– Boehner Bashes GOP – Will Never Repeal & Replace Obamacare, “It’s Been Around Too Long”:
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WTF Moment Of The Day … John Boehner: “I’m The Most Anti-Establishment Speaker We’ve Ever Had” (Video)
From the article:
“Alas, just like the Obama administration is apparently unaware of this thing called “Google”, so Boehner and his staffers should familiarize themselves with the website OpenSecrets: it is there that the full establishmentarianism of every elected corporate puppet is laid out for all the peasants to see.”
– John Boehner: “I’m The Most Anti-Establishment Speaker We’ve Ever Had” (ZeroHedge. Jan 8, 2015):
Today’s WTF moment of the day comes courtesy of The Daily Signal, in which we read that while speaking at his first press conference since being narrowly reelected as House speaker after some 24 republicans defected, the Ohio Republican argued he is the “most anti-establishment speaker we’ve ever had.” We further learn that “Boehner couldn’t disagree more with conservatives who label him an “establishment” Republican and a “squish.”
This stunning revelation takes place 1:10 into the clip below.
‘Dear John, It’s Over!’ – Tea Party Group Launches ‘Replace Boehner’ Petition
– “Dear John, It’s Over!” – Tea Party Group Launches “Replace Boehner” Petition (ZeroHedge, Feb 11, 2014):
Having folded (twice) once again, a growing number of Republicans are increasingly disavowed with Speaker Boehner. As WaPo reports, the Senate Conservatives Fund (a Tea Party group) is calling for the Speaker’s job, noting “unless we install a new leader who will actually go on offense, Democrats will never fear us and we will never have any leverage.” The group is launching a petition that seeks to encourage at least 15 House Republicans to refuse to support Boehner for speaker…
Partial text of the e-mail (via Washington Post):
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John Boehner: We Are ‘On The Path To Default’, ‘It Is Time For Us To Stand And Fight’ (Video)
– Boehner Says We Are “On The Path To Default”, “It Is Time For Us To Stand And Fight” (ZeroHedge, Oct 6, 2013):
Despite the late Friday market optimism that the government shutdown, and more importantly debt ceiling impasse, may both be coming to an end as more republicans appeared ready to pass a “clean” continuing resolution, it was only fitting that a few hours after Bank of America said an “agreement is almost impossible as long as Obamacare is on the table“, that the House speaker Boehner, who appeared on ABC with George Stephanopolous’ This Week earlier today, escalated matters once again making any near term resolution virtually impossible.
That this happens on day 6 of the government shutdown (and with neither chamber of Congress set to meet until Monday evening, an eight day or longer shutdown is virtually inevitable) is bad. That this is happening with 11 days left until the debt ceiling X-Date is worse, especially since the republicans have made it clear they will now look to roll the debt ceiling negotiation into the government shutdown debate, both of which are driven fundamentally by the republicans’ opposition to Obamacare. Furthermore, with the halfway reopening of the government following the recall of furloughed Pentagon civilian employees, the government’s cash will run out that much faster.
Boehner: ‘House Votes To Keep Govt’ Running’; US Troops Will Be Paid During Government Shutdown
– Boehner: “House Votes To Keep Govt’ Running”; US Troops Will Be Paid During Government Shutdown (ZeroHedge, Sep 29, 2013):
Just like that, we are back to square minus one, with the House again punting to the senate:
- HOUSE VOTES 231 TO 192 TO DELAY OBAMACARE FOR ONE YEAR, AVERT GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
- 2 DEMOCRATS VOTE YES, 2 REPUBLICANS VOTE NO
- HOUSE UNANIMOUSLY VOTES 423-0 ON “PAY OUR MILITARY ACT” ENSURING TROOPS ARE PAID DURING GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
Boehner promptly took to Twitter to be social-network(ally) hip:
House votes to keep gov’t running, stop #ObamaCare, & protect our troops; now the #SenateMustAct http://t.co/UoOTQGViGY
— Speaker John Boehner (@SpeakerBoehner) September 29, 2013
Americans don’t want a shutdown & don’t want #ObamaCare http://t.co/UoOTQGViGY House plan follows through on both
— Speaker John Boehner (@SpeakerBoehner) September 29, 2013
As reported earlier, the Senate will promptly squash said bill once again as it did with the defunding CR, in effect leaving essentially no time to cobble a deal together ahead of the the October 1 government shutdown.
22 Nauseating Quotes About The NSA Spying Scandal
– 22 Nauseating Quotes From Hypocritical Establishment Politicians About The NSA Spying Scandal (Economic Collapse, June 12, 2013):
Establishment politicians from both major political parties are rushing to defend the NSA and condemn whistleblower Edward Snowden. They are attempting to portray Edward Snowden as a “traitor” and the spooks over at the NSA that are snooping on all of us as “heroes”. In fact, many of the exact same politicians that once railed against government spying during the Bush years are now staunchly defending it now that Obama is in the White House. But it isn’t just Democrats that are acting shamefully. Large numbers of Republican politicians that love to give speeches about “freedom” and “liberty” are attempting to eviscerate the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The government is not supposed to invade our privacy and investigate us unless there is probable cause to do so. Apparently many of our politicians misunderstood when they read the novel 1984 by George Orwell. It wasn’t supposed to be an instruction manual. We should be thanking Edward Snowden for exposing the deep corruption that is eating away at our own government like cancer. Now the American people need to pick up the ball and start demanding answers, because without a doubt we are going to see establishment politicians from both major political parties try to shut this scandal down. Establishment Democrats and establishment Republicans both love the Big Brother surveillance grid that the U.S. government has constructed, and they are both making it abundantly clear that they will defend the NSA to the very end.
The following are 22 nauseating quotes from hypocritical establishment politicians that show exactly how they feel about the NSA spying scandal…
How The Fiscal Cliff Talks Collapsed
Related info:
– Ellen Brown: Fiscal Cliff: Let’s Call Their Bluff
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts:
– The Fiscal Cliff Is A Diversion: The Derivatives Tsunami And The Dollar Bubble
– How The Fiscal Cliff Talks Collapsed (ZeroHedge, Dec 23, 2012):
The collapse of the Fiscal Cliff talks should come as no surprise to anyone (except, of course, for all those “expert” political commentators virtually all of whom saw a deal by December 31: a full list of names is forthcoming). The reason: a simple one – a House torn, polarized to a record extreme, and a political environment in which the two parties, in the aftermath of a presidential election humiliating to the GOP, reached unseen before antagonism toward each other. In this context, it was absolutely inevitable that America would see a replica of last summer’s debt ceiling collapse, which mandated a market intervention, in the form of a crash, and the wipeout of hundreds of billions in wealth – sadly the only catalyst that both parties and their electorate, understand. We had prefaced this explicitly in early November when we said that “the lame duck congress will posture, prance and pout. And it is a certainty that in the [time] remaining it will get nothing done. Which means, that once again, it will be up to the market, just like last August, just like October of 2008, to implode and to shock Congress into awakening and coming up with a compromise of sorts.” Which of course brought us to Thursday night’s mini-TARP moment.
If you missed Thursday’s ES flash crash, fear not: there will be more “TARP moments” as first the Fed is brought into action (as we reminded yesterday), and then, as the final deadline – that of the expiration of various debt ceiling extension gimmicks which takes place in March, and which is the real deadline for a deal. Nonetheless, there are those forensic detectives who are addicted to every single political twist and turn, and who are curious just where and when the Fiscal Cliff talks broke down in the past week. In this regard, the WSJ provides a useful timeline.
From the WSJ:
Mr. Obama repeatedly lost patience with the speaker as negotiations faltered. In an Oval Office meeting last week, he told Mr. Boehner that if the sides didn’t reach agreement, he would use his inaugural address and his State of the Union speech to tell the country the Republicans were at fault.
At one point, according to notes taken by a participant, Mr. Boehner told the president, “I put $800 billion [in tax revenue] on the table. What do I get for that?”
“You get nothing,” the president said. “I get that for free.”
Well, you can’t fault the man at not demonstrating “leadership” at crucial junctions: after all it’s only fair he gets something for free.
Boehner Offers Debt-Ceiling Increase In Cliff Compromise
– Boehner offers debt-ceiling increase in cliff compromise (Washington Post, Dec 17, 2012):
House Speaker John A. Boehner has offered to push any fight over the federal debt limit off for a year, a concession that would deprive Republicans of leverage in the budget battle but is breathing new life into stalled talks over the year-end “fiscal cliff.”The offer came Friday, according to people in both parties familiar with the talks, as part of the latest effort by Boehner (R-Ohio) to strike a deal with President Obama to replace more than $500 billion in painful deficit-reduction measures set to take effect in January.With the national debt already bumping up against a $16.4 trillion cap set last year, Congress risks a government default unless it acts to raise the debt ceiling in the next few months. Some Republicans had argued that party leaders should use the threat of default to demand additional spending cuts from Obama.
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