I think most of us would agree that even on his best day,
John Boehner is simply not up to task of being Speaker of the House. It has become quite obvious, even painfully
so, over the course of the last 4 years that Boehner is completely devoid of those
traits one typically looks for in a ‘leader’.
Perhaps in a different time, a more prosperous time, a time less
dangerous or a time when we had someone in the Oval Office who could be trusted
to operate from within the confines of our Constitution, then Boehner might be
acceptable as Speaker. But not today, not
in these times and most definitely not when we have Barry “Almighty” in the
Oval Office.
And it was very shortly after his successful re-election
as Speaker, that Boehner once again made it quite clear that is no leader, and
is nothing more than a fraud able to one again maneuver himself in a leadership
‘position’. And make no mistake, there
is a very real difference. After all, it
was shortly after the vote that had him being re-elected that we heard how it
was that he intended to mete out a little payback to those who chose not to
support his re-election. Now, apparently,
contrary to those initial reports, Boehner is sending signals that he plans to
be magnanimous in his victory. But rumor
also has it those supposed signals are nothing more than bullshit.
If we can believe what we are now being told, Boehner has
told committee chairmen, such as Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz of Oversight and
Government Reform, that they can make their own decisions regarding who is to
be named to head those subcommittees under their jurisdiction. There are indications Rep. Richard Nugent of
Florida may yet get to serve again on the Rules Committee. Rep. Mark Meadows of North Carolina and Rep.
Scott Garrett of New Jersey may wind up chairing subcommittees. And it was all three of Republicans who voted ‘not’
to re-elect the speaker. I think it is a
little too early to believe much of what we’re hearing, we must wait and see.
It was on Wednesday of this week that Boehner told
reporters, "We had a situation yesterday where we had to constitute the
Rules Committee but because of some of the activities on the floor, two of our
members weren't put back on the committee immediately." He then went on to say, "I have not had
a chance to talk to them, I have not had a chance to talk to our members. But
this morning, I told the members the same thing I'm saying here. We're going to
have a family conversation, which we had this morning, about bringing our team
together." As I said, we must be in
no hurry to believe what we’re being told, we must wait to see what actions are
taken.
Boehner is said to be under considerable pressure from
those who make up his ‘leadership’ team, including California Rep. Devin Nunes,
to discipline those who have denigrated him as a "Republican-in-name-only"
or who voted against him for speaker. Is
this guy serious? And it was this Nunes
character, who just so happens to be the newly appointed chairman of the House
Intelligence Committee, who said, "We need to know why people voted
against the speaker yesterday." Now
personally, I would have thought that that would have been fairly obvious, even
to this sanctimonious boob, Nunes! I
guess I don’t see the point he’s trying to make here.
And someone else who appears to be eager to make
disparaging remarks about those who comprised the anti-Boehner bloc, is none
other than Rep. Peter King of New York, yet another well-known RINO. It was King who said, "I believe if you
take on the leader and you lose, you face the consequences." Personally, I happen to be of the opinion
that such an attitude is rather juvenile, and therefore it doesn’t really
surprise me to hear who it was that made such idiotic comments. The choice here is a relatively easy one,
either we move beyond this political bullshit and focus on Barry, or we fight
among ourselves allowing him to do what he pleases.
But on the positive side there are signs that the
speaker's critics are interested in working with him. Rep. Ted Yoho, one of those who went up
against Boehner said, "There is no fight." And he went on to say, "For the next two
years, our goal right now is to come together with leadership, bring in good
legislation, work with leadership so that we can overcome some of the grievances
we had." And Nugent, on Wednesday,
described the speaker as a "true conservative." Observers say that Boehner could always
revisit the issue of retribution. For now, both because of temperament and
expediency, he is disinclined to mete out punishment. But we’ll see.
I guess what really has me worried, is that ever since
Barry arrived on the scene, the role of Speaker has become increasingly important
to our being able to ensure the survival of our Republic. And as you may recall it was during the first
two years of Barry Barry’s presidency that Nancy Pelosi reduced the position of
Speaker to what was essentially nothing more than a rubberstamp for anything
that Barry wanted. And while hopes were
high when Boehner assumed the job in January 2011, it didn’t take long to
recognize that even with a new sheriff in town, not much was going to change.
Sadly, Boehner has proven to be pretty much of a failure.
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