aceofspadeshq at gee mail.com
CBD:
cbd at cutjibnewsletter.com
Buck:
buck.throckmorton at protonmail.com
joe mannix:
mannix2024 at proton.me
MisHum:
petmorons at gee mail.com
J.J. Sefton:
sefton at cutjibnewsletter.com
Speaker Boehner To Resign
"Boehner resigning at end of October" -- GOP representative texts me from conference meeting. Says he just announced it.
— Joel Gehrke (@Joelmentum) September 25, 2015It appears he will be resigning from his seat in the House as well.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: T at September 25, 2015 09:32 AM (oqxwU)
Posted by: Oedipus at September 25, 2015 09:32 AM (CXLVd)
Posted by: Countrysquire, feeling reasonably fresh down there at September 25, 2015 09:32 AM (eEBON)
Posted by: T at September 25, 2015 09:33 AM (oqxwU)
Posted by: TSgt Ciz at September 25, 2015 09:33 AM (af5xa)
Nope, couldn't fake that one.
I'm sure Cantor can get him a job. Hell, or Obama.
Posted by: Crude at September 25, 2015 09:33 AM (DUynq)
Posted by: Pecan Scandi at September 25, 2015 09:33 AM (JVWwF)
Posted by: Puddin Head at September 25, 2015 09:34 AM (RBVW4)
Posted by: tdpwells at September 25, 2015 09:34 AM (2AxS5)
Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at September 25, 2015 09:34 AM (PFy0L)
Posted by: Puddin Head at September 25, 2015 09:35 AM (RBVW4)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2015 09:35 AM (1emJG)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at September 25, 2015 09:35 AM (9krrF)
Posted by: RedDish at September 25, 2015 09:35 AM (5eXg1)
Posted by: auscolpyr at September 25, 2015 09:36 AM (suO/a)
He's had enough to drink to get us sloshed, too...
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at September 25, 2015 09:36 AM (9krrF)
Posted by: steevy at September 25, 2015 09:36 AM (sPO3u)
Posted by: RedDish at September 25, 2015 09:36 AM (5eXg1)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 25, 2015 09:36 AM (S0bOl)
EEYORE: let's wait and see who they replace him with before we suck ... (you know the rest). Plenty of time for Failure Theatre.
Posted by: dogfish at September 25, 2015 09:36 AM (jWtyG)
Posted by: dananjcon at September 25, 2015 09:36 AM (NpXoL)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 25, 2015 09:36 AM (493sH)
Posted by: dartist at September 25, 2015 09:36 AM (J/n2N)
Don't go away mad, Boner......just go away.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 25, 2015 09:36 AM (UBLhq)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 25, 2015 09:36 AM (mCcKq)
Posted by: Lizzy at September 25, 2015 09:36 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at September 25, 2015 09:36 AM (a31sM)
Posted by: Lizzy at September 25, 2015 09:37 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Puddin Head at September 25, 2015 09:37 AM (RBVW4)
Good riddance, you orange fuck. Please cry one last time, your tears are so sweet (and 90 proof).
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at September 25, 2015 09:37 AM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Dang at September 25, 2015 09:37 AM (2oWD2)
Posted by: dananjcon at September 25, 2015 09:37 AM (NpXoL)
Posted by: Puddin Head at September 25, 2015 09:34 AM (RBVW4)
Will sun rise in the east?
Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 25, 2015 09:37 AM (493sH)
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at September 25, 2015 09:37 AM (iONHu)
Posted by: Rick554 at September 25, 2015 09:37 AM (ctmQL)
Posted by: @votermom at September 25, 2015 09:38 AM (cbfNE)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Fire-hooks and Rock Salt for sale at September 25, 2015 09:38 AM (kff5f)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Proud owner of Luap Nor's Last Brain Cell and a pocket full of Silver Dimes at September 25, 2015 09:38 AM (dOD0J)
Posted by: VIA, Skimmer Puke (Ret) at September 25, 2015 09:38 AM (VPLuQ)
Posted by: jim at September 25, 2015 09:38 AM (VwhRo)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Fire-hooks and Rock Salt for sale at September 25, 2015 09:38 AM (kff5f)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at September 25, 2015 09:38 AM (oVJmc)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Fire-hooks and Rock Salt for sale at September 25, 2015 09:38 AM (kff5f)
Posted by: Roy at September 25, 2015 09:38 AM (VndSC)
You're all just racist against Citrus-Americans.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 25, 2015 09:38 AM (UBLhq)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at September 25, 2015 09:38 AM (4ErVI)
Posted by: VIA, Skimmer Puke (Ret) at September 25, 2015 09:38 AM (VPLuQ)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 25, 2015 09:38 AM (493sH)
So, not getting real giddy here.
He may be back in SW Ohio in time for the MoMee, though. There is that.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at September 25, 2015 09:38 AM (xq1UY)
Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at September 25, 2015 09:39 AM (4nmNX)
Posted by: USA at September 25, 2015 09:39 AM (tfM+W)
Posted by: Roy at September 25, 2015 09:39 AM (VndSC)
Posted by: Valiant at September 25, 2015 09:39 AM (2bqlb)
Posted by: Citizen Cake at September 25, 2015 09:39 AM (ppaKI)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2015 09:39 AM (1emJG)
Posted by: Bivalve Curious at September 25, 2015 09:39 AM (/JdQf)
HAPPY FRIDAY! THERE IS HOPE!
Posted by: Nate in NOLA at September 25, 2015 09:40 AM (lhX9P)
Posted by: Ackbar at September 25, 2015 09:40 AM (sCOy8)
Posted by: dananjcon at September 25, 2015 09:40 AM (NpXoL)
Posted by: dan-O at September 25, 2015 09:40 AM (ByqK7)
Posted by: USA at September 25, 2015 09:39 AM (tfM+W)
So he won't be mistaken for a pumpkin on Halloween
Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 25, 2015 09:40 AM (493sH)
Posted by: dogfish at September 25, 2015 09:40 AM (jWtyG)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at September 25, 2015 09:40 AM (4ErVI)
Posted by: Citizen Cake at September 25, 2015 09:40 AM (ppaKI)
Posted by: Roy at September 25, 2015 09:40 AM (VndSC)
Which old drunk? The Orange drunk!
Ding dong the orange drunk is gone!
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 25, 2015 09:40 AM (OpK2H)
Now if we could only strip the drunken bastard of his congressional pension and any other misappropriated monies he's stashed away during his worthless life, I'd be a happy man.
Nothing would make me happier than to see him sprawled in a puddle of his own urine and a heap of empty PBR cans with a scrawled "will tongue balls for money" propped up against his unconscious, feculent crotch.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 25, 2015 09:41 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Dustoff at September 25, 2015 09:41 AM (eHyZs)
Boehner will join Trent Lott as a whore who did well and who is proud of his profession.
Posted by: Lower Class person whose opinions need to be guided at September 25, 2015 09:41 AM (htXhe)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at September 25, 2015 09:41 AM (4ErVI)
Posted by: RedDish at September 25, 2015 09:41 AM (5eXg1)
Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at September 25, 2015 09:41 AM (4nmNX)
Posted by: rickb223 at September 25, 2015 09:41 AM (Ma5u/)
Posted by: Citizen Cake at September 25, 2015 09:39 AM (ppaKI)
That is awesome.
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 25, 2015 09:41 AM (OpK2H)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at September 25, 2015 09:41 AM (9krrF)
There's a guy I won't be voting for in the primary. (Though marginal credit for actually answering me, I suppose.)
Posted by: T at September 25, 2015 09:42 AM (oqxwU)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at September 25, 2015 09:42 AM (AkOaV)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 25, 2015 09:42 AM (LUgeY)
Posted by: USA at September 25, 2015 09:39 AM (tfM+W)
**
Needs time to properly relocate the bodies to insure consistency in the enfuckening.
Posted by: dananjcon at September 25, 2015 09:42 AM (NpXoL)
https://goo.gl/6rARSD
Posted by: maddogg at September 25, 2015 09:42 AM (xWW96)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at September 25, 2015 09:42 AM (xq1UY)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at September 25, 2015 09:42 AM (ucDmr)
Posted by: Mr.KnowItAll at September 25, 2015 09:42 AM (VDc7u)
Posted by: Austin in TX at September 25, 2015 09:42 AM (/6EeB)
Can we get a new speaker not so in love with the leftist mob?
Posted by: Illiniwek at September 25, 2015 09:43 AM (I6695)
Posted by: SH at September 25, 2015 09:43 AM (gmeXX)
Posted by: Motorhead at September 25, 2015 09:43 AM (+TAsA)
HAPPY FRIDAY! THERE IS HOPE!
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HopeShot
Embrace the Suck. Burn It Down.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at September 25, 2015 09:43 AM (9krrF)
Posted by: IP at September 25, 2015 09:43 AM (aQQbl)
"Yep, my work here is done - hi ho Orange Crush, away!"
*Gallops off into the sunset*
Posted by: Citizen Cake at September 25, 2015 09:43 AM (ppaKI)
Posted by: radar at September 25, 2015 09:43 AM (kQfqk)
True, but at least Boehner is gone.
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 25, 2015 09:43 AM (OpK2H)
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HopeShot
Geez. Even my Enfuckening link was enfuckened.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at September 25, 2015 09:44 AM (9krrF)
Boehner stepping down is only a necessary first step.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Fire-hooks and Rock Salt for sale at September 25, 2015 09:44 AM (kff5f)
Posted by: Lily at September 25, 2015 09:44 AM (yj/Rg)
Love the imagery.
Posted by: dogfish at September 25, 2015 09:44 AM (jWtyG)
Which establishment tool is next in line, and how many times with the House GOPe team with the Dems to ram spending through in the next month?
Posted by: LibertarianJim at September 25, 2015 09:44 AM (CMbMd)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at September 25, 2015 09:44 AM (1ijHg)
Posted by: Ackbar at September 25, 2015 09:44 AM (sCOy8)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 25, 2015 09:44 AM (gf8BH)
Posted by: Vic-we have no party at September 25, 2015 09:44 AM (t2KH5)
Posted by: V the K at September 25, 2015 09:45 AM (O7MnT)
Posted by: Burn the Witch at September 25, 2015 09:45 AM (Wckf4)
Posted by: Bivalve Curious at September 25, 2015 09:39 AM (/JdQf)
Yeah, this is probably what will happen. Dang.
Posted by: @votermom at September 25, 2015 09:45 AM (cbfNE)
Posted by: tsj017 at September 25, 2015 09:45 AM (xDD0e)
Because they couldn't stop anything. When they could, Boehner still didn't.
It was always just theater.
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 25, 2015 09:45 AM (OpK2H)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 25, 2015 09:43 AM (OpK2H)
Yeah but I'd say chances are that the next one will be worse.
Remember, the GOPe's complaint was not that Boehner wasn't conservative. It was that he was too soft on those extremist wacko birds.
I have a feeling they'll bringing someone in to go "nuclear" BUT in the meantime Jeb! and others can say, "The RNC has heard your anger, strange people from fly over land, and now the house has turned around. So vote for me and other GOPe approved types."
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at September 25, 2015 09:45 AM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Ackbar at September 25, 2015 09:44 AM (sCOy
Yes that's our plan. Why do you ask?
Posted by: Republican Leadership at September 25, 2015 09:45 AM (gf8BH)
So, who will the eGOP put in his place?
Posted by: TSgt Ciz<<
^^ Yep.
Who is his heir apparent? The only reason a power broker would give up power is to put his 'boy' in his place.
And why is he resigning? Ill? Lung cancer? Skin cancer? Tear duct cancer?
Maybe he's throwing his hat in the ring against The Donald?
Posted by: Sphynx at September 25, 2015 09:45 AM (OZmbA)
Next up is the traitor turtle in the senate.
If Republican want any chance to win in November, they need to clean out The current leaders in Congress. People hate Washington, both parties, more than anything else.
Posted by: Marcus T at September 25, 2015 09:46 AM (l/pfE)
So he can keep the Government from shutting down.
He will pass a budget with the Democrats and Rinos.
Posted by: Mr Obvious at September 25, 2015 09:46 AM (Bbcs8)
besides, his dumbass already gave Obola so much, it will be hard to fix the damage he's caused, even if we do get s patriot in the position.
Posted by: redc1c4 at September 25, 2015 09:46 AM (TuMUR)
But no, I don't think Boehner was blackmailed into resigning or anything like that. I think he just woke up one morning this weekfeeling like hell, took a good look at himself in the mirror,and just said fuck 'em, fuck 'em all.
Besides, that whole Speaker gig was getting in the way of those things that really matter: booze and golf and that little honey with the boobs (Trisha? Teresa? Something like that.) who works in the pro shop.
Posted by: troyriser at September 25, 2015 09:46 AM (CMthJ)
McCarthy is going to be speaker now.
I have no idea what that means, I've heard he's a squish, but he's at least supposedly not openly hostile to conservatives like Boehner was.
Posted by: tsrlbke PhD(c), rogue bioethicist at September 25, 2015 09:46 AM (tM4uk)
Oh, that would be fantastic. Republicans selecting a man named "McCarthy" to run the House. The memes write themselves.
If they're that stupid, they deserve what happens to them.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Fire-hooks and Rock Salt for sale at September 25, 2015 09:46 AM (kff5f)
Posted by: brak at September 25, 2015 09:46 AM (xwPSp)
Posted by: Emmett Milbarge at September 25, 2015 09:46 AM (nFdGS)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 25, 2015 09:46 AM (493sH)
Posted by: Roy at September 25, 2015 09:46 AM (VndSC)
Fine, you did what needed to be done. Now you need to get rid of Mcconnell.
And then you get Jeb! to quit the race, get Rubio to SHUT UP about his illegal mexican love, make it official Party policy to oppose the illegal mexican invasion.
Then we'll talk about whether I should consider supporting this Party again.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 25, 2015 09:47 AM (Dj0WE)
*sniff*
That was beautiful, man.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 25, 2015 09:47 AM (LUgeY)
Posted by: torabora at September 25, 2015 09:47 AM (s7rF1)
Unless he's actually sick or something in which case I will feel like a terribler person than usual. But until then.
*limbers up for interpretative dance of joy*
(Also I'm going to assume the resignation is time for maximum lobbyist earning potential but *whatever hands*)
Posted by: alexthechick - Yeah I give up at September 25, 2015 09:47 AM (mf5HN)
Posted by: That SOB Van Owen at September 25, 2015 09:47 AM (xrET7)
Posted by: Montgomery Inn at September 25, 2015 09:47 AM (gwG9s)
Posted by: Stay out da bushes at September 25, 2015 09:47 AM (uRumV)
Posted by: dogfish at September 25, 2015 09:48 AM (jWtyG)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at September 25, 2015 09:48 AM (9krrF)
Posted by: Lizzy at September 25, 2015 09:48 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 25, 2015 09:48 AM (gf8BH)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2015 09:48 AM (1emJG)
someone in Washington actually got the message
------
Small victories I guess. Two of the top GOP House members from 2 years ago are gone. Sure they are going to make a lot more as lobbyist, but there is some effect by the tea party. If only it translated into something meaningful.
Posted by: SH at September 25, 2015 09:48 AM (gmeXX)
Posted by: se pa moron at September 25, 2015 09:49 AM (sI4OA)
Posted by: torabora at September 25, 2015 09:49 AM (s7rF1)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 25, 2015 09:49 AM (gf8BH)
I don't think that'll work. I'm sure they'll try it, but we have no reason to stop judging them by their actions.
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 25, 2015 09:49 AM (OpK2H)
Posted by: Cheeto at September 25, 2015 09:49 AM (2cfUo)
Posted by: Marcus T at September 25, 2015 09:49 AM (l/pfE)
Posted by: That SOB Van Owen at September 25, 2015 09:49 AM (xrET7)
Posted by: Seems Legit at September 25, 2015 09:50 AM (Xa4vS)
Make it something orange colored and fruity.
Posted by: se pa moron at September 25, 2015 09:49 AM (sI4OA)
Miss Lindsey in orange - Hello!!!
Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 25, 2015 09:50 AM (493sH)
Posted by: torabora at September 25, 2015 09:50 AM (s7rF1)
Posted by: Sphynx at September 25, 2015 09:50 AM (OZmbA)
someone in Washington actually got the message
Posted by: brak at September 25, 2015 09:46 AM (xwPSp)
No, no they didn't.
Please don't fall for their kabuki bullshit.
Boehners staying through the end of the fiscal year, then another GOPe-approved type will come in to replace him. The party is pissed at Boehner for not being able to keep the crazies (conservatives) in line, plus they think that "the base" is angry AT BOEHNER which we're not. We're angry at the PARTY, Boehner is just a representative of it.
So the next person they put in that seat will be a) more hard-ass in keeping the conservatives in line and b) just as big of a party man than Boehner, and thus just as hated. WHICH allows the GOPe and media to say, "look, this wacko bird hobbits aren't happy no matter WHO is in charge. They're just being dramatic."
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at September 25, 2015 09:50 AM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at September 25, 2015 09:50 AM (5YtTA)
Ding Dong! The Wicked Witch is dead.
Wake up - sleepy head, rub your eyes, get out of bed.
Wake up, the Wicked Witch is dead. She's gone where the goblins go,
Below - below - below. Yo-ho, let's open up and sing and ring the bells out.
Ding Dong' the merry-oh, sing it high, sing it low.
Let them know
The Wicked Witch is dead!
As Mayor of the Munchkin City, In the County of the Land of Oz, I welcome you most regally.
But we've got to verify it legally, to see
To see?
If she
If she?
Is morally, ethic'lly
Spiritually, physically
Positively, absolutely
Undeniably and reliably Dead
As Coroner I must aver, I thoroughly examined her.
And she's not only merely dead, she's really most sincerely dead.
Then this is a day of Independence For all the Munchkins and their descendants
If any.
Yes, let the joyous news be spread The wicked Old Witch at last is dead!
Posted by: Andy in FL at September 25, 2015 09:50 AM (9mfzD)
*limbers up for interpretative dance of joy*
Posted by: alexthechick - Yeah I give up at September 25, 2015 09:47 AM (mf5HN)
*perks up*
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 25, 2015 09:51 AM (UBLhq)
Posted by: SH at September 25, 2015 09:48 AM (gmeXX)
The only way it will be translated into something meaningful is if actual Conservative Republicans are willing to burn the party down.
It's a rule of fighting - if the other guy is willing (not necessarily seeking, but willing) to kill you and you are *not* willing to kill him, he is going to win.
Well, the "Moderate" (really: Liberal) wing of the Republican Party is willing to kill the Conservative wing; if the Conservative wing is not also willing to kill the Liberal wing, they'll lose.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Fire-hooks and Rock Salt for sale at September 25, 2015 09:51 AM (kff5f)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 25, 2015 09:51 AM (3sozU)
A story that might warm that cold dark space where your heart should be...
http://preview.tinyurl.com/pw93wdn
Or if that fails - Tina Louise as Sappho of Lesbos
https://youtu.be/TStoz3pPikU
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2015 09:51 AM (1emJG)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0poHNBb8DI
Posted by: Grey Fox at September 25, 2015 09:51 AM (bZ7mE)
2. Ditch McConnell.
3. Nominate Cruz
i. Cruz abandons his H1B nonsense
Posted by: Chico Escuela at September 25, 2015 09:52 AM (a7Dd7)
Posted by: Madamex at September 25, 2015 09:52 AM (yoxJL)
Mitch honey, it's time to go.
Posted by: DanMan at September 25, 2015 09:52 AM (RusNE)
Posted by: Mainah at September 25, 2015 09:52 AM (659DL)
Posted by: AltonJackson at September 25, 2015 09:52 AM (ZQfW9)
someone in Washington actually got the message
Posted by: brak at September 25, 2015 09:46 AM (xwPSp)
Sure, but which message?
You know, for decades the commies in Russia operated as if the problem was NOT communism, but the men who were implementing it.
So they would croak and/or disappear them from time to time. They still tried to shove a huge unwieldy nation into the maw of communism.
They never tried to change the system, just the faces operating in it.
Let's see what Gope does before we all start congratulating them.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 25, 2015 09:52 AM (Dj0WE)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at September 25, 2015 09:52 AM (5YtTA)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 25, 2015 09:49 AM (OpK2H)
No it wont work, its just a ruse to get us through the fiscal year and (hopefully for them) the election season
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at September 25, 2015 09:52 AM (AkOaV)
Posted by: RedDish at September 25, 2015 09:52 AM (5eXg1)
These assholes get paid a shit ton, make a shit ton more doing dirty deals and get carted around like royalty. They play golf like their lives depended on it and eat at the best places.
Public servants my ass.
Posted by: Seems Legit at September 25, 2015 09:52 AM (Xa4vS)
Posted by: dave at September 25, 2015 09:53 AM (4JC5t)
Harry Paratestes at September 25, 2015 09:50 AM
Depressingly, I think you have it pegged. This is a strategy, not a capitulation.
Posted by: Alamo at September 25, 2015 09:53 AM (2XJxO)
In the words of Homer Simpson: WOOOOHOOOOOOO!
Posted by: RushBabe at September 25, 2015 09:53 AM (/NEnw)
Posted by: Friend of Bill W at September 25, 2015 09:53 AM (gwG9s)
Which is the message I meant, and I'll take the small victory.
Posted by: brak at September 25, 2015 09:54 AM (xwPSp)
Posted by: Make America Great Again at September 25, 2015 09:54 AM (LXJ1e)
Posted by: maddogg at September 25, 2015 09:54 AM (xWW96)
Posted by: Drill_Thrawl at September 25, 2015 09:54 AM (YtbIl)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 25, 2015 09:54 AM (493sH)
Posted by: Sphynx at September 25, 2015 09:55 AM (OZmbA)
Posted by: Positive Waves at September 25, 2015 09:55 AM (MQEz6)
McCarthy is going to be speaker now.
I have no idea what that means, I've heard he's a squish, but he's at least supposedly not openly hostile to conservatives like Boehner was.
Boehner's main problem was that he was a terrible negotiator. He would announce he couldn't shut down the government, ask for less than his starting position, and wind up close to Obama's position in the end.
A good example is the 2011 budget. The pledge to America had a (relatively) modest cut of $100 billion. Boehner opened negotiations at $60 billion, and wound up with $6 billion in cuts to the increase.
I don't mind a squish if he can get us a goddamn better deal and not surrender, at least.
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 25, 2015 09:55 AM (OpK2H)
Nah, that's just Boehner sitting up on the Hill... so Great Bumpkin.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2015 09:55 AM (1emJG)
-----
You must be new around here.
Posted by: SH at September 25, 2015 09:55 AM (gmeXX)
They want a newer model. One that isn't so leaky. And can keep the minions in line.
Posted by: @votermom at September 25, 2015 09:55 AM (cbfNE)
Hey! We let ourselves celebrate for a whole 5 minutes. That's got to be some kind of record around here.
More seriously, you'll excuse me if I don't consider it a "victory" just because one head of the hydra has been chopped off.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Fire-hooks and Rock Salt for sale at September 25, 2015 09:55 AM (kff5f)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 25, 2015 09:36 AM (493sH)
That wording is always my favorite.
Posted by: RushBabe at September 25, 2015 09:56 AM (/NEnw)
Posted by: shibumi, RIP USA at September 25, 2015 09:56 AM (Zy+ZM)
Posted by: Insomniac at September 25, 2015 09:56 AM (2Ojst)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 25, 2015 09:56 AM (493sH)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at September 25, 2015 09:56 AM (wtvvX)
The result of many rugs being pulled . . .
Posted by: Sphynx at September 25, 2015 09:56 AM (OZmbA)
Posted by: Cheeto at September 25, 2015 09:57 AM (2cfUo)
Posted by: Sort-of-Mad Max at September 25, 2015 09:57 AM (DLu2s)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 25, 2015 09:57 AM (LUgeY)
Posted by: Republican Leadership at September 25, 2015 09:45 AM (gf8BH)
Do you want the rebellion to fail?!
Posted by: Ackbar at September 25, 2015 09:57 AM (sCOy8)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 25, 2015 09:57 AM (3sozU)
------
I don't pretend it is going to be a big sea change, but a long time around here people have been asking for Boehner's removal. Well he is being removed. The fight is not over - it never is. But if you thought he was standing in the way - this is a good thing. No?
Posted by: SH at September 25, 2015 09:57 AM (gmeXX)
--
It's not a victory yet. But it's an opening. Can the conservative faction muck up the planned succession and get a different guy in? We'll see.
Posted by: @votermom at September 25, 2015 09:57 AM (cbfNE)
Posted by: TexasDan at September 25, 2015 09:57 AM (TqXWc)
How low my expectations for our "representative" government have fallen.
Knowing how things are going, watch enough GOPe reps cross over and vote for a Donk nominee.
Posted by: Burn the Witch at September 25, 2015 09:58 AM (Wckf4)
Posted by: parteagirl at September 25, 2015 09:58 AM (K0jlM)
Unfortunately, he was just reelected so the only way to pry him out is to let the Democrats have the Senate back for a term.
Posted by: Grump928(c) at September 25, 2015 09:58 AM (evdj2)
There are many, they are legion, but you have to start somewhere.
Posted by: Positive Waves at September 25, 2015 09:58 AM (MQEz6)
Posted by: ryukyu at September 25, 2015 09:58 AM (j29PP)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Fire-hooks and Rock Salt for sale at September 25, 2015 09:55 AM (kff5f)
That was a really fucking fast 5 minutes.
(Yes, yes, I'm aware TWSS)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 25, 2015 09:58 AM (gW5Vg)
i don't think this merits the flaming skull, unless you can promise its McConnel's
Posted by: dave at September 25, 2015 09:53 AM (4JC5t)
It's not the turtle's skull......flaming skull has a chin.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 25, 2015 09:58 AM (UBLhq)
It's one thing to humiliate and force the resignation of this asshole, but the secondary question remains, what other asshole will take his place?
Posted by: Doctor Fish at September 25, 2015 09:58 AM (OiFtZ)
Posted by: John Boehner at September 25, 2015 09:58 AM (E5UB0)
Do we HAVE a flaming orange skull?
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at September 25, 2015 09:58 AM (9krrF)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 25, 2015 09:59 AM (3sozU)
Posted by: maddogg at September 25, 2015 09:54 AM (xWW96)
Who is "we?" Are you going to be appointed Speaker (yes, I said appointed)? Am I?
When Gope appoints its new Speaker, you'll see just how victorious you were.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 25, 2015 09:59 AM (Dj0WE)
Posted by: maddogg at September 25, 2015 09:54 AM (xWW96)
This word you speak, 'victory'? What does it mean? This feeling it gives is alien and strange, like the echo of a distant memory.
Posted by: troyriser at September 25, 2015 09:59 AM (CMthJ)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at September 25, 2015 09:59 AM (oVJmc)
Posted by: rrpjr at September 25, 2015 09:59 AM (s/yC1)
Could be GOPe strategy.
Could be "ahead of the conservative torches and pitchforks."
Could be systemic, as in "rats leaving a sinking ship."
Whichever it is, it does provide us with an opportunity of sorts. Let's use it for whatever it is worth.
Posted by: Piercello, on the road again at September 25, 2015 09:59 AM (RXfvh)
dogg, I wish I could enjoy this--I loathe Boehner. But in middle age, reality begins to sink in. I cast my first vote as an eager, optimistic 18 year old for Ronaldus. Down hill ever since. They have finally crushed any optimism I ever held that this republic could endure. The evidence is manifest, even (or especially) in the party I supported over the last 35 years. Boehner is only a symptom of the disease.
Posted by: Alamo at September 25, 2015 10:00 AM (2XJxO)
That said, I wonder why he resigned his seat as well as the speakership? Something going on behind the scenes?
Posted by: Ta-Nehisi Coates' Colon at September 25, 2015 10:00 AM (dwY1W)
Posted by: Phyllis Balzac at September 25, 2015 10:00 AM (lU0bX)
-----
Well then why ask for his removal if you don't think it will do anything?
Posted by: SH at September 25, 2015 10:00 AM (gmeXX)
Bu-bye Cryin' John!
Now if only mush-mouth McConnell would leave. Nah, couldn't be that good of a birthday, could it?
Posted by: Marybeth at September 25, 2015 10:00 AM (7egrg)
Posted by: PhillyBoy at September 25, 2015 10:00 AM (+s4eQ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2015 10:00 AM (1emJG)
Did we get some conservative legislation passed or undo some of the current unconstitutional legislation?
Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at September 25, 2015 10:00 AM (4nmNX)
Posted by: Sphynx at September 25, 2015 10:00 AM (OZmbA)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at September 25, 2015 10:01 AM (evdj2)
His skin wasn't thick enough. Or rather, his rind wasn't thick enough.
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at September 25, 2015 10:01 AM (E5UB0)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2015 10:01 AM (1emJG)
Bender went the Boner.
Posted by: @votermom at September 25, 2015 10:01 AM (cbfNE)
Posted by: rebel flounder at September 25, 2015 10:01 AM (1DH1V)
Oh, absolutely. I already did my clappy hands, though.
Don't get me wrong, there's a huge grin on my face; I'm just trying to fortify myself against the sudden-but-inevitable betrayal.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Fire-hooks and Rock Salt for sale at September 25, 2015 10:01 AM (kff5f)
Posted by: Ray Van Dune at September 25, 2015 10:01 AM (eHyZs)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at September 25, 2015 10:01 AM (ucDmr)
Posted by: rickl at September 25, 2015 10:01 AM (zoehZ)
Posted by: Gaff at September 25, 2015 10:01 AM (jPS2y)
Posted by: Alamo at September 25, 2015 10:00 AM (2XJxO)
How true this is.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 25, 2015 10:01 AM (2Ojst)
Posted by: Emmett Milbarge at September 25, 2015 10:01 AM (nFdGS)
It is a good thing he's gone. A dice roll is better than what we had.
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 25, 2015 10:02 AM (OpK2H)
Posted by: maddogg at September 25, 2015 09:54 AM (xWW96)
Because I think, in the long run, it is. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
But then again, I'm at the point now where anything other than a full-blown Reign of Terror is a defeat.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 25, 2015 10:02 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at September 25, 2015 10:02 AM (oVJmc)
4. Holden Wood
3. Levi Bulger
2. Hugh G. Recton
1. Emerson Biggens
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at September 25, 2015 10:02 AM (5YtTA)
The Winston Wolf rule is clearly in effect.
Posted by: Burn the Witch at September 25, 2015 10:02 AM (Wckf4)
Posted by: rebel flounder at September 25, 2015 10:02 AM (1DH1V)
Posted by: Phyllis Balzac at September 25, 2015 10:02 AM (lU0bX)
Better to resign than get fired.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 25, 2015 10:02 AM (OGm46)
Posted by: Country Singer at September 25, 2015 10:03 AM (8hctH)
You get the picture.
Unless they also get McConnell to go not much will change. Don't forget a fair portion of the hijinx have come from McConnell and the senate. Anything the House did that was worthwhile McConell dick punched them for it.
Posted by: Marcus T at September 25, 2015 10:03 AM (l/pfE)
***
If the deal is that we get a conservative and he gets a bribe on his way out I am all for it. Hell, let's offer the same deal to McTurtle.
Posted by: 18-1 at September 25, 2015 10:03 AM (5LOno)
Candidates to replace Boehner as speaker in my order of preference:
4. Holden Wood
3. Levi Bulger
2. Hugh G. Recton
1. Emerson Biggens
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon
<<
I'm available, but you'll have to re-erect me first!
Posted by: Carlos Danger at September 25, 2015 10:03 AM (OZmbA)
Posted by: traye at September 25, 2015 10:03 AM (0XuWb)
Posted by: Hillary's alcoholic depression at September 25, 2015 10:03 AM (FFIoe)
That's not it. We has "Victories" like this before. Remember when we took the House? Remember when we retook the Senate?
What kind of victories were those?
We are not sour pusses...what we are realistic and learn from our "Mistakes"
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 25, 2015 10:03 AM (gf8BH)
Posted by: Rod Blagojevich at September 25, 2015 10:04 AM (E5UB0)
My guess, resigning (being made to resign) Speakership because he's no longer able to whip the Reps in line effectively.
Resigning House seat do he can switch over to K street.
Needs money to buy the good whiskey.
Posted by: @votermom at September 25, 2015 10:04 AM (cbfNE)
-----
Well then why ask for his removal if you don't think it will do anything?
Posted by: SH at September 25, 2015 10:00 AM (gmeXX)
I didn't ask for a damn thing. I'm not some supplicant, trying to line up for my gruel.
This Party has not yet shown it deserves to live. We'll see how this shakes out, but right now I believe it still needs to die.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 25, 2015 10:04 AM (Dj0WE)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2015 10:04 AM (1emJG)
Ii anxiously await Drew's analysis of how this move means it will be Jeb.
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at September 25, 2015 10:04 AM (yNnm5)
Daylight Saving Time ends Nov 1?
or
That's when the SHTF and he'll let the next guy face it?
(Personally, holding celebratory attitude carefully in check until we see who's next. Maybe just one sip...)
Posted by: mindful webworker - john b gone y'say? OK at September 25, 2015 10:04 AM (geVJ9)
Posted by: Sphynx at September 25, 2015 10:00 AM (OZmbA)
He was weeping because the Pope wasn't fat enough for him to get a haul off his flask without being seen.
Posted by: Madamex at September 25, 2015 10:04 AM (yoxJL)
Anxiously awaiting the DOJ announcement that ex-Speaker Boehner has been indicted for misfeasance, malfeasance, subordination of perjury, etc.
Is this not normally the prelude for politicians to resign prior to the indictment? Or do they gut it up like Sir Edmund and deny it all the way to the sentencing?
Posted by: Doctor Fish at September 25, 2015 10:04 AM (OiFtZ)
A smart, savvy conservative SoH would be passing legislation to embarrass Guild Navigator McConnell...
Oh hell, who am I fooling? Shit will go on as planned with the left getting everything they want. The Party of Stoopid lives on.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 25, 2015 10:04 AM (LUgeY)
Posted by: Fritz at September 25, 2015 10:04 AM (UzPAd)
Posted by: Phyllis Balzac at September 25, 2015 10:05 AM (lU0bX)
Posted by: Dang at September 25, 2015 10:05 AM (2oWD2)
In some ways, this *is* less than a victory- he was allowed to step down.
By stepping down he a) clears the way for a DOPe successor and b) sets the stage for "oh, those Conservatives are just unreasonable!" when we still want Conservative things to happen. Had the Motion to Vacate gone forward, it would have sent a clear message *from* Conservative Republicans that they were no longer willing to take crap from the DOPe, and that chance is gone.
So while Boehner being gone is a good thing, the manner in which he will leave completely misses the actual point of Conservatives starting to exert some control over the caucus.
So I'll celebrate Agent Orange leaving, but I'm not exactly back on the Republican train just yet.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Fire-hooks and Rock Salt for sale at September 25, 2015 10:05 AM (kff5f)
I suspect he was looking at losing his election in his district if he allowed Planned Parenthood to be funded.
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 25, 2015 10:05 AM (OpK2H)
Posted by: Jonny B at September 25, 2015 10:05 AM (2cfUo)
Posted by: Ta-Nehisi Coates' Colon at September 25, 2015 10:05 AM (dwY1W)
Posted by: se pa moron at September 25, 2015 10:06 AM (sI4OA)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 25, 2015 10:06 AM (qCMvj)
Posted by: jwest at September 25, 2015 10:06 AM (Zs4uk)
Remember folks, the answer is always "money".
Posted by: Jacob's Step Stool at September 25, 2015 10:06 AM (VNgld)
Thank you, Lord.
Posted by: PJ at September 25, 2015 10:06 AM (cHuNI)
Posted by: Henry Hotlove at September 25, 2015 10:06 AM (u32s7)
Posted by: Phyllis Balzac
-----------------------------------------
FILL HIS BALL SACK???
Posted by: Al Sharpton at September 25, 2015 10:06 AM (E5UB0)
Posted by: Vic-we have no party at September 25, 2015 10:07 AM (t2KH5)
Posted by: West at September 25, 2015 10:07 AM (1Rgee)
Posted by: maddogg at September 25, 2015 10:07 AM (xWW96)
And why the fuck does the NY Slimes get this breaking story first? Really, you Republican assholes? That's the place to leak it to first?
Posted by: GnuBreed at September 25, 2015 10:07 AM (gyKtp)
But how many votes do they cast?
This is math even Pelosi could figure out.
Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at September 25, 2015 10:07 AM (4nmNX)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 25, 2015 10:07 AM (LUgeY)
-----
Same to me. The war will never be over. Take the victories as they come. The minor ones and the big ones.
Posted by: SH at September 25, 2015 10:07 AM (gmeXX)
Unless he announces he's leaving because he's ill, nobody is going to be confused as to what happened. You can only stay Speaker if you have the backing of your members and it was becoming obvious he was losing support rapidly.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 25, 2015 10:07 AM (OGm46)
Posted by: Alex at September 25, 2015 10:07 AM (LHEGy)
Boehner's an asshole, glad he's out. History tells us we'll be eating another shit sandwich after he's gone.
He does not want conservatives in a position of power, he'll use whatever power he has left to make that so.
Posted by: Seems Legit at September 25, 2015 10:08 AM (Xa4vS)
It is almost as if serving the constituents he claimed to represent was the least of his reasons for having been in Washington.....
One an only wonder what sinecure awaits him on November 1.
Whatever it is, it will be the clear indication of the real masters he had served during his tenure in Congress.
Posted by: Ponsonby Britt at September 25, 2015 10:08 AM (tNSR3)
Did it finally hit Boehner that his leadership is not endorsed and the base is totally fed up, or is he just going to become a well paid lobbyist?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 25, 2015 10:08 AM (1+XCd)
Posted by: Positive Waves at September 25, 2015 10:08 AM (MQEz6)
Posted by: West at September 25, 2015 10:07 AM (1Rgee)
NO...We threaten to bring the whole party down as we have been doing if they don't start representing us like we want.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 25, 2015 10:08 AM (gf8BH)
Posted by: Max Rockatansky at September 25, 2015 10:08 AM (V8uX9)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at September 25, 2015 10:08 AM (oVJmc)
Posted by: jwest at September 25, 2015 10:09 AM (Zs4uk)
Observing that this is not necessarily a victory doesn't mean we think it's a defeat.
As someone already pointed out: it's an opening.
Posted by: Burn the Witch at September 25, 2015 10:09 AM (Wckf4)
Posted by: Shoot the Moon! at September 25, 2015 10:09 AM (iIVyq)
Posted by: Hillary's alcoholic depression at September 25, 2015 10:03 AM (FFIoe)
Breaking out the valu-rite rum!
Posted by: Draki at September 25, 2015 10:10 AM (sCOy8)
Way to keep your eye on the ball, Fuckhead.
Go. Away.
Posted by: Ray Van Dune at September 25, 2015 10:10 AM (eHyZs)
Who said it is a defeat?
It is a good thing. But it not time to hoist the Mission Accomplished banner just yet.
A good thing, or an advance forward does not a victory make.
Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at September 25, 2015 10:10 AM (4nmNX)
As someone already pointed out: it's an opening.
Posted by: Burn the Witch at September 25, 2015 10:09 AM (Wckf4)
Well said
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 25, 2015 10:10 AM (gf8BH)
Thank you, Lord.
Posted by: PJ at September 25, 2015 10:06 AM (cHuNI)
I don't think so. Once it became clear that Boehner could only maintain the Speakership with Democrat votes he had to go. The Republicans would lose the House next year if they did something like that.
Posted by: Emmett Milbarge at September 25, 2015 10:10 AM (nFdGS)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 25, 2015 10:08 AM (gf8BH)
Never surrender!
Posted by: Draki at September 25, 2015 10:10 AM (sCOy8)
Never change.
Posted by: @votermom at September 25, 2015 10:10 AM (cbfNE)
This is a necessary first step. Hopefully it is El Alamein.
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 25, 2015 10:11 AM (OpK2H)
Posted by: Diogenes at September 25, 2015 10:11 AM (r65B3)
___
Well, as well all know that war was based on America's xenophobia and ignorance.
Posted by: Tom Hanks at September 25, 2015 10:11 AM (5LOno)
Posted by: Seems Legit at September 25, 2015 10:08 AM (Xa4vS)
Hey! A noob! Everybody make him/her feel welcome. So, did you lurk before commenting or just jump straight into commenting.
Either way, it's always nice to have someone new.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 25, 2015 10:11 AM (gW5Vg)
Posted by: Seems Legit at September 25, 2015 10:11 AM (Xa4vS)
He has 24 years of service in, is turning 66, opportunities to make big bucks out of office.
What ever happened to that other little weasel, Bob Barr?
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at September 25, 2015 10:11 AM (iQIUe)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 25, 2015 10:11 AM (LUgeY)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at September 25, 2015 10:11 AM (0O7c5)
Horde, do not make me be the one who is the ray of hope and sunshine around here.
That won't end well for anyone.
Posted by: alexthechick - Yeah I give up at September 25, 2015 10:11 AM (mf5HN)
Exactly.
To maddog's point above- sure we celebrated each victory, but we also tempered that celebration with the sure knowledge that tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of Marines were still going to have to die to take the rest of the islands inch-by-inch.
So be glad that Boehner is gone, but realize that the fight is just starting. We *must* be willing to burn the whole thing down - because they are. If they are willing and we are not, then we'll back down and lose.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Fire-hooks and Rock Salt for sale at September 25, 2015 10:12 AM (kff5f)
Exactly. Amazing how we've just been conditioned to accept changing the faces as victory.
*Results* just don't even seem enter into the equation.
Posted by: Burn the Witch at September 25, 2015 10:12 AM (Wckf4)
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at September 25, 2015 10:13 AM (E5UB0)
A lame duck orgy of capitulation?
A new face of capitulation?
A late entry into the presidential campaign?
Or just the traditional move to K Street?
Posted by: Punching up at September 25, 2015 10:13 AM (NnnZy)
Posted by: Phyllis Balzac at September 25, 2015 10:14 AM (lU0bX)
Exactly.
Posted by: maddogg at September 25, 2015 10:14 AM (xWW96)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2015 10:14 AM (1emJG)
Posted by: OldDominionMom at September 25, 2015 10:14 AM (GzDYP)
Posted by: Dawn at September 25, 2015 10:14 AM (QWTpU)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 25, 2015 10:14 AM (1+XCd)
That won't end well for anyone.
Posted by: alexthechick - Yeah I give up at September 25, 2015 10:11 AM (mf5HN)
Hope is not allowed. C'mon, you know that.
Shit, I'm pretty sure that was one of your first decrees as Empress.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 25, 2015 10:14 AM (gW5Vg)
Valu-Rite makes rum? Why have I not been told of this?
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 25, 2015 10:11 AM (LUgeY)
Actually, it's Meyer's but Valu rite is the moron brand of choice right?
Posted by: Draki at September 25, 2015 10:14 AM (sCOy8)
Hmmm... that might actually be kind of awesome.
*srednop*
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Fire-hooks and Rock Salt for sale at September 25, 2015 10:15 AM (kff5f)
Posted by: Positive Waves
And the beginning of what?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at September 25, 2015 10:15 AM (W5DcG)
Posted by: Emmett Milbarge at September 25, 2015 10:15 AM (nFdGS)
Will she be wearing the corset? Mmmmmmmm....
Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at September 25, 2015 10:15 AM (4nmNX)
Posted by: Marcus T at September 25, 2015 10:15 AM (l/pfE)
Posted by: Fritz at September 25, 2015 10:15 AM (UzPAd)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 25, 2015 10:15 AM (LUgeY)
Posted by: Diogenes at September 25, 2015 10:11 AM (r65B3)
All those sharpie drawings on his orange face while he was passed out.
Posted by: @votermom at September 25, 2015 10:16 AM (cbfNE)
You never know. If McCarthy is canny and wants a simple move that doesn't impact policy much but repudiates the guy forced to resign, that's a no-brainer.
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 25, 2015 10:16 AM (OpK2H)
Posted by: Positive Waves
And the beginning of what?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at September 25, 2015 10:15 AM (W5DcG)
Interesting times.
Posted by: Positive Waves at September 25, 2015 10:16 AM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Herod at September 25, 2015 10:16 AM (brIR5)
Posted by: Emmett Milbarge at September 25, 2015 10:15 AM (nFdGS)
-----
^^this^^
Posted by: Seems Legit at September 25, 2015 10:16 AM (Xa4vS)
Posted by: Shoot the Moon! at September 25, 2015 10:16 AM (iIVyq)
Posted by: Aragorn at September 25, 2015 10:16 AM (2Ojst)
Posted by: unfatmatt at September 25, 2015 10:16 AM (ofDwz)
Posted by: Max Rockatansky at September 25, 2015 10:16 AM (V8uX9)
------
Then why argue about anything?
Posted by: SH at September 25, 2015 10:16 AM (gmeXX)
Posted by: Glen at September 25, 2015 10:17 AM (1x4u/)
Now if we could only strip the drunken bastard of his congressional pension and any other misappropriated monies he's stashed away during his worthless life, I'd be a happy man.
Nothing would make me happier than to see him sprawled in a puddle of his own urine and a heap of empty PBR cans with a scrawled "will tongue balls for money" propped up against his unconscious, feculent crotch.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 25, 2015 09:41 AM (zF6Iw)
Come to Ace of Spades to celebrate the good tidings of great joy - stay for the delicious poetry!
Posted by: Gouverneur Morris at September 25, 2015 10:17 AM (dQJCS)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at September 25, 2015 10:17 AM (oVJmc)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHmLp1ooWwI
Cracked online makes fun of quack global warming "science"
Posted by: Dang at September 25, 2015 10:17 AM (2oWD2)
What's the point of remaining is he has no influence left to sell? He needs to leverage his unique set of skills (i.e. connections and favors owed) NOW before they expire.
It's why almost all of them remain in DC after leaving Congress. Addicted to power and the money they can get from wielding it.
Posted by: Lizzy at September 25, 2015 10:17 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: PJ at September 25, 2015 10:06 AM (cHuNI)
It's not within their capacity to get the picture. And it's not in their self-interest to do anything about it even if they did.
Posted by: rrpjr at September 25, 2015 10:18 AM (s/yC1)
Will she be wearing the corset? Mmmmmmmm....
Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at September 25, 2015 10:15 AM (4nmNX)
She gathers up the souls of men in her backpack backpack! Backpack backpack! Backpack backpack! Backpack!
Posted by: Insomniac at September 25, 2015 10:18 AM (2Ojst)
They're not new. You evidently have a real life so that you haven't been here to notice their appearance before. But the welcome was nice.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 25, 2015 10:18 AM (1+XCd)
I'd like to think there was a succession and that the outgoing Dora ended up impaled on a scythe.
Posted by: Burn the Witch at September 25, 2015 10:18 AM (Wckf4)
Posted by: chicagovota at September 25, 2015 10:18 AM (N4yjS)
Posted by: America at September 25, 2015 10:18 AM (JvZ/v)
Posted by: SH at September 25, 2015 10:16 AM (gmeXX)
------
There is a difference between stating an opinion and telling us how we should feel about something. I'll let you figure that out.
Posted by: Seems Legit at September 25, 2015 10:18 AM (Xa4vS)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2015 10:18 AM (1emJG)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at September 25, 2015 10:18 AM (W5DcG)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at September 25, 2015 10:18 AM (1ijHg)
Maybe the Pope saw him crying and called him a pussy.
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 25, 2015 10:18 AM (OpK2H)
Will Boner vacating office end up with us having bags of Cheetos with a weeping cartoon leopard on the bag?
Fun fact: No one can tell if Boner has been munching Cheetos, as they blend perfectly with his fingers and face.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at September 25, 2015 10:19 AM (McRlu)
Though I see him resigning as a step in the right direction.... I have 0, zero, nada, zilch, ofer, no faith the GOPe is going to move to the right with a more conservative speaker.
Posted by: fixerupper at September 25, 2015 10:19 AM (8XRCm)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at September 25, 2015 10:19 AM (0O7c5)
Posted by: Insomniac at September 25, 2015 10:18 AM (2Ojst)
You? You can go straight to hell for putting that in my head.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 25, 2015 10:19 AM (gW5Vg)
Posted by: Boss Moss at September 25, 2015 10:19 AM (YjAHM)
-----
The whole point of argument is to get someone to change the way they think about something.
Posted by: SH at September 25, 2015 10:19 AM (gmeXX)
LOL. However, if the Pope is aiming for Sainthood, the miracles have too occur after you die. ;^)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 25, 2015 10:19 AM (1+XCd)
Dis is de feat of de orange dude walking out de door.
Posted by: Dang at September 25, 2015 10:20 AM (2oWD2)
You? You can go straight to hell for putting that in my head.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 25, 2015 10:19 AM (gW5Vg)
Posted by: Insomniac at September 25, 2015 10:20 AM (2Ojst)
http://www.trashy.com/516-Lexi-Boots.6901-product.htm
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2015 10:20 AM (1emJG)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at September 25, 2015 10:20 AM (+c55T)
Shit, I'm pretty sure that was one of your first decrees as Empress.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 25, 2015 10:14 AM (gW5Vg)
The gulags in Alextopia have Hope Is Not An Option written above the gates.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 25, 2015 10:20 AM (zF6Iw)
*Nanny whistling as she polishes her big ole gavel.*
Posted by: Ever at September 25, 2015 10:21 AM (QZdJj)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2015 10:21 AM (1emJG)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 25, 2015 10:20 AM (zF6Iw)
Shiiiiiiiiiit. Above the entrance gates to Alextopia is written "Abandon All Hope"
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 25, 2015 10:21 AM (gW5Vg)
Posted by: The Walking dude at September 25, 2015 10:21 AM (BB5LO)
Your opinion is noted.
Now on to more interesting fodder.
If Lady Death is taking over for Dora, can we get Scarlett Johansen as a furry to take over for Swiper?
Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at September 25, 2015 10:22 AM (4nmNX)
Posted by: Boss Moss at September 25, 2015 10:22 AM (YjAHM)
Posted by: Positive Waves at September 25, 2015 10:22 AM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Cranky J Anne at September 25, 2015 10:22 AM (5rbdR)
Well, they had to take down the 'you must be this tall to ride' sign.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at September 25, 2015 10:22 AM (oVJmc)
Posted by: PJ at September 25, 2015 10:06 AM (cHuNI)
It's not within their capacity to get the picture. And it's not in their self-interest to do anything about it even if they did.
Posted by: rrpjr at September 25, 2015 10:18 AM (s/yC1)
When does McConnell go?
Who will replace the Whiner?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at September 25, 2015 10:22 AM (+c55T)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at September 25, 2015 10:22 AM (0O7c5)
Oh, man. That was bad; It was bad but it made me laugh.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 25, 2015 10:22 AM (1+XCd)
Posted by: The Walking dude at September 25, 2015 10:21 AM (BB5LO)
Is that asian congressman from CA who actually voted fro Fredocare still in COngress?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 25, 2015 10:23 AM (gf8BH)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 25, 2015 10:19 AM (gW5Vg)
Want to be really disturbed? Think of the Map song- "...say my name! Say it again!"
I think these boots are simply da bomb!
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2015 10:20 AM (1emJG)
Do they have a clock in the heel?
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Fire-hooks and Rock Salt for sale at September 25, 2015 10:23 AM (kff5f)
But...but...you said Lady Death was taking over.
I already went to the bunk and everything....
Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at September 25, 2015 10:23 AM (4nmNX)
Good insight. I have similar feelings re: McConnell in the Senate. While Reid has been extraordinarily effective in both majority/minority, McConnell was a much better minority leader I feel (he was pretty good).
Posted by: Doug at September 25, 2015 10:23 AM (yNjgJ)
Well, they had to take down the 'you must be this tall to ride' sign.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at September 25, 2015 10:22 AM (oVJmc
Coffee clean up on 2 monitors, STAT
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at September 25, 2015 10:23 AM (+c55T)
4. Holden Wood
3. Levi Bulger
2. Hugh G. Recton
1. Emerson Biggens
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon
-----------------------------------------------------------
Penn Ectomy
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at September 25, 2015 10:23 AM (E5UB0)
Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at September 25, 2015 10:22 AM (4nmNX)
So what does the phrase become? "Swiper no yiffing"?
Posted by: Insomniac at September 25, 2015 10:23 AM (2Ojst)
Posted by: JackStraw at September 25, 2015 10:23 AM (OGm46)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at September 25, 2015 10:22 AM (oVJmc)
I call dibs on your stuff!
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 25, 2015 10:24 AM (gW5Vg)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at September 25, 2015 10:24 AM (HSmrB)
Posted by: JackStraw at September 25, 2015 10:23 AM (OGm46)
------
ha! Exactly.
Posted by: Seems Legit at September 25, 2015 10:24 AM (Xa4vS)
Dd that need a sarc tag or were you serious?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 25, 2015 10:24 AM (1+XCd)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2015 10:24 AM (1emJG)
Posted by: Fritz at September 25, 2015 10:24 AM (UzPAd)
Posted by: Shoot the Moon! at September 25, 2015 10:24 AM (iIVyq)
I almost want one of the delegates to stand up and say, "Lighten up, Francis!"
Almost.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Fire-hooks and Rock Salt for sale at September 25, 2015 10:24 AM (kff5f)
TTPA passed;
PP funded;
Iran has $$ and nuke
His work is done.
Now he can golf, drink and spray tan without any distractions.
Posted by: Dancing Queen at September 25, 2015 10:24 AM (6oPFc)
Posted by: doug at September 25, 2015 10:25 AM (Vqv74)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at September 25, 2015 10:24 AM (HSmrB)
At this point? Probably none. But one should always be fearful of people who know they're fucked no matter what.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 25, 2015 10:25 AM (2Ojst)
this wouldn't have happened without Trump's presence in
the 2016 election - Trump already making waves ahead of his nomination,
coalescing the anger and the the GOP(e) trying to mitigate Trump's rise in power, McCarthy - same old, same old, another brick in the wall, but some Conservative leeway at first.
Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 25, 2015 10:25 AM (yQFh4)
Posted by: Shoot the Moon! at September 25, 2015 10:24 AM (iIVyq)
----
I believe.... technically ..... it can be anybody.
Posted by: fixerupper at September 25, 2015 10:25 AM (8XRCm)
>By stepping down he a) clears the way for a DOPe successor and b) sets the stage for "oh, those Conservatives are just >unreasonable!" when we still want Conservative things to happen. Had the Motion to Vacate gone forward, it would have sent >a clear message *from* Conservative Republicans that they were no longer willing to take crap from the DOPe, and that >chance is gone.
a) It doesn't matter how he left, the office would still be vacant for a DOPe to step into. side note: what's a DOPe?
b) They will scream "those Conservatives are just unreasonable!" anyway. They (meaning media, democrats, etc). will attack, slur, misrepresent, and accuse their political opponents anything regardless of the truth, because THEY CAN. They're never called on their bullshit -- or weren't. That's starting to change.
The fact that a Motion to Vacate was even being discussed, and had popular support, sent a message. He just recieved it quicker than anyone thought he would.
>So while Boehner being gone is a good thing, the manner in which he will leave completely misses the actual point of >Conservatives starting to exert some control over the caucus.
.......what? rephrase for clarity, please. I don't understand.
Posted by: Ta-Nehisi Coates' Colon at September 25, 2015 10:25 AM (dwY1W)
Posted by: Jean at September 25, 2015 10:25 AM (ztOda)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 25, 2015 10:20 AM (zF6Iw)
I thought the motto was "You May Not Survive"
Posted by: Kiindltot at September 25, 2015 10:25 AM (3pRHP)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2015 10:25 AM (1emJG)
Yes, likely he'll toss a few milkbones at the conservatives thinking he'll be able to control them.
Posted by: OldDominionMom at September 25, 2015 10:25 AM (GzDYP)
Posted by: Boss Moss at September 25, 2015 10:25 AM (YjAHM)
Posted by: Dancing Queen at September 25, 2015 10:26 AM (6oPFc)
Posted by: SH at September 25, 2015 10:26 AM (gmeXX)
Posted by: fixerupper
Any US citizen eligible to be President. Mitt Romney?
Posted by: Jean at September 25, 2015 10:26 AM (ztOda)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 25, 2015 10:27 AM (1+XCd)
Posted by: Burn the Witch at September 25, 2015 10:27 AM (Wckf4)
Posted by: Curly Bill at September 25, 2015 10:27 AM (4BvsP)
Posted by: Pope Francis at September 25, 2015 10:27 AM (2Ojst)
Hope is not allowed. C'mon, you know that.
Shit, I'm pretty sure that was one of your first decrees as Empress.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 25, 2015 10:14 AM (gW5Vg)
Oh pish posh, one is allowed to have hope.
By one I mean me, of course.
Posted by: alexthechick - Yeah I give up at September 25, 2015 10:27 AM (mf5HN)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2015 10:28 AM (1emJG)
Posted by: MacGuffin at September 25, 2015 10:28 AM (8ooBl)
I invented them!!
(Right after I took 'em out of the shipping box)
Posted by: Ahmed the Brilliant! at September 25, 2015 10:28 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 25, 2015 10:25 AM (yQFh4)
Thinking a Donald Trump presidency would be bad for the country is not deranged. Dude is squirrelly.
Posted by: troyriser at September 25, 2015 10:28 AM (CMthJ)
Posted by: Jean at September 25, 2015 10:26 AM (ztOda)
I was thinking Donald Trump.
He claims to be good at herding cats.
Posted by: jwb7605 at September 25, 2015 10:28 AM (DofIg)
I believe this is incorrect.
Just like Boner is the symptom of the state of the GOPe, Trump is the symptom of the state of the electorate.
Trump, while his presence is enjoyable, is a reflection, not the cause.
Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at September 25, 2015 10:28 AM (4nmNX)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at September 25, 2015 10:28 AM (5YtTA)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at September 25, 2015 10:22 AM (0O7c5)
It's really sad that I have no idea whether this is sarcasm or not.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 25, 2015 10:28 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: biancaneve at September 25, 2015 10:28 AM (FWVPu)
No trumpetdaddy to tell us that we lost a "good conservative warrior and great man today"?
So disappointed.
Posted by: Mortimer at September 25, 2015 10:28 AM (0dcbp)
for some reason I find analogies from Soviet history to interpret current events very plausible lately.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 25, 2015 10:29 AM (S0bOl)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 25, 2015 10:29 AM (gf8BH)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at September 25, 2015 10:28 AM (5YtTA)
-----
Bwahahaha
Posted by: Seems Legit at September 25, 2015 10:29 AM (Xa4vS)
Posted by: RondinellaMamma at September 25, 2015 10:29 AM (oQQwD)
Posted by: El Kabong at September 25, 2015 10:29 AM (4BvsP)
I can't believe you forgot E. Normus Johnson.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 25, 2015 10:29 AM (2Ojst)
Posted by: joe at September 25, 2015 10:29 AM (34w2E)
Posted by: Boss Moss at September 25, 2015 10:29 AM (YjAHM)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon
---------------------------------------------
Virginia Plasty
Sly Sitoff
Noel Longermale
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at September 25, 2015 10:30 AM (E5UB0)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 25, 2015 10:30 AM (493sH)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 25, 2015 10:28 AM (zF6Iw)
------
I had that exact thought.
Posted by: Seems Legit at September 25, 2015 10:30 AM (Xa4vS)
I think when donors started to approach him and say they were afraid he would lose, he realized how bad things were.
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 25, 2015 10:30 AM (OpK2H)
B ... to join MSNBC as co-anchor with Sharpton?
C ... to take Kleenex spokesman gig?
Posted by: USA at September 25, 2015 10:30 AM (tfM+W)
We're the rats who were long ago trained to cower in anticipation of the shock that alwaysy zings us after pushing the button that delivers the tasty cheese.
Posted by: Ahmed the Brilliant! at September 25, 2015 10:31 AM (NOIQH)
The disappearing comments are always good for a laugh.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 25, 2015 10:31 AM (gW5Vg)
No Arbeit Macht Frei?
Posted by: rickb223 at September 25, 2015 10:31 AM (Ma5u/)
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at September 25, 2015 10:32 AM (E5UB0)
Posted by: mallfly at September 25, 2015 10:32 AM (qSIlh)
Posted by: Max Rockatansky at September 25, 2015 10:08 AM (V8uX9)
Yes, being repeatedly stabbed in the back will make one an asshole.
Posted by: Make America Great Again at September 25, 2015 10:32 AM (LXJ1e)
http://cdn.bleedingcool.net/wp-content/uploads//2010/07/lady-death.jpg
Posted by: Ta-Nehisi Coates' Colon at September 25, 2015 10:32 AM (dwY1W)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2015 10:32 AM (1emJG)
No Arbeit Macht Frei?
Posted by: rickb223 at September 25, 2015 10:31 AM (Ma5u/)
Arbeit Macht Kurz
Posted by: Insomniac at September 25, 2015 10:32 AM (2Ojst)
-----
Just to bring it back to Trump, I wonder if this will help or hurt him. Trump's campaign must have had some effect on this (if small). As it got other members to see voter angst over what was happening in Washington.
Posted by: SH at September 25, 2015 10:32 AM (gmeXX)
No Arbeit Macht Frei?
Posted by: rickb223
--------------
too cliche
Posted by: Roy at September 25, 2015 10:32 AM (VndSC)
That would be a pretty dumb reading of the political winds which seems kind of unlikely for career politicians. Look at what's happening in the presidential race, what has been happening is state houses across the country and even in the House itself. It may not be moving at a pace we would like but there is no hiding the fact the party is moving to the right. Boehner isn't leaving because he's getting heat from the moderate wing of the party.
Despite the fact that the msm doesn't report on it much, the Dems had their own internal battle and the Pelosis, Reids and Obamas of the party took down the DNC centrists and continued the fight once elected. We are a bunch of elections behind them but it is happening on our side too.
There's not much room left in the middle anymore. You are either going to be on the left or the right.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 25, 2015 10:33 AM (OGm46)
good one
Posted by: gzou at September 25, 2015 10:33 AM (v4BkJ)
Posted by: Naes at September 25, 2015 10:33 AM (Ypc8j)
Trump = Most likely a very lousy President. More lousy than anything you've ever seen before. Lousy so Lousy, it's Yuuuuuge!
Trump = One of the best things that's happened to Republican Primary Politics since Reagan lost to Ford back in '75.
Now if only he'll open the way for Ted to step in and Cruz to victory.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at September 25, 2015 10:33 AM (McRlu)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at September 25, 2015 10:34 AM (5YtTA)
Posted by: RobM1981 at September 25, 2015 10:34 AM (zurJC)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2015 10:34 AM (1emJG)
I'm thinking it will be more like a (politically metaphorical) cannoli being taken.
Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at September 25, 2015 10:34 AM (4nmNX)
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar, Cynic and Fish-Thing at September 25, 2015 10:34 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: $18,154,314,000,395.72 at September 25, 2015 10:34 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: MacGuffin at September 25, 2015 10:28 AM (8ooBl)
--------------------------
Resigning at the end of October means he is going full on Democrat budget for FY2016.
Posted by: Make America Great Again at September 25, 2015 10:34 AM (LXJ1e)
Best.Friday.Ever.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 25, 2015 10:34 AM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Cassandra Complexity at September 25, 2015 10:34 AM (KJZeR)
I'm sick of rich guy who lives in gated community telling me ms-13 members are pilgrims.
No, Frank, they aren't.
Posted by: Ever at September 25, 2015 10:34 AM (QZdJj)
Posted by: Boss Moss at September 25, 2015 10:34 AM (YjAHM)
Posted by: mallfly at September 25, 2015 10:34 AM (qSIlh)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at September 25, 2015 10:34 AM (5YtTA)
No Begonia, either. I guess there's an "all-hands" meeting going on at RNC headquarters.
Posted by: V the K at September 25, 2015 10:35 AM (O7MnT)
Good.
This is why I like watching DT's campaign for the things he can do to pull the GOPe to the right. Not that I think he can win, but his outspokenness is a good thing.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 25, 2015 10:35 AM (LUgeY)
------
If I were Trump, I would take all the credit for this resignation. Just say he resigned because of me and people like you who support me.
Posted by: SH at September 25, 2015 10:35 AM (gmeXX)
Posted by: Insomniac at September 25, 2015 10:35 AM (2Ojst)
Alextopia is is a kinder gentler type of dictatorship. Now bend over.
That's what they all say. Nine is more like 4 & 1/2.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 25, 2015 10:35 AM (Ma5u/)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2015 10:35 AM (1emJG)
Posted by: Ahmed the Brilliant! at September 25, 2015 10:36 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at September 25, 2015 10:36 AM (0x/TW)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at September 25, 2015 10:36 AM (IN7k+)
Posted by: T at September 25, 2015 09:42 AM (oqxwU)
Truly? All I ever get is copy of the latest talking points.
Posted by: Barefoot boy with cheeks of tan at September 25, 2015 10:36 AM (PEgKF)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2015 10:36 AM (1emJG)
I think if he capitalizes on it and says there's a movement afoot, he could benefit.
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 25, 2015 10:36 AM (OpK2H)
Posted by: Boss Moss at September 25, 2015 10:37 AM (YjAHM)
Posted by: Pope Francis at September 25, 2015 10:27 AM (2Ojst)
Lighten up, Francis.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Stock up on Trumpian Terrors from the Outrage Outlet! at September 25, 2015 10:37 AM (hLRSq)
Posted by: USA at September 25, 2015 10:37 AM (tfM+W)
Posted by: Roy at September 25, 2015 10:37 AM (VndSC)
Yeah, like he won't be rolling in dough and great healthcare benefits for the rest of his life.
Let's send him a going away package. Some cheap booze and cigs.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 25, 2015 10:37 AM (FsuaD)
Prior to accepting the K Street gig, Boehner will spend a few months in rehab learning to live life without alcohol dependency. Or possibly withdrawal from the opioid Hydrocodone? Or both?
Posted by: Doctor Fish at September 25, 2015 10:38 AM (OiFtZ)
Posted by: Boss Moss
Alcatraz?
Posted by: Roy at September 25, 2015 10:37 AM (VndSC)
Patmos. Or Elba.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 25, 2015 10:38 AM (2Ojst)
Posted by: T at September 25, 2015 09:32 AM (oqxwU)
Or, do.
Posted by: m at September 25, 2015 10:38 AM (ELEPX)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2015 10:38 AM (1emJG)
Posted by: El Kabong at September 25, 2015 10:29 AM (4BvsP)
It isn't about Trump. If Boehner had to rely on the Democrats to keep the Speaker's chair then the resultingbacklash and turmoil would endanger Republican chances of holding the House in the nextelection.
Further, insofar as I know, Trump hasn't specifically targeted House and Senate Republican leadership for their all-around, go-along and get-along squishiness. That's a conservative casus belli and--in case you haven't noticed--Trump is not a conservative, although his issues and those of conservatives occasionally come together in a kind of Venn Diagram intersection.
Posted by: troyriser at September 25, 2015 10:38 AM (CMthJ)
Posted by: Fritz at September 25, 2015 10:39 AM (UzPAd)
Yay!!!! Sushi and sashimi for lunch!!!!
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2015 10:36 AM (1emJG)
Ewwww. Leave the Obama girls outta this.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 25, 2015 10:39 AM (FsuaD)
Actually he has to be very careful.
A motion to vacate the chair might almost certainly pass now that people know he's not long for this earth, and he would leave humiliated.
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 25, 2015 10:39 AM (OpK2H)
------
That would be smart of him to do. I suspect he will.
Posted by: SH at September 25, 2015 10:39 AM (gmeXX)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 25, 2015 10:39 AM (WdajP)
"
According to my Wife who is listening to his speech, about an hour or so and not a one mention of Our Lord and Savior.
Go find the last speech by the President of the LDS Church. Jesus was mentioned over 40 times in the first half hour.
One is a Christian. One is "not".
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Proud owner of Luap Nor's Last Brain Cell and a pocket full of Silver Dimes at September 25, 2015 10:39 AM (dOD0J)
Ooh, I bet they've formed a Tiger Team to develop a best of breed solution to the current challenges and opportunities of an open House Speakership and less-than-expected GOP revenue procurement.
Let's table the discussion for now, review the parking lot items and synch-up for a brainstorming session later, m'kay?
Posted by: Ardersen Consultant at September 25, 2015 10:39 AM (NOIQH)
Trump = One of the best things that's happened to Republican Primary Politics since Reagan lost to Ford back in '75.
Trump is likely to hire and appoint actual conservatives to offices where they might actually enact conservative policy. He also would likely screw the GOP's "it's my turn" belly-rub appointments to please donors.
And he listens to conservative advisors. That's his only appeal.
Posted by: Mortimer at September 25, 2015 10:39 AM (0dcbp)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 25, 2015 10:39 AM (LUgeY)
Posted by: Roy at September 25, 2015 10:39 AM (VndSC)
Posted by: Boss Moss
Alcatraz?
Posted by: Roy at September 25, 2015 10:37 AM (VndSC)
Patmos. Or Elba.
Lesbos.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 25, 2015 10:40 AM (Ma5u/)
You just killed my appetite.
Here, I wrote a new short story
http://preview.tinyurl.com/pw93wdn
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2015 10:40 AM (1emJG)
But be careful of whose up next. By the way, in Boner's honor can we get a flaming asshole instead of the skull?.....
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 25, 2015 10:40 AM (ej1L0)
A: Roll him in flour and go for the wet spot.
Posted by: Repurposed Punchlines at September 25, 2015 10:40 AM (5YtTA)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 25, 2015 10:40 AM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at September 25, 2015 10:17 AM (oVJmc)
2nd. The first was some poor baby with two holes in its heart that healed.
Too bad he didn't finish his exorcism at the White House.
Posted by: Iblis at September 25, 2015 10:40 AM (0+usq)
Posted by: that guy that always thinks it's beginning at September 25, 2015 10:40 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at September 25, 2015 10:40 AM (E5UB0)
And he listens to conservative advisors. That's his only appeal.
I'll happily take that. It should've been done years ago.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 25, 2015 10:41 AM (LUgeY)
Wow. Why not?
Posted by: Lizzy at September 25, 2015 10:41 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at September 25, 2015 10:15 AM (W5DcG)
No fair asking questions like that!
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Stock up on Trumpian Terrors from the Outrage Outlet! at September 25, 2015 10:41 AM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Burn the Witch at September 25, 2015 10:41 AM (Wckf4)
-----
Well I have no clue whether he would or wouldn't. But I could see Trump provoking certain fights just because that helps the Trump brand.
Posted by: SH at September 25, 2015 10:41 AM (gmeXX)
Posted by: Ever at September 25, 2015 10:41 AM (QZdJj)
Posted by: Boss Moss at September 25, 2015 10:41 AM (YjAHM)
Wow. Why not?
Posted by: Lizzy at September 25, 2015 10:41 AM (NOIQH)
That would be divisive and shit.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 25, 2015 10:42 AM (2Ojst)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 25, 2015 10:42 AM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Lizzy at September 25, 2015 10:42 AM (NOIQH)
I NOMINATE DAVID BRAT TO BE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE!!
Its the only way forward.
Posted by: Kreplach at September 25, 2015 10:42 AM (o9lYR)
Posted by: Iblis at September 25, 2015 10:42 AM (0+usq)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at September 25, 2015 10:43 AM (9krrF)
Posted by: Boss Moss at September 25, 2015 10:43 AM (YjAHM)
Posted by: Repurposed Punchlines at September 25, 2015 10:44 AM (5YtTA)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 25, 2015 10:44 AM (gf8BH)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 25, 2015 10:44 AM (LUgeY)
The country feels a lot like it just took the dump that breaks a bad case of constipation.
Posted by: An Observation at September 25, 2015 10:44 AM (ZKW7n)
His tenure as Speaker has been demoralizing and nothing short of a disaster. He not only could not implement any plan, he had no ability even to formulate a plan. Hell I don't think he even wanted to have any plan of action. Truly the country is worse off for having him be Speaker.
Posted by: Make America Great Again at September 25, 2015 10:44 AM (LXJ1e)
460 I guess there's an "all-hands" meeting going on at RNC headquarters.
Good pivot men on the circle jerk are hard to find!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 25, 2015 10:44 AM (WdajP)
Objection. Assumes facts not in evidence.
Trumps presence is welcome and enjoyable in this process. He gives voice to the elephant in the room. And this is good.
But let's not kid ourselves with wish casting any sort of conservatism on him.
He has yet to actually DO anything conservative.
But even if he were to be elected, odds are that as a matter of constituency support, he would at least give us one or two things we want.
Which would put him lightyears ahead of the GOP.
Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at September 25, 2015 10:44 AM (4nmNX)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2015 10:44 AM (1emJG)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at September 25, 2015 10:45 AM (m3iiU)
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar, Cynic and Fish-Thing at September 25, 2015 10:45 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 25, 2015 10:45 AM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at September 25, 2015 10:46 AM (5YtTA)
This. It doesn't matter if he's conservative if he's empowering conservatives instead of cutting them off at the knees.
Brother Cavil, why are you calling AlextheChick Jack and dull?
Admittedly, that sounded better with Jack Nicholson saying it in my head.
Yes, that's a thing that happens with me.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at September 25, 2015 10:46 AM (9krrF)
Posted by: Doom Rider at September 25, 2015 10:46 AM (ck8TA)
Posted by: Killerdog at September 25, 2015 10:46 AM (K96/0)
Posted by: Grey Fox at September 25, 2015 10:46 AM (bZ7mE)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 25, 2015 10:46 AM (493sH)
Posted by: Ty Angur at September 25, 2015 10:46 AM (b/2Ha)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2015 10:47 AM (1emJG)
Good pivot men on the circle jerk are hard to find!
****
Time to reach across the aisle.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at September 25, 2015 10:47 AM (5YtTA)
Yes, that's a thing that happens with me.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at September 25, 2015 10:46 AM (9krrF)
Have you considered Risperdal? Or maybe Thorazine?
Posted by: Insomniac at September 25, 2015 10:47 AM (2Ojst)
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar, Cynic and Fish-Thing at September 25, 2015 10:45 AM (RD7QR)
At this point this asshats have so conditioned me that when it looks like we're finally getting something we want, we get the exact opposite. So I'm actually expecting Pelosi as speaker until proven otherwise.
Posted by: Iblis at September 25, 2015 10:47 AM (0+usq)
Wow. Why not?
Posted by: Lizzy at September 25, 2015 10:41 AM (NOIQH)
-----------------------
Somebody mentioned to me this morning, that the Pope didn't say anything about Jesus because he knew he was not addressing Christians. Let that sink in. And address to Congress and no expectation of Christians there.
Posted by: Make America Great Again at September 25, 2015 10:47 AM (LXJ1e)
Posted by: Hugh Hewitt at September 25, 2015 10:47 AM (evdj2)
Wow. Why not?
Posted by: Lizzy at September 25, 2015 10:41 AM (NOIQH)
That would be divisive and shit.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 25, 2015 10:42 AM (2Ojst)
This pope fancies himself as a world leader/politician who grew up immersed in Socialism. Like most socialists, he believes if he were running the world, he would implement socialism in a much more perfect way.
This religious stuff is the fancy icing on the cake, like a disguise to fool the masses.
Any leader of a church who doesn't talk about church doctrines, teaching or the God he is supposed to be linked any more than this one does is a false leader indeed.
And to the Catholics on here, this is not in any way an insult to the Catholic faith. Every church has had poor and false leaders...remember their men, not diety, with all the human failings the rest of us have. I would have hoped this Pope would have been more mature in his relationship with Christ, but....
Posted by: Jen the original at September 25, 2015 10:47 AM (rFdsN)
Posted by: joe at September 25, 2015 10:47 AM (34w2E)
Posted by: Hank_Scorpio at September 25, 2015 10:48 AM (nQREt)
Posted by: Moderate Salami, weeping for our dead Republic at September 25, 2015 10:48 AM (/Ho8c)
I hold the secret hope that whoever his replacement is, the presence of Trump's Scalp Weasel will be influential in keeping him or her in line with some sort of conservatism.
You gotta admit, Trump talking about the things that've been long ignored by the ruling elite (and are killing the country) is a good thing.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 25, 2015 10:48 AM (LUgeY)
Posted by: Hank_Scorpio at September 25, 2015 10:48 AM (nQREt)
No, just a fifth of Bourbon
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 25, 2015 10:48 AM (gf8BH)
Posted by: Drill_Thrawl at September 25, 2015 10:49 AM (YtbIl)
Posted by: Seems Legit at September 25, 2015 10:49 AM (Xa4vS)
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at September 25, 2015 10:49 AM (a31sM)
Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at September 25, 2015 10:50 AM (4nmNX)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2015 10:50 AM (1emJG)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 25, 2015 10:50 AM (493sH)
Yeah, that's the thing about Christianity - we want to keep it all exclusive 'n stuff, keep the lord to ourselves.
*facepalm*
Posted by: Lizzy at September 25, 2015 10:50 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at September 25, 2015 10:50 AM (E5UB0)
Posted by: Insomniac
Like it doesn't happen to you? Why, by the very act of hitting "Post", I'll have you reading this and the rest of this thread in Morgan Freeman's voice.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at September 25, 2015 10:52 AM (9krrF)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at September 25, 2015 10:52 AM (5YtTA)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 25, 2015 10:52 AM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 25, 2015 10:52 AM (gf8BH)
The 2016 presidential elections had to have been part of this move. Remember when Trump said we have a bunch of stupid leaders in this country? The GOPe must have seen some polling on this and decided to take that talking point away from Trump, and probably help an establishment candidate like Jeb!
Posted by: Daisy Cutter at September 25, 2015 10:52 AM (myGBe)
I expect a number of the royal family will look into renouncing their crowns and becoming something with real power - an HOA president.
Posted by: jwest at September 25, 2015 10:52 AM (Zs4uk)
Posted by: mpfs at September 25, 2015 10:52 AM (KtZf2)
I wonder how it will impact the presidential polls? How will the candidates respond?
Posted by: Grimaldi at September 25, 2015 10:52 AM (RVFz3)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 25, 2015 10:53 AM (gf8BH)
So, yeah?
Posted by: Just wondering at September 25, 2015 10:53 AM (vQfCe)
Posted by: Doom Rider at September 25, 2015 10:53 AM (ck8TA)
http://www.trashy.com/Sailors-Military-bycatalog.htm
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2015 10:54 AM (1emJG)
Jack Ingram's "Love You"?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=1&v=zFJXxTv4Z7k
Posted by: Lizzy at September 25, 2015 10:54 AM (NOIQH)
the part on which it rests or is supported:
synonyms: foundation · bottom · foot · support · stand · pedestal · plinth
a conceptual structure or entity on which something draws or depends
Posted by: Seems Legit at September 25, 2015 10:55 AM (Xa4vS)
http://www.trashy.com/Wildcat.21026-product.htm
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2015 10:50 AM (1emJG)
I'll be in my bunk.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 25, 2015 10:55 AM (2Ojst)
Go Cruz.
Posted by: revolting peasant at September 25, 2015 10:55 AM (IYxGR)
This section should thoroughly discombewbalate the Horde
http://www.trashy.com/Sailors-Military-bycatalog.htm
Posted by: Anna Puma
I <3 Halloween.
Posted by: Moderate Salami, weeping for our dead Republic at September 25, 2015 10:55 AM (/Ho8c)
So disappointed.
Posted by: Mortimer
"Stupid bastards......you blew it all up....."
Posted by: I blow my daddy at September 25, 2015 10:55 AM (326rv)
Are there any other constants in the Universe that we need to chuck out the window?
Is bacon good for you now?
Is Obama an Objectivist plant - part of a plot to completely destry the Democratic Party?
Maybe, the Moon really IS made of cheese, and the landings were faked...
Posted by: Optimizer at September 25, 2015 10:55 AM (/q6+P)
Posted by: Multitude at September 25, 2015 10:55 AM (mKXWp)
Posted by: Big Al at September 25, 2015 10:55 AM (SjVe2)
http://www.trashy.com/Sailors-Military-bycatalog.htm
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2015 10:54 AM (1emJG)
I can feel my patriotism reaching new heights. Yeah, my patriotism...
Posted by: Insomniac at September 25, 2015 10:56 AM (2Ojst)
Posted by: heartofdarkness at September 25, 2015 10:56 AM (MQ0Jr)
Barring the unexpected, McCarthy will be the next Speaker.
Posted by: Miss80sBaby at September 25, 2015 10:56 AM (YjDyJ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2015 10:57 AM (1emJG)
Ace has probably had an excellent piece ready to post for this day. Something about:
GOP Failure Theater
Act I
Scene 19: Boehner Resigns
Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at September 25, 2015 10:57 AM (UhRGU)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at September 25, 2015 10:52 AM (9krrF)
Joke's on you. I still have the "backpack" song stuck in my head.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 25, 2015 10:57 AM (2Ojst)
Posted by: Pvt Hudson at September 25, 2015 10:57 AM (8CdUx)
Posted by: heartofdarkness at September 25, 2015 10:56 AM (MQ0Jr)
To bad he is no Japanese
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 25, 2015 10:57 AM (gf8BH)
Posted by: Th'Establishment at September 25, 2015 10:57 AM (k8tEg)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 25, 2015 10:58 AM (gf8BH)
Yeah, that's the thing about Christianity - we want to keep it all exclusive 'n stuff, keep the lord to ourselves.
*facepalm*
Posted by: Lizzy at September 25, 2015 10:50 AM (NOIQH)
No, it means you have to lay the ground work first, and he wasn't there to talk about the salvation of individual souls but societal problems. And if your going to talk to non-Christians about how to organize their society, the first place to start is with natural law.
Perhaps he should have just told them to repent and come to Jesus, but he didn't.
Posted by: Make America Great Again at September 25, 2015 10:58 AM (LXJ1e)
Posted by: Pvt Hudson at September 25, 2015 10:58 AM (8CdUx)
____________________
Probably wants to echo Barry's sentiments about it: that it's all our fault, because it is only poverty and lack of education that makes people become terrorists, and if only we selfish capitalists in America were not hogging all the world's wealth and knowledge, there would be no terrorists and the world would be filled with rainbows and unicorns!
And p.s., of course Americans should not have objected to the erection of a Ground Zero mosque, because it is raaaaaacist and Islamophobic of us not to allow muzzies to celebrate their triumph over us. And is it any wonder they still want to kill us when we have such a hateful attitude towards them?
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at September 25, 2015 10:59 AM (a31sM)
Posted by: joncelli, getting it out of his system at September 25, 2015 11:00 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: joncelli, getting it out of his system at September 25, 2015 11:00 AM (RD7QR)
You can always do both.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 25, 2015 11:00 AM (2Ojst)
------
Good one, that was pretty funny.
Posted by: Seems Legit at September 25, 2015 11:00 AM (Xa4vS)
Posted by: Pvt Hudson at September 25, 2015 10:58 AM (8CdUx)
While fantasizing about Bernie Sanders.
Posted by: joncelli, getting it out of his system at September 25, 2015 11:00 AM (RD7QR)
http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/ news/watch-the-warriors-recreate-their-last-subway-ride-home-20150923
The Warriors actors recreate the last subway ride home.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at September 25, 2015 11:00 AM (OiH3z)
Posted by: JohnJ at September 25, 2015 11:00 AM (TH0iO)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 25, 2015 11:01 AM (LUgeY)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 25, 2015 11:01 AM (gf8BH)
Ya know, he may be right.
Who are the "base" these days?
Do we actually outnumber the moderates?
Perhaps we are the ones who are actually RINOs?
Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at September 25, 2015 11:01 AM (4nmNX)
Posted by: ... at September 25, 2015 11:01 AM (fscqy)
I will bet five cents it will be (1) obvious, (2) ugly, and (3) stupidly played.
Posted by: Inspector Cussword at September 25, 2015 11:02 AM (z5Hds)
Posted by: Miss80sBaby at September 25, 2015 10:56 AM (YjDyJ)
Meet the new boss, worse than the old boss...yeah?
Posted by: Doom Rider at September 25, 2015 11:02 AM (ck8TA)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at September 25, 2015 11:02 AM (ODxAs)
good being done, and thought Boehner could be the vehicle for that
change. But almost immediately the wheels come off (remember the $100
billion cut he promised that whittled down to nothing in a matter of
days)."
I also can't forget how Agent Orange shoved and twisted and greased and wheedled the House GOP to come up with a package of $500B in tax hikes, to be used in negotiations with Obama, ostensibly to yield $500B in matching spending cuts. One for one basis.
Boehner marches in to the Oval Office, and after pleasantries, puts the tall stack of tax hikes on the table, announces its size, and says, "What do I get for that?"
Obama smirks and says, "You get nothing. I get that for free."
And Boehner acceded to it!
Worst negotiator in history.
Posted by: torquewrench at September 25, 2015 11:02 AM (noWW6)
Congress has a lower approval rating that Kim Davis or giving Iran a nuclear weapon.
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 25, 2015 11:02 AM (OpK2H)
_____________________
How will we be able to tell the difference from what he usually does?
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at September 25, 2015 11:02 AM (a31sM)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 25, 2015 10:52 AM (gf8BH)
Sorry, you have to be more specific.
Posted by: Drill_Thrawl at September 25, 2015 11:02 AM (YtbIl)
Posted by: ThunderB, Sharia Compliance Officer at September 25, 2015 11:02 AM (cWHkZ)
I believe you have found me a new favorite website.
One from which I shall purchase all manner of goods, which my wife will unfortunately never wear.
Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at September 25, 2015 11:03 AM (4nmNX)
Quit listening to Rush a long while back. Can't wait to hear Mark Levin, though.
Posted by: torquewrench at September 25, 2015 11:04 AM (noWW6)
Posted by: maddogg at September 25, 2015 11:04 AM (xWW96)
Clinic think President Obama should appoint a person of color as the next Speakre Guy in the Senate after that racist Bohner resigns. Bohnor obbviouslly hated persons of color and still was trying to enact old worn out Bush opolicies that would never work. Bush lied and Bohners political career died! We calls on re-appointing nancy pelosi or Jessie jackson jr to be the Spaeker. That way we can show the world we still do not like Bush and that Bush lied ansd we are doing something about it. Thank You Presdent obama for all you have done and we love you.
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, VT at September 25, 2015 11:05 AM (EIFYf)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 25, 2015 11:05 AM (qCMvj)
Posted by: maddogg at September 25, 2015 11:06 AM (xWW96)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 25, 2015 11:06 AM (FsuaD)
Uh, it's a link to _Rolling Stone_.
For that walking suppository Jann Wenner, not even _one_ curiosity click.
Posted by: torquewrench at September 25, 2015 11:06 AM (noWW6)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 25, 2015 10:52 AM (gf8BH)
Sorry, you have to be more specific.
Posted by: Drill_Thrawl at September 25, 2015 11:02 AM (YtbIl)
Newton Leroy "Newt" Gingrich
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 25, 2015 11:07 AM (gf8BH)
Have a great retirement you living piece of human shit.
I hope you live to see a day when your government connections no longer help your offspring and they are forced to make a living in an America you helped create through your inaction. You can sob then. Bastard.
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at September 25, 2015 11:07 AM (AC0lD)
Posted by: Tonic Dog at September 25, 2015 11:08 AM (E2Yrt)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 25, 2015 11:07 AM (gf8BH)
But of course. The guy married to the Stepford wife with the plastic hair.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 25, 2015 11:08 AM (FsuaD)
Glad I have brought some smiles by linking to those costumes. But I have to thank Bebes for pointing out that awesome site.
And to the members of the Horde who have bought Golden Isis today during the sale. Thank you!
http://astore.amazon.com/aoshq-20/detail/B014BTSEYO
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2015 11:08 AM (1emJG)
Posted by: RonUSA at September 25, 2015 11:08 AM (EaqMa)
Posted by: Dave S. at September 25, 2015 11:09 AM (mhkbv)
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at September 25, 2015 11:09 AM (E5UB0)
So what are they saying? that but for Boehner, the "moderates" would caucus with the Democrats?
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at September 25, 2015 11:09 AM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Proud owner of Luap Nor's Last Brain Cell and a pocket full of Silver Dimes at September 25, 2015 11:09 AM (dOD0J)
Posted by: maddogg at September 25, 2015 11:09 AM (xWW96)
http://www.trashy.com/Toxic-Hooded-Cat-Ear-Teddy.18455-product.htm
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2015 11:09 AM (1emJG)
I personally think he has a successful lawsuit waiting.
Posted by: Jen the original at September 25, 2015 11:10 AM (rFdsN)
Posted by: JackStraw at September 25, 2015 11:10 AM (OGm46)
Oh sweet merciful Lord, horray! Maybe I can get a rep that has a skin color actually found in nature.
Posted by: buzzion at September 25, 2015 11:10 AM (zt+N6)
Posted by: Iblis at September 25, 2015 11:10 AM (0+usq)
http://www.trashy.com/Toxic-Hooded-Cat-Ear-Teddy.18455-product.htm
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2015 11:09 AM (1emJG)
You. Are. Killing. Me.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 25, 2015 11:10 AM (2Ojst)
Now those moderates will even MORE fund Planned Parenthood!
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 25, 2015 11:10 AM (OpK2H)
Posted by: maddogg at September 25, 2015 11:10 AM (xWW96)
Maybe with a special election coming up Ace and/or the horde could support a possible flip to a Tea Party type.
Posted by: Blano at September 25, 2015 11:11 AM (w1ewr)
http://www.trashy.com/Toxic-Hooded-Cat-Ear-Teddy.18455-product.htm
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2015 11:09 AM (1emJG)
I volunteer to apply soothing balm.
Posted by: joncelli, getting it out of his system at September 25, 2015 11:11 AM (RD7QR)
So what are they saying? that but for Boehner, the "moderates" would caucus with the Democrats?
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at September 25, 2015 11:09 AM (AkOaV)
That's real retarded, sir.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 25, 2015 11:11 AM (2Ojst)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 25, 2015 11:11 AM (FsuaD)
Posted by: north and judd at September 25, 2015 11:11 AM (0z/89)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at September 25, 2015 11:11 AM (0O7c5)
I wonder which band member he is?
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 25, 2015 11:12 AM (LUgeY)
Posted by: 19th Hole at September 25, 2015 11:12 AM (nFICN)
wut?
Posted by: JackStraw at September 25, 2015 11:10 AM
the Cruz campaign sent out a "give us money or we'll shoot the dog" e-mail this morning
Posted by: AltonJackson at September 25, 2015 11:12 AM (ZQfW9)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at September 25, 2015 11:11 AM (0O7c5)
This is the guy who said, 'ya know, those Charlie Hebdo fellas kinda had it coming...'
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 25, 2015 11:13 AM (OpK2H)
Posted by: joncelli, getting it out of his system at September 25, 2015 11:11 AM (RD7QR)
Kind of you to offer, but no thanks.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 25, 2015 11:13 AM (2Ojst)
>>He just dropped out of the pres race, good timing ?
wut?
Posted by: JackStraw at September 25, 2015 11:10 AM (OGm46)
No, he sent a ...misleadingly titled campaign email... begging for money.
He did not drop out. At least, as far as I know.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at September 25, 2015 11:13 AM (AkOaV)
Posted by: torquewrench at September 25, 2015 11:04 AM (noWW6)
Levin should be especially good tonight. Bet he calls out the next one(s) he wants gone.
Posted by: Blano at September 25, 2015 11:13 AM (w1ewr)
Posted by: Seems Legit at September 25, 2015 11:13 AM (Xa4vS)
Third time in as many days.
Cruz is a shithead.
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 25, 2015 11:13 AM (OpK2H)
Worst negotiator in history.
Posted by: torquewrench
Nah, he got exactly what he wanted, I bet:
Lifetime cushy pension, bennies, and some lobbyist job to sweeten the deal.
Posted by: Moderate Salami, weeping for our dead Republic at September 25, 2015 11:13 AM (/Ho8c)
I prefer the term experienced. And which God does Pope Pinko pray to; the God of Abraham, or Karl Marx?
Posted by: maddogg at September 25, 2015 11:14 AM (xWW96)
It would be great if J.D. Winteregg could be convinced to stand for the seat once there's an actual election. He's one of the brave fellows who actually tried to primary Agent Orange. (And who had strings pulled to get him fired from his job for his temerity.)
Winteregg was the one who ran the ad in the crying drunk's district saying, in a prescription drug announcer's voice, "If you experience a Boehner lasting for more than 17 years, seek electoral attention."
Posted by: torquewrench at September 25, 2015 11:14 AM (noWW6)
Posted by: joncelli, getting it out of his system at September 25, 2015 11:14 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 25, 2015 11:14 AM (gf8BH)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2015 11:14 AM (1emJG)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 25, 2015 11:11 AM (FsuaD)
I keep getting emails from Cruz' campaign asking for donations. They are titled "dropping out", then when you open them, they talk about how some candidates have dropped out and you don't want Ted to do the same, blah blah, send money.
Posted by: Jen the original at September 25, 2015 11:14 AM (rFdsN)
?????!!!!!!
Posted by: north and judd at September 25, 2015 11:11 AM (0z/89)
Eh, they're just following the script.
Narratives gotta narrate.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at September 25, 2015 11:14 AM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 25, 2015 11:14 AM (FsuaD)
Posted by: JackStraw at September 25, 2015 11:14 AM (OGm46)
When is McConnell going? Those two have hurt the Republican party and conservative ideals better than any Democrat.
Posted by: Cheri at September 25, 2015 11:14 AM (oiNtH)
Just because some of us lurk way much more than diving in to the comments does not mean that we are noobs.
I personally have been reading this site daily for over 9 years. Have met DC, VIA, spypeach, and Gingy in real life.
I don't appreciate the piling on when someone posts, however infrequently that may be. Morons welcomed you two years ago, very graciously. It would be nice to see that reciprocated.
Posted by: NoLongerintheBellyoftheBeast at September 25, 2015 11:15 AM (wJbvL)
BRING ME THE HEAD OF MITCH MCCORNHOLE!!!
Posted by: Mark Levin at September 25, 2015 11:15 AM (noWW6)
I don't think Bohner is an evil man, just a man in way over his head. I have been angry with his representation for years now, and have written letters to my Congressman insisting on his removal. Well, it appears that is happening, and I am happy about that.
I'm not giving his performance a pass, but I do think he is tortured, and for that I feel sympathy. There are many others for whom I would not feel that.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 25, 2015 11:15 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at September 25, 2015 11:11 AM (0O7c5)
"Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light."
Posted by: Blano at September 25, 2015 11:15 AM (w1ewr)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at September 25, 2015 11:15 AM (iQIUe)
The strangest part is that Ted Cruz bought the mailing list that has one of my email address on it from... Rand Paul. As in the date added, everything else, match up to when I donated to Paul in 2010. The only time I've used the email address in question for anything political.
Isn't that weird?
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at September 25, 2015 11:16 AM (AkOaV)
Posted by: 19th Hole at September 25, 2015 11:17 AM (nFICN)
Shall we celebrate with
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK_0jXPuIr0
hehe, sorry guys
(at least, hot chick)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 25, 2015 11:17 AM (qCMvj)
to God and the service to others...presiding over baptisms, holy
communions, confessions, last rites and funerals ...would go to ground
zero and lecture anyone about who's fault it was?
Posted by: phoenixgirl,
Yes.
Posted by: Moderate Salami, weeping for our dead Republic at September 25, 2015 11:18 AM (/Ho8c)
Posted by: torquewrench at September 25, 2015 11:14 AM (noWW6)
He had already started his campaign for next year. Time for some contributions.
Posted by: Blano at September 25, 2015 11:18 AM (w1ewr)
That should tell you all you need to know. They are scared shitless that their boy Bush who has the spine of Boehner may not be the nominee.
Posted by: Cheri at September 25, 2015 11:18 AM (oiNtH)
?????!!!!!!
Posted by: north and judd at September 25, 2015 11:11 AM (0z/89)
Shit...I'm lost...is that scene 4 or 5.
Posted by: Doom Rider at September 25, 2015 11:18 AM (ck8TA)
Yeah, I think Boehner is kind of a mob boss type. People who have run against him have a habit of getting fired.
Proctor & Gamble fired his Democrat opponent one year, and Winteregg was fired from the college where he worked for the "Boehner/boner" ad.
He plays dirty.
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 25, 2015 11:18 AM (OpK2H)
Uh, I am betting on chaffing issues with this costume
http://www.trashy.com/Toxic-Hooded-Cat-Ear-Teddy.18455-product.htm
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2015 11:09 AM (1emJG)
_____________________________
Ooooooo,, I've got that one. Huma just loves it.....
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at September 25, 2015 11:18 AM (HSmrB)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at September 25, 2015 11:16 AM (AkOaV)
Probably not. I think there are services that scoop up addresses and arrange them into groups and then sell them based on how valuable they might be to the buyer.
Rand Paul wouldn't have protected your email address when you donated to him because he might as well sell it and get twice the bang out of any bucks you have.
Posted by: Jen the original at September 25, 2015 11:19 AM (rFdsN)
Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at September 25, 2015 11:19 AM (8wE8H)
-------
Thank you, good person. I think BCochoran was being sarcastic about my comment. I think he was referring to me being naive about people around here telling us what to think. It happens all the time.
It's okay. I was just not one of those overjoyed about who will replace Boehner. McCarthy seems to be about as bad.
Posted by: Seems Legit at September 25, 2015 11:19 AM (Xa4vS)
Yeah, but I mean it's just funny that Rand's fundraising list ends up in the hands of his opponent when he's running for Pres.
And yeah, I know none of them will protect my information which is why I have so many burner email addresses.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at September 25, 2015 11:20 AM (AkOaV)
Hmm,
1) Allowed the bloated government to bloat even more
2) cried
3) Alienated the conservative base that delivered the House to the republicants
4) cried
5) Sold out the conservatives - time and time again
6) oh, and cried.
Good riddens. GTFO and don't let the door hit you on the way out.
Posted by: OurCountryIsScrewed at September 25, 2015 11:20 AM (DlmoZ)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at September 25, 2015 11:20 AM (4zDs/)
Posted by: Sniff Boehner at September 25, 2015 11:20 AM (nFICN)
Posted by: JohnJ at September 25, 2015 11:21 AM (TH0iO)
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at September 25, 2015 11:21 AM (AC0lD)
Posted by: donna at September 25, 2015 11:21 AM (hUdMz)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at September 25, 2015 11:21 AM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Chico Escuela at September 25, 2015 11:21 AM (a7Dd7)
And yeah, I know none of them will protect my information which is why I have so many burner email addresses.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at September 25, 2015 11:20 AM (AkOaV)
More evidence of the brilliant strategists all these guys have as campaign workers, LOL.
Posted by: Jen the original at September 25, 2015 11:22 AM (rFdsN)
"Don't get too comfortable in the Speaker's chair". We've tasted blood and like it (ousted Boehner). Sell us out again and, well .......
Posted by: OurCountryIsScrewed at September 25, 2015 11:22 AM (DlmoZ)
We're on an efficiency kick. Besides, weekend coming up.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at September 25, 2015 11:22 AM (9krrF)
Posted by: torquewrench at September 25, 2015 11:14 AM (noWW6)
No he didn't. He ran the ad on the internet. His campaign efforts to get elected were bad. Only a couple ads a week or two before the election.
Posted by: buzzion at September 25, 2015 11:22 AM (zt+N6)
Posted by: Seems Legit at September 25, 2015 11:19 AM (Xa4vS)
Ace wrote a while back that we re-took congress too fast. We didn't have enough time to purge the leadership that lost the House in the first place. This is just part of that delayed process. We'll have to purge alot during 2016 that should've gone during 2010.
Posted by: Iblis at September 25, 2015 11:22 AM (0+usq)
Posted by: Yo! at September 25, 2015 11:22 AM (JRv4t)
Agreed
Posted by: donna at September 25, 2015 11:22 AM (hUdMz)
Posted by: Jen the original at September 25, 2015 11:22 AM (rFdsN)
Seriously.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at September 25, 2015 11:22 AM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Seems Legit at September 25, 2015 11:19 AM (Xa4vS)
Boehner is just one of a long line that must be destroyed one way or another.
It's a step in the right direction, but nothing more. There's a whole line of RINO's right behind him.
Posted by: Blano at September 25, 2015 11:22 AM (w1ewr)
Posted by: An Observation at September 25, 2015 11:22 AM (ZKW7n)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at September 25, 2015 11:23 AM (+HxkQ)
Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski
----------------------
Agreed. It's like being distracted by watching an outfielder who has snagged a fly ball, and taking our eye off the runner on Third who has tagged up and is sprinting for home.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 25, 2015 11:23 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: JohnJ at September 25, 2015 11:21 AM (TH0iO)
----------------
No time for that, they get one pitch to hit.
Posted by: Make America Great Again at September 25, 2015 11:23 AM (LXJ1e)
P.S. THANK THANK THANK YOU DONALD TRUMP!!! XOXOXOX!!
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at September 25, 2015 11:23 AM (nFICN)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 25, 2015 11:24 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at September 25, 2015 11:23 AM (+HxkQ)
Not sure. The new fiscal year starts Oct 1. I guess he wants to stay long enough to ensure that he passes another year long CRomnibus & hikes the debt ceiling for his donors and patrons and that no shut down is possible for at least a year.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at September 25, 2015 11:25 AM (AkOaV)
Depends. McCarthy is more liberal in some ways yet more conservative in others. The Conference apparently sees him as more "inclusive" but he seems more demanding when it comes to discipline.
Posted by: Miss80sBaby at September 25, 2015 11:25 AM (YjDyJ)
Posted by: 19th Hole at September 25, 2015 11:25 AM (nFICN)
I don't see them electing a guy who isn't even in the House.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 25, 2015 11:25 AM (OGm46)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at September 25, 2015 11:23 AM (+HxkQ)
Yeah, I figure the timing is so we can all be fucked good and hard. Debt ceiling hike. Planned Parenthood funding. Bloated budget. Fucking over the military. Signing the Iran deal. Get all that shit done and then he'll resign.
Bet he doesn't move back to Ohio.
Posted by: buzzion at September 25, 2015 11:27 AM (zt+N6)
?????!!!!!!
Posted by: north and judd
-----------------------------------------------------------------
The left's greatest trick was in convincing the country that Republicans were conservative.
I suspect BDS was in part a ruse.
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at September 25, 2015 11:27 AM (E5UB0)
>>He just dropped out of the pres race, good timing ?
wut?
_________________
Cruz can't be Speaker of the House because . . .
. . . he's a senator.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at September 25, 2015 11:28 AM (a31sM)
Anyone and everyone praising the Boner should be added.
Posted by: Blano at September 25, 2015 11:28 AM (w1ewr)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 25, 2015 11:28 AM (9mTYi)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK_0jXPuIr0
hehe, sorry guys
(at least, hot chick)
---------------------------------------------
A lesbian that does not look like John Boehner?
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at September 25, 2015 11:28 AM (E5UB0)
. . . he's a senator.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at September 25, 2015 11:28 AM (a31sM)
POINT OF ORDER:
I don't think theres any requirement that the speaker of the house be a member of the house.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at September 25, 2015 11:29 AM (AkOaV)
___________________
Nope, he'll just move down to K-Street, like they all do.
Corrupt SOB's.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at September 25, 2015 11:29 AM (a31sM)
Posted by: ISO New Team at September 25, 2015 11:29 AM (nFICN)
Who's pushing for him? And why?
Quasi-related: I'd also like to see a SotH refuse to allow any legislation that wasn't authored by an actual, real-live elected member of the House.
Fuck this bullshit of corporations and special interest groups writing laws instead of the people we elect to do that.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 25, 2015 11:29 AM (LUgeY)
"One from which I shall purchase all manner of goods, which my wife will unfortunately never wear."
We know you're not shopping for your wife.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at September 25, 2015 11:32 AM (0x/TW)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 25, 2015 11:33 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: ISO New Team at September 25, 2015 11:29 AM (nFICN)
------------------------
Fiorina for Speaker!
Posted by: Make America Great Again at September 25, 2015 11:33 AM (LXJ1e)
Posted by: mindful webworker - clarion at September 25, 2015 11:33 AM (geVJ9)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 25, 2015 11:33 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: JohnJ at September 25, 2015 11:21 AM (TH0iO)
We all know there's dozens of them waiting in line behind the Boner, so why wait?
Posted by: Blano at September 25, 2015 11:34 AM (w1ewr)
Posted by: Seems Legit at September 25, 2015 11:19 AM (Xa4vS)
Ace wrote a while back that we re-took congress too fast. We didn't
have enough time to purge the leadership that lost the House in the
first place. This is just part of that delayed process. We'll have to
purge alot during 2016 that should've gone during 2010.
Posted by: Iblis at September 25, 2015 11:22 AM (0+usq)
When Cantor lost, McCarthy was the Gope candidate. I forget who the alternative (more or less Tea Party endorsed, I think) candidate was, but McCarthy was understood to be just another Cantor type, loyal to Boehner.
If he is appointed as Speaker, it means the Gope is still in charge.
Which of course, they are, and he will be.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 25, 2015 11:34 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: Shit Shakespeare said at September 25, 2015 11:35 AM (GrXXa)
Yes, this. Rep. Mo Brooks also said he was really worried about what Boehner would do. He has a lot of power.
I'm thinking by saying he is retiring completely, he has no need to hold back, and the en-f-ening will be delivered with stunning vengeance, so hold on to your seats. It will be a bumpy ride...
Posted by: Just wondering at September 25, 2015 11:35 AM (vQfCe)
I don't think theres any requirement that the speaker of the house be a member of the house.
____________________
True, there is no constitutional requirement. The U.S. Constitution merely says:
"The House of Representatives shall choose their Speaker and other Officers"
but the House also gets to make its own rules of how it conducts business, and if you read the rules (which I haven't) they probably say that the Speaker has to be a member of the House.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at September 25, 2015 11:35 AM (a31sM)
May he lose all the money he goniffed by being in Congress and remain impoverished for the rest of his miserable, detestable life.
Thank you, and fuck you.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 25, 2015 11:35 AM (St6BJ)
Posted by: socalcon at September 25, 2015 11:36 AM (vHlQ5)
His revenge will be to ram through an automatic debt ceiling hike (with McCocksucker's help) and full funding for Planned Vivisection.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 25, 2015 11:36 AM (St6BJ)
Posted by: socalcon at September 25, 2015 11:36 AM (vHlQ5)
Its a trait of his species.
Posted by: buzzion at September 25, 2015 11:37 AM (zt+N6)
Posted by: JackStraw at September 25, 2015 11:37 AM (OGm46)
Posted by: BurtTC at September 25, 2015 11:34 AM (TOk1P)
You forgot "For now" (but you say it with Darth Vader's voice)
Posted by: Iblis at September 25, 2015 11:37 AM (0+usq)
And that's why ATC's occasional pseudonymous trolling always made me chuckle.
I don't mind the piling on and banning of the real trolls and mobys. But, when I recognize some posters as rare and missed voices, I do feel the need to speak up.
I think some very well-respected people have just quietly left or gone to lurking because of the mean girl tactics that I see so very often lately.
I miss them very much and feel so sad, when they return, however briefly, only to get "welcomed" as a new poster, when in reality they contributed so much to making this site the powerhouse that it is.
I really hope it can stay that way.
Posted by: NoLongerintheBellyoftheBeast at September 25, 2015 11:37 AM (wJbvL)
. . . he's a senator.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at September 25, 2015 11:28 AM
Yes, he can.
The speaker does not have to be an elected member of the house.
Posted by: AltonJackson at September 25, 2015 11:37 AM (ZQfW9)
"House conservatives warm to McCarthy as Speaker"- bit.ly/1NwqdPS
Only a few other lawmakers could actually win the job and all of them have currently ruled-out a bid.
Posted by: Miss80sBaby at September 25, 2015 11:38 AM (YjDyJ)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at September 25, 2015 11:38 AM (iQIUe)
Who is elected as speaker of the house does matter.
Posted by: An Observation at September 25, 2015 11:39 AM (ZKW7n)
Also lessons in how the system works, like Cloggenstein
asking the SCOAMF to appoint the new Speaker.
____
Speaking of how the system works, my 1:11 vid from May 2014, "How iz Made Law in United States of Amerika"
http://bit.ly/how-iz-made-law-usa
Posted by: mindful webworker - gasping lastly at September 25, 2015 11:39 AM (geVJ9)
Posted by: Marv Albert at September 25, 2015 11:39 AM (UnJ7w)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at September 25, 2015 09:35 AM (9krrF)
"Flaming Skull" would be a good drink. Fifty percent ValuRite, and fifty percent Dave's Insanity Sauce?
Of course, more than your skull would be flaming...
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 25, 2015 11:39 AM (0yhH4)
https://twitter.com/HRatAOSHQ/with_replies
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at September 25, 2015 11:38 AM (iQIUe)
Huh? Shes boycotting us now?
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at September 25, 2015 11:40 AM (AkOaV)
. . . he's a senator.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at September 25, 2015 11:28 AM
Yes, he can.
The speaker does not have to be an elected member of the house.
Posted by: AltonJackson at September 25, 2015 11:37 AM (ZQfW9)
Why does anyone want Cruz as Speaker of the House? It's just a stupid idea.
Posted by: Make America Great Again at September 25, 2015 11:40 AM (LXJ1e)
Posted by: Drider at September 25, 2015 11:41 AM (DNFK1)
Posted by: chemjeff at September 25, 2015 11:41 AM (lVU49)
Posted by: Make America Great Again at September 25, 2015 11:41 AM (LXJ1e)
Posted by: AltonJackson at September 25, 2015 11:37 AM (ZQfW9)
______________________
I know; see above comments.
There is no constitutional requirement that the Speaker be a member of the House, but every person who has ever been elected Speaker has been a member of the House, so it would be a break with historical tradition -- not that there's anything wrong with that.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at September 25, 2015 11:41 AM (a31sM)
Posted by: Begonia at September 25, 2015 11:41 AM (YSBZ5)
Posted by: 19th Hole at September 25, 2015 11:25 AM (nFICN)
Completely legal, though I don't think it's ever been done.
Posted by: Grump928(c) at September 25, 2015 11:41 AM (evdj2)
Vengeance.
Posted by: Grump928(c) at September 25, 2015 11:42 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at September 25, 2015 11:42 AM (AkOaV)
That's why I read the comments at Ace of Spades: to get insights about
who should be the next Speaker of the House -- insights like (1) we
should make a Senator the new Speaker and (2) we should make someone
who's no longer in the House of Representatives the new Speaker.
Posted by: ISO New Team at September 25, 2015 11:29 AM (nFICN)
Technically, the Speaker does not have to be a member of Congress, just as a Supreme Court Justice doesn't have to be a lawyer. As a practical matter, of course, both are unthinkable. But it is possible.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at September 25, 2015 11:43 AM (5f5bM)
My money is on grand compromise comprehensive immigration reform before he shuffles off to some cushy sinecure on K street.
Posted by: Kreplach at September 25, 2015 11:43 AM (o9lYR)
Posted by: Begonia
And I thought that I had daddy issues.
Posted by: I blow my daddy at September 25, 2015 11:43 AM (326rv)
__________________
It hasn't.
I just checked the congress' website. No person has ever been elected Speaker who was not a member of the House.
Doesn't mean it couldn't happen. Just very unlikely.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at September 25, 2015 11:44 AM (a31sM)
Posted by: Conservative at September 25, 2015 11:44 AM (9Fh/l)
"Pick a cad, any cad." That will be for Boner'sreplacement. But damn this feels good for the next few seconds!
Posted by: MWTexas at September 25, 2015 11:44 AM (N05oL)
Posted by: Arson Wells at September 25, 2015 11:44 AM (UnJ7w)
My money is on grand compromise comprehensive immigration reform before he shuffles off to some cushy sinecure on K street.
Posted by: Kreplach at September 25, 2015 11:43 AM (o9lYR)
He's been wanting to do that since 2 days after the 2012 elections.
Posted by: buzzion at September 25, 2015 11:44 AM (zt+N6)
Posted by: Begonia at September 25, 2015 11:41 AM (YSBZ5)
-------------------
Yes, yes, I do think there is someone who can do Boehner's job and get different results.
Posted by: Make America Great Again at September 25, 2015 11:45 AM (LXJ1e)
Posted by: Make America Great Again at September 25, 2015 11:40 AM (LXJ1e)
Tying my post at 743 together with this one, I think Ted Cruz would be a splendid Supreme Court Justice. Mike Lee too.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at September 25, 2015 11:45 AM (5f5bM)
https://twitter.com/HRatAOSHQ/with_replies
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at September 25, 2015 11:38 AM (iQIUe)
Huh? Shes boycotting us now?
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at September 25, 2015 11:40 AM (AkOaV)
Think she's en route to Germany.
Posted by: Blano at September 25, 2015 11:45 AM (w1ewr)
Posted by: Begonia
Jeepers; I don't recall 'reality' lying to my face and treating me like a redheaded stepchild.
Now, as to the republican leadership, I ave a different recollection.
Posted by: I blow my daddy at September 25, 2015 11:45 AM (326rv)
Still haven't crossed that river, 'eh?
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at September 25, 2015 11:45 AM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Edmond Dantès at September 25, 2015 11:45 AM (eRsMQ)
Posted by: Miss80sBaby at September 25, 2015 11:25 AM
The guy known as bonehead's enforcer. Riiiiigggghhhttt
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at September 25, 2015 11:46 AM (+HxkQ)
the GOPe is finally realizing the anger that's out there (and i seem to remember some smart military blog commenting on the head dunce Luntz being scared by it).
After seeing Trump with a floor of 25% (and still consistently pulling a third of the electorate) they're trying a minor appeasment with a new boss, with 10% more conservative platitudes, all to preserve Prince Jeb.
Posted by: HowardDevore at September 25, 2015 11:47 AM (1lln4)
Posted by: rickb223 at September 25, 2015 11:47 AM (Ma5u/)
____________________
It would be just like that a-hole to try something like that.
He'd love to pass some big amnesty law, just to rub conservatives' faces in it before he leaves. Problem for him is that the rest of the RINOs want to get re-elected, and voting "yes" for amnesty at this moment in time is probably not the best way to accomplish that.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at September 25, 2015 11:47 AM (a31sM)
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at September 25, 2015 11:45 AM (5f5bM)
I think that is where he needs to be, or perhaps AG first.
Posted by: Make America Great Again at September 25, 2015 11:47 AM (LXJ1e)
Posted by: TallDave at September 25, 2015 11:49 AM (74ZYB)
Now pro-abortion Renee Elmers can move into his huge office and give him massages there. How nice for them.
Posted by: L, Elle at September 25, 2015 11:49 AM (2x3L+)
He will try to ram it through with the Donks and GOPe loyalists and the Turtle will do the same.
Book it.
Posted by: Kreplach at September 25, 2015 11:50 AM (o9lYR)
*golf clap*
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 25, 2015 11:50 AM (LUgeY)
Posted by: Satan at September 25, 2015 11:51 AM (ZKW7n)
https://twitter.com/HRatAOSHQ/with_replies
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at September 25, 2015 11:38 AM (iQIUe)
Huh? Shes boycotting us now?
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at September 25, 2015 11:40 AM (AkOaV)
Think she's en route to Germany.
Posted by: Blano at September 25, 2015 11:45 AM (w1ewr)
==============
The Schnitzel Has Landed!
The Schnitzel Has Landed!
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at September 25, 2015 11:53 AM (iQIUe)
That's John Boehner for you, creating new jobs AND FINALLY getting his Cheeto butt GONE.
Posted by: deepelemblues at September 25, 2015 11:54 AM (L3WuP)
Posted by: Arkindole at September 25, 2015 11:54 AM (tz36Z)
Posted by: Fritz at September 25, 2015 11:56 AM (UzPAd)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 25, 2015 11:57 AM (LUgeY)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 25, 2015 11:57 AM (LUgeY)
I doubt Jesus ever visited the planet he comes from.
Posted by: buzzion at September 25, 2015 12:00 PM (zt+N6)
Posted by: bob in houston at September 25, 2015 12:09 PM (XRxxn)
Posted by: Paladin at September 25, 2015 12:11 PM (YNPwP)
Posted by: Pope Francis at September 25, 2015 10:27 AM (2Ojst)
Little-known fact: the cocktail bar in the Vatican is known as The Mitre Joint.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 25, 2015 12:13 PM (0yhH4)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at September 25, 2015 12:25 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: VelvetElvis at September 25, 2015 12:28 PM (hleDf)
You'll take: Anyone who isn't a GOPe RINO squish.
You'll get: One of Satan's henchmen.
Posted by: An Observation at September 25, 2015 12:30 PM (ZKW7n)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at September 25, 2015 12:32 PM (Wo9OY)
Posted by: The Osprey at September 25, 2015 12:35 PM (3TviK)
"Boehner was such a bro, he was totally getting shit done, like DONE man, he could work with like anybody, why you right wing terrorists gotta harsh my bros man?"
Go fuck yourselves you duplicitous shitbags. Sic semper the rest of you.
Posted by: 0302 at September 25, 2015 12:44 PM (yHHKL)
Well, you people got what you said you wanted. Now we all have to live with the consequences.
Kevin MCarthy will now be second in line to the presidency. Congratulations, true cons.
Posted by: trumpetdaddy at September 25, 2015 12:47 PM (ljZD2)
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at September 25, 2015 01:10 PM (E5UB0)
Posted by: Jaimo at September 25, 2015 01:21 PM (9U1OG)
Posted by: Kathy from Kansas at September 25, 2015 01:22 PM (AcTdG)
Posted by: USA
The real money is in renting out his orange head as a pumpkin for Hallowe'en.
Posted by: Dirks Strewn at September 25, 2015 01:31 PM (kfcYC)
I agree. But they can only diffuse the rage by giving Speakership to conservatives. Replacing Boehner with McCarthy won't help.
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at September 25, 2015 01:32 PM (MxONJ)
"Lighten up, Pope Francis..."
Posted by: LiveFromRussianHill at September 25, 2015 01:40 PM (LHLRD)
Posted by: Rich at September 25, 2015 01:46 PM (BcWH9)
Yep, but it won't be enough to diffuse Trump insurgency.
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at September 25, 2015 01:48 PM (MxONJ)
WTF, haven't they ever heard of an 'opposition' party? Maybe, just maybe the Tea Party doesn't exist just to go along and say yes to everything they have to say. Maybe Boehner got to this point precisely because he represented the moneyed interests instead of that of his own party.
Posted by: BSR at September 25, 2015 03:09 PM (JQG3D)
Hammertime
Now, who's the a-hole that's going to replace him. If it's a GOPEr, I'm going be very, VERY sad.
Posted by: KR1 at September 25, 2015 04:47 PM (SNY8a)
Processing 0.1, elapsed 0.1212 seconds.
14 queries taking 0.0387 seconds, 800 records returned.
Page size 343 kb.
Powered by Minx 0.8 beta.
Paul Anka Haiku Contest Announcement
Integrity SAT's: Entrance Exam for Paul Anka's Band
AllahPundit's Paul Anka 45's Collection
AnkaPundit: Paul Anka Takes Over the Site for a Weekend (Continues through to Monday's postings)
George Bush Slices Don Rumsfeld Like an F*ckin' Hammer
Democratic Forays into Erotica
New Shows On Gore's DNC/MTV Network
Nicknames for Potatoes, By People Who Really Hate Potatoes
Star Wars Euphemisms for Self-Abuse
Signs You're at an Iraqi "Wedding Party"
Signs Your Clown Has Gone Bad
Signs That You, Geroge Michael, Should Probably Just Give It Up
Signs of Hip-Hop Influence on John Kerry
NYT Headlines Spinning Bush's Jobs Boom
Things People Are More Likely to Say Than "Did You Hear What Al Franken Said Yesterday?"
Signs that Paul Krugman Has Lost His Frickin' Mind
All-Time Best NBA Players, According to Senator Robert Byrd
Other Bad Things About the Jews, According to the Koran
Signs That David Letterman Just Doesn't Care Anymore
Examples of Bob Kerrey's Insufferable Racial Jackassery
Signs Andy Rooney Is Going Senile
Other Judgments Dick Clarke Made About Condi Rice Based on Her Appearance
Collective Names for Groups of People
John Kerry's Other Vietnam Super-Pets
Cool Things About the XM8 Assault Rifle
Media-Approved Facts About the Democrat Spy
Changes to Make Christianity More "Inclusive"
Secret John Kerry Senatorial Accomplishments
John Edwards Campaign Excuses
John Kerry Pick-Up Lines
Changes Liberal Senator George Michell Will Make at Disney
Torments in Dog-Hell
The Ace of Spades HQ Sex-for-Money Skankathon
A D&D Guide to the Democratic Candidates
Margaret Cho: Just Not Funny
More Margaret Cho Abuse
Margaret Cho: Still Not Funny
Iraqi Prisoner Claims He Was Raped... By Woman
Wonkette Announces "Morning Zoo" Format
John Kerry's "Plan" Causes Surrender of Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia
World Muslim Leaders Apologize for Nick Berg's Beheading
Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree
Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears
Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)