I knew the moment he became Speaker, ridding the crest of a Tea Party wave that he did not help generate. One of the first things he did was start appointing old-guard Republicans and cronies to plumb committee chairmanships. The selection of Upton (man who killed the light bulb) and Rogers (big spender) to head Commerce and Appropriations, showed me then that Boehner was not sincere.
Boehner will recruit Democrats to defeat his own party every time the Tea Party freshman get a block of their fellow Republicans to go along with actual cuts. Why would he do such a thing? Simple, he’s spender. Despite his allowing a vote on Paul Ryan’s ‘Cap, Cut and Balance’ budget, Boehner was never serious about supporting it, even though majorities of people polled like Congressman Ryan’s plan. That Budget Control Act was a joke that did nothing but more of the usual baseline budget gimmicks that past Congresses have used.
John Boehner cut spending??? John Boehner won’t even cut NPR!
He needs to be sacked along with Cantor and the rest of those pretenders. We need a serious person in that position like Jeff Flake or Peter King. We need an honest leader who is willing to fight. John Boehner is neither.

When I watch him…I think I am living at Disney World’s Theme Park…where everything is just a fantasy. That was tonight on Fox

The argument that we have term limits in the form of elections would be a lot more valid if enough of the citizenry actually paid attention to politics to make informed decisions.

During the Miss USA beauty contest recently, 5 of the 11 participants asked could not name the vice president.. Watching Hannity’s periodic man in the street interviews, that number isn’r peculiar to beauty contest participants.

I’m 100% down for term limits for all of Congress.

Of these bills, why were they defeated? Are there reasons beyond cost savings as I smell the stench of partisanship and outside self interest groups..

Please apprise us of the sources of reliable information.

This was just one more example of the politicians owning the message. No one was as feared by the establishment as Newt. If you look at his plans and programs which he clearly outlined you can see why they hated and feared him.

Heaven forbid we have someone who so clearly outlines problems and solutions that Americans of all persuasions politically can understand and support them. Add to that determination, courage and intelligence.

He can articulate with understanding more in one newsletter than Romney could say in all the speeches he’s given or will give.

If Newt was speaker again Romney would be forced to veer right and we could expect the real changes conservatives desire. There would be a balanced budget, the EPA and other programs would either be eliminated or controlled and the American people would be informed about what was happening because Newt not the press would control the message. So I would say this is not a bad idea.

Let’s say you come home from work and find there has been a sewer backup in
Your neighborhood.
Your home has sewage all the way up to your ceilings.
What do you think you should do? Raise the ceilings or pump out the ****?
Your choice is coming in November. Don’t miss the opportunity.

Call me a naif, but I suspect *this* is a very real blockage to increased participation.

That many people just can’t be layabouts, can they…?

As long as there’s an overabundance of power in D.C., it’s going to draw dishonest men.

Mew

Mew

We’ve been there for a decade.

We’re not about to hit hard times; we’re about to fall over a cliff and die.

He’s still available to be drafted for election, if I recall correctly. Will somebody please get him on the phone and draft him for a replacement for John Boehner, who is clearly not up to the job? Please?