A 'credible' Speaker of the House would've kept his pledge to allow 72 hrs. for a bill to be read. Boehner knows it never would've passed with 72 hrs. study. Commenters: GOP is doing what got them voted out in 2006; Rush, Hannity, and Ingram all are GOP establishment sellouts, time to turn them off

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12/13/13, "The Tragic Self Beclowning of Speaker John Boehner," Streiff, RedState

"Yesterday, Speaker Boehner rammed through the house an ill-conceived, self-defeating budget deal negotiated by Paul Ryan. Then he went on to belittle conservative members and groups as “having no credibility” because they criticized the bill without having read it. They hadn’t read it because Boehner moved the bill in the face of his own repeated promise to allow 72 hours for a bill to be examined. He did that because he knew the budget bill was of the “we have to pass the bill to know what’s in it” variety and that were members and activists given 72 hours to examine the bill it would never pass.

While Paul Ryan was sucking up to Patty Murray and lecturing Senator Marco Rubio on “the burden of governing” and Speaker Boehner suffering from tightly wadded panties, someone should have checked with their Senate colleagues to see where they stood....

No matter the final vote on this bill, the fact remains that Boehner broke a vow he made to the American people to cap discretionary spending, he gave his own caucus the bum’s rush because he couldn’t afford to let them read the bill, the Senate Majority Leader has rejected this bill  and the only way it will pass is on the votes of a handful of turncoat GOP senators and a solid Democrat bloc. This is a sorry legacy to leave behind."

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"AceInT 3 hours ago 
I have only one quibble with this streif and that would be in the title. This "Beclowning" is not tragic, it is an outrage simply because it is self inflicted. Boehner is better off gone and the caucus will be better off without him. Any chance he'll be primaried?"

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"kgan 15 hours ago, Ryan has been a snake in the grass for the last 5-6 years!! I have been making repeated pleas here & Townhall to look at his record & not his rhetoric! I am happy that people are realizing that he is the biggest crook of all Republicans because he fools so many people again & again! He has Not done one tiny bit to defund Obamacare or real spending cuts but he talks a good game! Shame on Rush, Hannity, Ingram etc. ...they have been coopted by Republican party & it is time to tune them off! Rush is about selling the next bottle of tea or millions of products....he has become the country club Republican that he used to say he disliked!! When he went out of his way to support liberal like GW Bush, he lost all credibility! He continues the same thing with Ryan, Boehner etc."

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"texastreader kgan  4 hours ago
I USED TO understand where people like Rush were coming from. They wanted the "most conservative person THAT COULD WIN A POPULAR VOTE" to run. At this point, however, I see no difference whatsoever in liberal republicans and liberal democrats. This isn't a political war; it's a culture war. And the sooner we start fighting properly, the sooner we can win and get on with life."

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"ss396 18 hours ago 

I'm beginning to wonder if the GOP House and Senate are doing a tag-team act? The House passes stuff that the Senate won't, and the Senate passes stuff that the House won't. Neither chamber is idle, and neither chamber can be accused of always saying "no" (except by the usual hate-mongering crowd of Proggies). Meanwhile, everyone is very earnestly busy, while accomplishing nothing. Not a bad strategy, actually."

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"WmCraig • 21 hours ago

So the leader of our effort to win back control over the government in Washington hates conservatives, and Taxed Enough Already (TEA) party supporters, and will not listen to them because they lack credibility. Instead, taking a page from the Pelosi/Reed hand book, people who apparently do have credible standing with Speaker Boehner, and pushes through a bill that insults the idea of smaller government by raising spending that is already way above the level that caused so many to turn their backs on Republicans. Somehow Bohner is convinced that the electorate will vote the Republicans back into control of both houses in 2014 regardless of them doing the same thing that caused the electorate to vote them out in 2006,

What is next. Vote Republicans and we will increase spending and improve performance of nationalized health care?
This has got to stop. And Boehner who sounded like he was three hours into the happy hour has driven a wedge between tea party and conservatives and what remains of the Republican National party. 

Boehner has to go.

WmCraig
Give me liberty from Boehner"

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