Boehner slams some GOP hard liners as 'false prophets'

[Thaidream]

There was a time when the United States had low unemployment, balanced budgets and an Immigration policy that worked. I have no idea why someone believes tariffs would matter one way or the other. Once globalization became the new way of doing business- American business showed its greedy head and pushed American jobs to any country that would work for the lowest wages.. At the same time, business decided they were going to hire illegal immigrants and America lost control of its borders. Business could care less about American jobs, the American people- whether poor or middle class. They care only about how much consumerism they can push on the American public and now the World. Their CEO's get obscene salaries while they suck the blood of the workers that provide the labor. What is even worse is that American politicians facilitate this tragedy by continuing to give the wealthy and business huge tax breaks; accept 'donations' from the very same and then lie to the electorate about it. It all this sounds like a stump speech- so be it- it is all true. However, it is all unsustainable. Within the next 20-30 years, the American public will finally have had enough of this failed system and actually do something about it. The seeds are already sown- the new American revolution is starting to evolve. I pray it is peaceful.

Edited September 29, 2015 by Thaidream

[losworld]

This was Boehner's last hurray (cry) in front of the media, so of course he was going to throw the GOP under the bus... Boehner was about to lose his role as Speaker of the House through opposition in his own party due to his kowtowing to Democrats on every major issue for years... With this knowledge, he fell on his sword and is taking a last swipe at the party that gave him the power and lined his pockets... This is not the first time he was due to lose this role in the House, with the last time ending with him gaining enough Democratic votes to save his Speakership...

The GOP and their base has been incensed with the leadership of the GOP party in both the House and the Senate since the Nov 2014 mid-term elections, when GOP candidates ran on a platform of opposing Democratic initiatives... This platform handed the majority of both houses of Congress to the GOP... After the elections, both Boehner and McConnell have usurped those objectives and have bent over on every major issue proposed by the Democrats... The base is pissed and this is the result... A member of the GOP leadership has already called for McConnell to resign too...

Call them angry if you like, but I would be pissed too if I elected someone to Congress or the Senate, only to have them do the exact opposite of what they promised to do... But isn't that what all politicians do?

Excellent post.

[Pinot]

This was Boehner's last hurray (cry) in front of the media, so of course he was going to throw the GOP under the bus... Boehner was about to lose his role as Speaker of the House through opposition in his own party due to his kowtowing to Democrats on every major issue for years... With this knowledge, he fell on his sword and is taking a last swipe at the party that gave him the power and lined his pockets... This is not the first time he was due to lose this role in the House, with the last time ending with him gaining enough Democratic votes to save his Speakership...

The GOP and their base has been incensed with the leadership of the GOP party in both the House and the Senate since the Nov 2014 mid-term elections, when GOP candidates ran on a platform of opposing Democratic initiatives... This platform handed the majority of both houses of Congress to the GOP... After the elections, both Boehner and McConnell have usurped those objectives and have bent over on every major issue proposed by the Democrats... The base is pissed and this is the result... A member of the GOP leadership has already called for McConnell to resign too...

Call them angry if you like, but I would be pissed too if I elected someone to Congress or the Senate, only to have them do the exact opposite of what they promised to do... But isn't that what all politicians do?

Excellent post.

I beg to differ. This interpretation of what's been happening isn't true. Republicans have never kowtowed. The wingnut base is pissed because they've lost on everything. They simply don't have the votes.

Now with Boehner gone the new guy will be worse. They still don't have the votes to do much damage. The real issue is Republicans say - Government doesn't work. It's broken. Then they work at breaking it and making sure it doesn't work. Try to break Obamacare. Try to break any provision for poor people especially women. Try to break climate change initiatives. Try to get into as many wars as possible and try to give as many tax breaks as possible to the rich. It's broken because of Republicans. They've got no ideas to help America. They've got the Congress and the Senate and doing nothing except breaking the system. They want to shut down the government to hold Planned Parenthood as ransom. That's Republican leadership and that's pathetic.

Edited September 29, 2015 by Pinot