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**OpVJokl8** · 02-18-2011, 10:59 AM

No, it matters what kind of leadership we've got and Boehner is totally inept. Last week he put out a vote on 3 bills that did not even have the votes required for passage. He just figured they did. There was a fourth bill in that 24 hour period that he decided to not put up for a vote after he figured out it was lacking the votes, too.

Bringing bills up for a vote is something you do. This idea that the actual vote should be a mere formality is another leftover of the tyrannical Democratic rule.

On this issue he should have been the first one to come forward in the House and say, "the Pentagon wants me to cut this from my district, and even though I wish I didn't have to do it, I must cut it from my district". He should have gotten out in front of that. It would have earned the respect of the entire House. You're right, but you're also expecting an awful lot. First, Boehner already has gone above and beyond, never asking for a single earmark in his entire career. Second, to expect him to turn down something that provides jobs in his district is to ask him to commit hara-kiri. No Democrat would do that, ever. The key to reducing this crap isn't to get Congressmen to renounce their own projects, it's to get Congressmen to stop supporting each other's. Pork barrel spending is fed by quid pro quo. End the corrupt quid pro quo, and Congressmen won't have to support nonsensical projects. And Democrats' hands are very dirty in this, because they use these projects to threaten legislators who don't back big spending bills. They'll even insert earmarks not requested by Republican lawmakers and then run ads saying the Congressman voted against a bill that would have provided jobs in his district. Democrats treat taxpayer money as unlimited and something to pass out at will.

But instead he's such a chicken shit. Not confronting the birthers is going to bite him and all the other more intelligent Republicans right in the ass next year when they have to pass the smell test that they too think that Obama may just be a foreigner. That's nonsense as well. Boehner doesn't have to confront anyone. It's not his job to police the beliefs of his base. Do you see Obama denouncing the Hitler signs in Wisconsin?

So far liberals and teabaggers have reached common ground on the kinds of things to cut out first, so hopefully the Weeper of the House will catch up soon. That's the way it was supposed to work.

He's such an embarrassment. This whole process could be going so much smoother if he only started leading. That's not what he promised to do, and that's not what he's going to do. And frankly I think liberals are being rats for taking what he gives them and then turning around and trying to gain political advantage for it.

02-18-2011, 10:59 AM	#36
OpVJokl8 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 391 Senior Member	No, it matters what kind of leadership we've got and Boehner is totally inept. Last week he put out a vote on 3 bills that did not even have the votes required for passage. He just figured they did. There was a fourth bill in that 24 hour period that he decided to not put up for a vote after he figured out it was lacking the votes, too. Bringing bills up for a vote is something you do. This idea that the actual vote should be a mere formality is another leftover of the tyrannical Democratic rule. On this issue he should have been the first one to come forward in the House and say, "the Pentagon wants me to cut this from my district, and even though I wish I didn't have to do it, I must cut it from my district". He should have gotten out in front of that. It would have earned the respect of the entire House. You're right, but you're also expecting an awful lot. First, Boehner already has gone above and beyond, never asking for a single earmark in his entire career. Second, to expect him to turn down something that provides jobs in his district is to ask him to commit hara-kiri. No Democrat would do that, ever. The key to reducing this crap isn't to get Congressmen to renounce their own projects, it's to get Congressmen to stop supporting each other's. Pork barrel spending is fed by quid pro quo. End the corrupt quid pro quo, and Congressmen won't have to support nonsensical projects. And Democrats' hands are very dirty in this, because they use these projects to threaten legislators who don't back big spending bills. They'll even insert earmarks not requested by Republican lawmakers and then run ads saying the Congressman voted against a bill that would have provided jobs in his district. Democrats treat taxpayer money as unlimited and something to pass out at will. But instead he's such a chicken shit. Not confronting the birthers is going to bite him and all the other more intelligent Republicans right in the ass next year when they have to pass the smell test that they too think that Obama may just be a foreigner. That's nonsense as well. Boehner doesn't have to confront anyone. It's not his job to police the beliefs of his base. Do you see Obama denouncing the Hitler signs in Wisconsin? So far liberals and teabaggers have reached common ground on the kinds of things to cut out first, so hopefully the Weeper of the House will catch up soon. That's the way it was supposed to work. He's such an embarrassment. This whole process could be going so much smoother if he only started leading. That's not what he promised to do, and that's not what he's going to do. And frankly I think liberals are being rats for taking what he gives them and then turning around and trying to gain political advantage for it.
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