a bitter partisan who only looks ethical compared to Gingrichs and Delays, and only looks reasonable compared to Gomerts and Bachmanns. I don't dislike him as much as some Republicans, but I can't think of a single thing he's done as Speaker that a liberal would like.

 

[freedombecki]

Boehner was part of the whole Promise Jobs In Return For Votes and yet, not one jobs bill has been introduced by the R's.

He's not honest. Says anything to get votes. Get rid of him.

That's hardly fair. Obama's policies of taxation against successful businesses and buying banks with money that isn't there has scared the bejammers out of American business people, and they're batting down the hatches for the trouble the Obama Hood is dealing free enterprise. Without it, you just have government being the righteous judge over people who may or may not agree with the person who makes life-and-death decisions against themselves and their family's fiscal future.

As for your silly charges, yeah, I think I heard that on a liberal comedian routine. People's information sources used to be the government. Now opinions are formed by people telling yarns intended to amuse.

Boehner will survive the smears because he puts the people of this country ahead of himself. He's a true servant of the people.

 

[Wry Catcher]

I love the guy.

Am I alone?

I know this, Speaker Boehner is an empty suit. Persons who strive to achieve a leadership job and bring to the table nothing but that ambition never achieve greatness. Some can grow into the job; those whose first question, whenever a problem or issue comes to their attention is, "how will this effect me?", are doomed to failure. Sadly, that appears to be Speaker Boehner, so fearful of failure he will never succeed.

 

[rightwinger]

The people want the spending stopped and voted that way. Speaker Boehner has the last election as his first priority, because the people spoke to him and told him to stop the DC spending spree. I do think he's doing his best, Mr. Rightwinger.

Even Boehner has been humiliated by the actions of his own party. The Speaker of the House has certain responsibilities that transcend party loyalties. Boehner has not even been able to allow the House to do business. His speakership has devolved to petty bickering not only with Democrats but between Republicans

Worst Speaker of our generation

You insisting he's not a control-freak, hm.

'Kay...

Control freak?

He has the least amount of control I have ever seen in a speaker. His political instints are embarrassing and have left him as an inept speaker

 

[Amelia]

Boehner is deft and civil in dealing with Obama.

He lets Obama get away with very little. That is an accomplishment. Practically a full time job considering how little this president respects the congress and the constitutional separation of powers.

I'm not pretending that's all Boehner should do, and it is not all he does. But as he noted today, it doesn't make the news when the parties are working together and bills are getting passed. Just when there is friction.