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Fiscal Cliff: Lip licking, crying Speaker John Boehner’s days are numbered
Something about John Boehner just doesn’t sit right with me; when he constantly licks his lips while speaking, alarm bells go off; something tells me this guy is just another sleazy car salesman—a guy that speaks out of both sides of his mouth. And the constant crying, what’s that about?
In light of yesterday’s fiscal-cliff debacle, it is clearly evident Boehner is not up to the task. To pass a bill, in a Republican-controlled House, that doesn’t do anything to significantly reduce spending and which is full of pork is absolutely disgraceful. Even though the Bush tax cuts remain the same for the majority, taxes will go up for the majority as debt increases. As Darrel Issa said in similar words:
“Taxes for the majority and for future generations will go up because this bill increases debt, and debt has to be paid for—which is a tax.”
Some pundits say the real debate on spending will start now as the debt ceiling of $16.4 trillion has been reached and therefore requires a new ceiling within a couple of months; however, haven’t we all heard that before? We were there just over a year ago, weren’t we?
According to Breitbart, below, unhappy Republicans—I assume mostly Tea Partiers—have banded together to unseat Boehner, but the question is who would replace him.
It is very hard to discern who would be best as there is so much political play going on. Erik Cantor has been touted as a successor; he voted against the bill yesterday, but he did so late in the game—after the vote reached enough to pass. This suggests he did so just to cover his arse from a Tea Party rival in the next primaries, so who knows? Then there is Paul Ryan, who I would have thought was a shoo-in, but he voted for the bill—so what’s going on there? Then there is Darrel Issa who voted against the bill, but then came out this morning and supported Boehner, so go figure.
Mark Levin says the Constitution doesn’t specify that the Speaker must be a member of the House and suggested Governor Scott Walker would be good, and he also suggested a return of Newt Gingrich, but I don’t know how that would even be possible. Michele Bachmann has also been touted as a possibility, and maybe a good one, so who knows?
But whatever happens, Boehner’s days are numbered.
Breitbart article:
Sources: Enough Republicans Willing to Unseat Speaker Boehner
American Majority Action spokesman Ron Meyer told Breitbart News late Tuesday that enough House Republicans have banded together in an effort to unseat House Speaker John Boehner from his position--they just need a leader to take up the mantle.
“At least 20 House Republican members have gotten together, discussed this and want to unseat Speaker Boehner--and are willing to do what it takes to do it,” Meyer said. “That’s more than enough to get the job done, but the one problem these guys face is they need a leader to coalesce behind.”
Meyer said the conservatives have considered House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) to take the helm after Boehner is knocked out. His opposition from the right to the Senate fiscal cliff deal that Vice President Joe Biden cut with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is a sign Cantor may try for the job. Read more
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"Something about John Boehner
"Something about John Boehner just doesn’t sit right with me" Quite right, Terry. The guy is a big-government Liberal; the very epitome of a RINO. And he cries all the time because he's woken up and discovered he's not actually a Donkeycrat.
Jeff Landry is smashing Boehner up and down, left and right all over Breitbart today. Reckons if he stays, the GOP can kiss the house good-bye in 2014. There's also a sniff that he might resign today. Which would be a very, very good thing for all concerned.
Of the 3 potentials pictured in your post, I'd go for Cantor. Ryan voted for the stimulus and for this latest open cheque so despite all his tough talk, he's removed himself. Issa has been brilliant smashing Erich von Holder over Fast & Furious, but there haven't yet been any charges, or applications to the SC to remove Presidential Privilege from all the post-its and emails and memos from King Barry and Holder authorising the gun-walking, so I wonder if he isn't all hat and no cattle. You're right about Cantor, he's voting with an eye to the Tea Party members of the caucus, but that just makes him smart - he knows they're a strong presence and will only get stronger, so if he has aspirations beyond Majority Leader he needs to court them.
FWIW, I'd give it to Congresswoman Bachmann or even to Lt. Col. Allen West. I'd like to see what a genuine Conservative can do with it.
Yes, Issa was good on fast
Yes, Issa was good on fast and furious, but as you say nothing happened. I feel Bachmann would be good; she has been a battler for fiscal responsibility, and a solid conservative. As for Allen West-definitely yes. But what I don't understand is this: I thought he was voted out (I don't quite understand the process in respect to West) Rand Paul is another, but too libertarian perhaps.
Start with the premise that
Start with the premise that the GOP loathes the Tea Party Movement*, and work forward from there. The district which Col. West represented was re-drawn - by the GOP - and went from (IIRC) +4 Republican to about +8 Democrat. They re-drew the lines to bring in poor suburbs which they knew favoured the Democrat machine, and they did *that* to get rid of West.
So, West stood in another district. Sadly, he stood in St Lucie County, where the official returns officer is a corrupt Democrat activist and stooge. She manipulated the count, 'lost' a bunch of ballots and double-counted others to ensure the Democrat candidate was elected.
The result: the Congress has lost (for now) one of its star performers, thanks to the Republican Party. And yes, they are *that* corrupt.
* The establishment GOP would much rather have a relationship like National and Labour in NZ - every 3 cycles or so they switch seats, but the march of Big Government never slows.
Ah, got it. The Dems really
Ah, got it--thanks for that.
The Dems really hate any black guy or woman that they perceive to have broken ranks from liberal property. In other words they perceive all blacks and women belong to them. They can't get their head around the fact that smart blacks and women can actually think for themselves.
Exactly. It's just like the
Exactly. It's just like the apartheid agenda here. The Corporate IWI, Maori Party and the most corrupt Attorney General in history *despise* clever Maori who think and act for themselves (like those thousands of clever buggers who have escaped tribal tyranny and headed to Australia). They have absolutely NO interest in Maori climbing (statistically) up the ladders of life-span, wealth or educational outcomes, and down the ladders of drug dependency or imprisonment. For if that happens they lose their vehicle to power.
In New Zealand Labour, the Watermelons, Maori and Mana are not the problem. They are a collection of ideologically poisonous losers. The enemy is National, whose members insist on cozying up to leftist terrorists in order to appear 'compassionate'.
In the US the GOP is the enemy. After all, it's the GOP which prevented Reagan's first run and has given the world the stellar genius of Bush (41 and 43(, McCain and Romney! If a genuine Conservative was nominated - someone who can clearly (in a Reagan-esque manner) articulate Conservative principles - it wouldn't even be a contest.
"They have absolutely NO
"They have absolutely NO interest in Maori climbing (statistically) up the ladders of life-span, wealth or educational outcomes, and down the ladders of drug dependency or imprisonment. For if that happens they lose their vehicle to power."
I say virtually the same thing but in different words in my next post when referring to black Americans and liberals.
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