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John Boehner Re-Elected Speaker of the House

Jan. 3, 2013 1:29pm Madeleine Morgenstern

Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) was re-elected speaker of the House on Thursday, the first day of the 113th Congress. (Getty Images)

John Boehner was re-elected to another two-year term as speaker of the House on Thursday, capping a turbulent period that saw the failure of his “Plan B” to avert the so-called fiscal cliff and open hostility from fellow Republicans over not holding a vote for Hurricane Sandy aid.

The Ohio Republican received 220 votes, losing just a handful of votes from his party. House Democrats nominated Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who received 192 votes.

A visibly emotional Boehner used his post-election remarks to decry the rising national debt and said Congress must be “willing, truly willing, to make this problem right.”

“The American dream is in peril so long as its namesake is weighed down by this anchor of debt,” Boehner said.

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) received three Republican votes. Republican Reps. Justin Amash (Mich.), Jim Jordan (Ohio) and Raul Labrador (Idaho) each received one vote. Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.) received two votes and Reps. John Dingell (D-Mich.) and John Lewis (D-Ga.) each received one.

The Constitution does not require the speaker to be a member of the House, which welcomed two votes for former Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) from Reps. Paul Broun (R-Ga.) and Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) and even one vote for former Secretary of State Colin Powell.

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cantwaitfor2012
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:41pm
That noise you hear is one of the last nails in the GOP coffin. We are toast with this “leader”.

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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:58pm
  maybe all those house republicans thought they had to “choose the lesser of two evils” between Boehner and Pelosi…..How ironic would that be
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 2:08pm
  I heard earlier that Boehner will be changing his tactics and there will be no more one on one meetings between him and Obama.
  
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- AvengerK
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 2:11pm
  lucky 113 huh?
  
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- joey g
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 2:17pm
  repukins stand for nothing period…f em all
  
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- YAHSHUARULES
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 2:18pm
  Whether the Republicans or Dems are in power has had no effect on implementation of the agenda – that is why we went from a landslide for Reagan in 80′s to Obama getting 2 terms:
  
  Stalin said “If I could control Hollywood, I could rule the world.” Lenin founder of Soviet Union said “Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted.” John Dewey went to Russia and influenced education to socialize child to be a tool of the state – to dumb down not teach to critically think. Once there is control of teacher’s unions, education colleges this becomes self perpetuating you remake the country in the schools rather then by throwing bombs. Your children in government schools 7hrs a day for 13 years being indoctrinated with anti-American, anti-God, anti-capitalism.
  
  We have no George Washington to look to because this culture has been driven in a direction designed to destroy it – Best movie I have ever seen putting this all together.
  Knowledge is Power:
  https://vimeo.com/52009124
  
  I have watched it 12X to absorb all that is in it!
  
  Watch it. Share it. Arrange a showing in church, groups, clubs, with friends or family. Everyone who loves America needs to see this movie,
  It is free on line for the moment
  https://vimeo.com/52009124
  If America goes down, the free world will go down with it and it will be finished for a very, very long time…
  
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- Dismayed Veteran
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 2:37pm
  Going to buy some marshmellows to toast of the bon fire of the GOP.
  
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- Brother Winston Smith
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 2:52pm
  We are toast WITH THIS PARTY.
  
  Had enough?
  
  The Constitution Party.
  The Libertarian Party.
  State nullification.
  NOW!!!!!!!!
  
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- JohnnyinthePedros
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 3:24pm
  Yet another reason to start voting Libertarian, and don’t tell me about splitting the vote. NOT splitting the vote sure hasn’t done any good, and you end up voting for a progressive anyway if you don’t. The GOP is dead to me.
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 3:33pm
  “Stalin said “If I could control Hollywood, I could rule the world.””
  
  The same people that made it possible for him to come to power do run Hollywood. This is why we are looking more like post-1917 Russia. Ask them, not me.
  
  http://articles.latimes.com/2008/dec/19/opinion/oe-stein19
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 3:38pm
  ” Your children in government schools 7hrs a day for 13 years being indoctrinated with anti-American, anti-God, anti-capitalism. ”
  
  So true. We know who the movers and shakers of communism, now called socialism, are. We’ve known it for years. They did use the unions in 1917 to wrestle away the rights of Russians too. A minority overthrew a vast majority; ironically almost in the same proportions as they are in present day America. Nothing has changed. The problem is, no one reads history.
  
  http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Zionism_versus_Bolshevism
  
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- tckid17
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 5:30pm
  With career politicians like Boehner, maybe Obama can run a third, fourth, and fifth term.
  
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- Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 6:40pm
  Well, hay. At least Paul Ryan voted for him.
  
  C’mon now, who’s up for that R&R?!??!?
  
  Don’t be shy now, y’all were putting it in every post on this website on Halloween. C’mon now, step up for your R&R.
  
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- Trigus
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 8:32pm
  time to leave the GOP and let their coffers dry up.
  
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- bioengineer
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 3:39am
  I’m done with the GOP.They’ll never get a dime from me again, and other than a short list of people I’ll never vote for anybody with a R next to their name.
  
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- G-WHIZ
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 11:11am
  The VAST-MAJORITY in THE HOUSE-OF-REPS ARE PROGS and COMMIES-D’S-IN-[R]‘s clothing!!
  
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- Secret Squirrel
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 12:41pm
  .
  I’m kicking myself for not voting Ron Paul.
  At least he stood for something.
  The GOP is finished.
  
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charles116
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:41pm
A true example of how dysfunctional the part is.
The worst, most ineffectual SOH in history.
The only plus? Eric Cantor getting screwed.

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- 00100111
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:54pm
  Derp derp derp derp derp derp derp.
  
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- WildschweinJager
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:56pm
  @Charo
  
  The part between your legs?
  
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- WildschweinJager
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:57pm
  @Charo
  
  Split tail.
  
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- charles116
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 2:04pm
  Attack the messenger,
  Ho hum.
  
  Christie sho’ read him the riot act.
  
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- Female
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 2:15pm
  The only SOH to become pres was the 11th, James Polk back in 1790′s.
  
  Point Cantor doesn’t want the job (political suicide or dead-end) of SOH…it doesn’t lead to the Oval Office. He will be going for the VP, Senate or state Governor
  
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- shorelineliz
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 2:54pm
  Don’t worry about Boehner being re elected speaker of the House. He still has to keep his seat back home in OHio. When he comes up for re election there the TEa Party people will try to unseat him. This fight is not in Washington, D.C. It is state to state. These officials have to be re elected back home in their respective states when their TERMS are up. This is where people need to fight. On a state to state election basis. Allen West lost his seat in congress by losing his election back home in his district in Florida. The American People could completely change congress by focusing all their attention on local state elections. WE the People have the power to unseat every member of Congress by attacking their local election process by putting up other candidates and canvassing the voters state by state. This is how to change who sits in Congress.
  
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- barber2
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 3:29pm
  116: Was wondering what the radical Obama Crowd thought of the event. Now we know.
  
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mcsledge
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:40pm
I guess we should plan now for more cowardice votes to convenience the progressives.

Boehner is not a Conservative, but he may be a Republican. What does that say about today’s Republicans?

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- sbenard
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:48pm
  “I’m not a Republican. I’m a conservative.” –Amy Holmes
  Amen to Amy!
  
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ArmedAndReallyPissed
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:40pm
I knew this was gonna be a bad day. But on the Bright Side………..Oh,..Uhm…………. never mind.

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- Apple Bite
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:48pm
  Yeah, Nancy Pelosi was gripping her gavel with anticipation, that’s how he was voted back in.
  
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- crazyrightwingmom
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:54pm
  Right Apple….the thought of Pelosi is enough to make me vote for Boehner!
  
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- Bluebonnet
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 7:53pm
  When the votes got close, they zoomed in on Nancy with her wide grin like she was the winner. When it was finally announced that Boehner had won, the camera zeroed back on Pelosi and she looked sick, no grin, eyes appeared to have been crying……hahahahaha! I’d have voted for anyone besides that wicked Pelosi gal. She’s the one I blame for pushing that obamacare on everyone while squeezing those she thought owed her. She is a user, used the taxpayers, spent our money like it was water and never once acted appreciative. Never hear her answer a question, just talk.
  
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americanexile
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:40pm
The final vote that put him back in charge? Rep. Michele Bachmann.

Thanks to Amash and Massie, among the 14 others, who refused to vote for this joke of a Speaker.

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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 2:01pm
  If more people would have not consented to Mitt Romney in november election (stay home or vote 3rd party), this would have never happened. But because enough Tea Party voted for Romney to make him competitive, the republican party thinks they can win elections by moving a little to the left.
  
  It’s a shame more people did not take a stand and show the republicans the direction they should move towards
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 2:02pm
  And Bachmann was one of many unofficial Tea Party spokesmen…..
  
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- charles116
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 2:05pm
  Thank you for the reality check.
  
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- Simonne
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 2:34pm
  Mitt could have won if it wasn’t for some far right voters who decided he wasn’t conservative enough & didn’t mind Obama being re-elected. To you, don’t bitch about Obama as you put him there. A far right candidate would have never gotten the votes Romney did because although I’m a conservative, I’m not far right, & some of those guys are nuts.
  
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- WarMunger_Al
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 4:13pm
  Simone-
  Mitt couldn’t have won it. He couldn’t beat John McCain, who got trounced by Obama. Only a moron would nominate the guy who lost to the guy who lost to the adversary. Losers. The republican party is dead and no longer relevant. Vote Constitution party or libertarian or your vote is for the democommie party. As long as the major population centers are filled with welfare drones, Conservatives have no chance of running this nation ever again. The on;y solution is to split up the Country into smaller countries, or to kill off the liberal population to bring balance to the force.
SimpleTruths
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:39pm
Wow I’m so impressed with the vast power all the folks on this site have, you really made a difference. Way to tell those RINO’s and fake conservatives. So when does the civil war you been talking about begin? Give me a chance to make some popcorn, this should be fun to watch.

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- Top_Contributor
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:42pm
  Simpletruths, pass the popcorn!
  
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- 00100111
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:56pm
  Derp derp derp derp.
  
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- AvengerK
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:56pm
  yeah umm SIMPLETON? You recall the GOP winning the biggest win in the house in 70 years under Pelosi’s watch and she’s still minority speaker for the Democrats? What does that say about the Democrats?
  You typify the low-information voter.
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:56pm
  This is the curse of Ron Paul. The Tea Party will not affect change until they reconcile their attitudes towards the Constitutional wing of this country
  
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- Popp40
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:57pm
  Just remeber….the pendulum may be swinging to the left right now, but it will swing back and when it does it is going to swing with a very hard force. So enjoy it while you can….because it will change eventually.
  
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- mrunner
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:57pm
  While you marxists are swapping spit and passing the popcorn. Patriots are stocking up and passing the ammunition. Enjoy your popcorn….
  
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- Free_Thought
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 2:23pm
  I have been reading about the blaze civil war for awhile now. Judging by the traffic here you have about 400 “soldiers” but im sure you will arm your wives, husbands and children as well. So leys mulitiply that by 3 and you now have an army of 1600. Very impressive.
  
  You beckerheads are all bark and no bite. You dont have the stones because as strong as your ideology is you know you would most likely die. Death is not something you are willing to do preserve “you” america. Civil war this and revolution that. Well lets see it beckerheads. Start your revolution. I dont like popcorn though. And im pretty sure that we could send the freshman class from west point to defeat you. It would last about as long as greneda did.
  
  From your cold dead hands is what you nazis say right?
  
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- hatchetjob
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 3:05pm
  FREE THOUGHT, Did you just get up out of bed? You’re late.
  
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- Free_Thought
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 3:10pm
  Life is good when you are retired my friend.
  
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- Big Media Bias
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 3:27pm
  FREE_THOUGHT, you misspelled. It’s retarded. Not retired. Enjoy your simple life. I aim to complicate it. Anything I can do to F up a liberal’s life is excitement for me.
  
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- Free_Thought
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 3:44pm
  Thanks big. But no i actually do know how to spell thanks. Retired was what was meant. But thanks for checking up on me.
  
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- AvengerK
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 5:01pm
  NO_COHERENTTHOUGHT…..you appear to know how to mangle the English language.
  
  You seem to conflate the lefty penchant for calls for “revolution” and anarchy with freedom loving people who are willing to defend their property, their country and their constitution. In short..you’re an idiot.
  
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- Free_Thought
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 5:20pm
  Thanks avengerkoff. You are the bees knees.
  
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- AvengerK
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 6:26pm
  I see that wit is something that’s also in short supply with you NO_COHERENTTHOUGHT. Did you give yourself a Beavis and Butthead-esque- “heh heh”- for that “gerkoff” quip you struggled to fart on this board? I’ll wager that you did.
  
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:38pm
That is as bad as hearing the results of 6 November.

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- Top_Contributor
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:41pm
  Tough year for ya, buddy.
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:42pm
  worse – this is self inflicted….You cant blame the 47% for this one. This is your republican party at work
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:44pm
  BOTTOM_FEEDER, Yeah, but in my long life I have seen tougher years for your kind.
  
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- Top_Contributor
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:58pm
  @RJJinGadsden, tougher years for my kind? I have no idea what you’re talking about.
  
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- ArmedAndReallyPissed
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 2:48pm
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:58pm
  @RJJinGadsden, tougher years for my kind? I have no idea what you’re talking about…………….Big surprise there.
  
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- barber2
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 3:27pm
  TOP: What name did you use before December 18 when you resurrected yourself as ” Top ?”
  
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- SimpleTruths
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 4:28pm
  Oh oh, BARBER2 is on to you, better watch out.
  
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barber2
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:37pm
Nancy Pelosi – the political Stepford Woman : wide eyed, robotic, with flailing arms and hands….oh, no….how much more of this can a human being be expected to endure ?!

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- ArmedAndReallyPissed
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:43pm
  They’re all like **** Roaches or AIDS. There is no getting rid of them.
  
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jerryod1627
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:37pm
The traitors elected another traitor for another term of bowing down to obama and his wishes! Does that tell us anything about most of out elected officials? They are taking down our country and every one of them is right in the middle of it.

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- Top_Contributor
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:43pm
  The traitors are the tea party people. Though I’m sure it’s hard for you to see.
  
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- Clownzilla
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:56pm
  Top_Contributer
  
  When I think of traitors, I think of a group of people who support our founding principals and our Constitution. Top_Contributer, when you make generic statements like this how about you actually bring some substance to the table. Why are they traitors? What are examples?
  
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- 00100111
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:57pm
  Awww, how cute. Top finally got out of bed and decided to derp around. Did your mom finish your morning rub and tug?
  
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- AvengerK
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:57pm
  can you tell me what’s traitorous about wanting lower taxes and smaller government BOTTOM_DWELLER?
  
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- barber2
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 3:24pm
  TOP: Droned in on December 18 with a new name but an old mission : Trash the Tea Party. Ho-hum. So typical of our Obama Chicago radicals…
  
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SonOfThunder
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:37pm
When is the next expletive going to come out! It really is disgraceful.

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- crazyrightwingmom
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:56pm
  I don’t like cussing…but I love his telling them where they should go!
  
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soybomb315_II
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:36pm
So only 6 people voted against Boehner????

Quit the republican party – it is dead. Focus your efforts on issues or 3rd party candidates. The chances are slim, but it must start somewhere. Republicans appear to be a lost cause

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- crazyrightwingmom
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:55pm
  I’m ready! How about the Patriot Party? And how about the FAIR TAX???
  
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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:56pm
  I am with you Soy. I am done with the Gops. They are phonies.
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 2:08pm
  If you ask me, Step #1 is to reform the election laws to require the winner of an election get >50% of the vote.
  
  That means you can have multiple parties and if nobody gets 50%, then there is a runoff. That way you can vote your conscience in round 1 and then “lesser of two evils” in the runoff. Another alternative is to reform the election laws to allow you to vote for more than one person….
  
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- crazyrightwingmom
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 2:13pm
  Soybeam…good ideas about >50% . That, along with voter ID and cleaning up the elections would be great.
  
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- Free_Thought
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 2:33pm
  Do it like canada and england. 6 week limit for campaigning. Only able to spend x amount of $$$. 3 party system where you have to win the majority of the seats or you are a minority government with the other two parties holding the balance of power. Sorry but even during the 2008 recession canada was a top finisher. They had no banks collapse. No below prime mortgage scandal. Sure canada has debt but not even close to the scale we have. Free health care, work requirements for welfare, employment insurance limits etc. when i lived in toronto for a year i can honestly say they have a waaaay better quality of life there. People were genuinely happy there. The only thing is that apparently the fat fart that became mayor there is a joke. He got tossed for conflict of interest charges. Used his mayor title to solicit funds for a charity. What a joke.
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 3:01pm
  Let’s say the republicans get 40%, democrats 45%, and Constitution/Libertarian gets 15%
  
  That means the 3rd party would join forces with the republicans. But the republicans would have to give them some control or defer to them on a number of issues….That is much better than the current scenario where the conservative wing of the republican party gets NOTHING
  
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behonest
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:36pm
Oh well! same old same old. We are in a bunch of doo doo for sure…Wake me up when it’s over.

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- shorelineliz
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 3:03pm
  It’s this kind of throwing in the towel attitude that has us in the crappy. Stop taking a nap! Do you live in OHio? try to unseat Boehner there. Strategize with others. GEt to work and get busy and stop giving up! EGad! We have the kind of Republic we have because people are not working hard enough at the local election level to unseat these bozos! Get your head off the pillow and get in the game!
  
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Too_Far_Gone
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:36pm
Pray ..

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Popp40
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:35pm
WTF…..as I said on anther article….when Obama has his State of the Union Address lets just lock the doors while we have all of the House of Reps, Senators, Judges, VP and Obama in one place and fire them all. And then try them for treason for not upholding the Constitution.

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jackact
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:35pm
Big mistake.
Sincerely,
Real Conservative.

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- Too_Far_Gone
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 3:08pm
  BIG Mistake.
  
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Top_Contributor
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:35pm
I like the speaker. He knows that the Tea folk are not good for this country.

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- Cavallo
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:42pm
  Because massive debt and deficit is the way to go huh? Why that lung cancer we have hasn’t killed us yet, so why bother listening to those radicals that say we need to quit smoking, right?
  
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- mcsledge
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:43pm
  Boehner is a Republican who just gave into the pressures of progressivism. Do you really think his leadership is going to steer America from self-destruction. If so, you truly are living in your own fairy tale.
  
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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:59pm
  Don’t worry people. Goons like Top will have their chance to show us thier survival skills. They will not escape. Their mouths will be agape as the hordes set upon them. Now THAT is gonna be a hoot.
  
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- Clownzilla
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:59pm
  @Top_Contributer
  
  Again, no substance. You are no better than the bozos in North Korea and their absolutely meritless accusations. Seriously, you don’t back up your words with anything. EVIL Tea Party! BAD Tea Party! Step up to the plate, how are you backing up your accusations?
  
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- truthnstuff
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 2:11pm
  @topcontributer, stop eating from your diaper.
  
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ResistSocialism
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:35pm
That is astounding both Nancy and John re-elected. Who would have thought.

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huey6367
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:34pm
OK, this will be your third attempt at making a difference.

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- Popp40
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:42pm
  What is the definition of insanity?
  
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Red Bubba
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:34pm
What do you expect?
He was elected by congress. Idiots.

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tommyr
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:34pm
OK Mr Boehner. Fine by me. Just don’t anyone running for office ever again ask me for a campaign contribution. I am done with that crap.

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- CatB
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 2:21pm
  Not only that .. but I am done with donations to the “poor” .. if I want to help someone there are PLENTY without going through some organization … they give to those who are taking all our tax dollars and voted for OBAMA! To H with that .. I will only help people who are trying.
  
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SquidVetOhio
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:34pm
Freaking Boehner is still “Surrender-er of the House”

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- sbenard
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:51pm
  Buckling Boehner!
  
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kickagrandma
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:33pm
First mistake of the New Year by OUR “elected officials” in the house.

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- Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:37pm
  Indeed, and now we will have two-more-years of collective caving in by Boehner.
  
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- CatB
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 2:23pm
  Going to get ugly … as the progressives march us towards the abyss .. on BOTH sides of the aisle.
  
  Remember Benghazi.
  
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- shorelineliz
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 3:01pm
  So why not un elect them back home? Just unseat them in local elections. Stop throwing in the towel. WE have only just begun to fight. Do you think the Americans just threw in the towel when it looked like the British and King George were going to win? NO! They pressed in harder and smarter to get the British out. Or else we would be Queen Elizabeth’s subjects and are we? NO! Cause WE the People pledged our lives and fortunes together. If you are on this website and live in OHIO then start working to unseat Boehner in the next election. Get busy! Stop throwing in the towel already!
  
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sbenard
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:33pm
The GOP just reelected Buckling Boehner. Even my new Congressman voted for him! Idiots all!
Do they really expect that the next time there is a showdown with the Dictator of Debt, that Boehner will find a spine? Obama has his number, and will hold out until Bohener caves again! That was a catastrophic strategic error on the part of House Republicans!
I suggest that we all go online the today and change our party affiliation to “unaffiliated”. In most states, it can be done online in two minutes with just your driver’s license number.
“I’m not a Republican. I’m a conservative.” –Amy Holmes
Amen to Amy!

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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:37pm
  what kind of republican idiot would vote for him? Dont they know they can pick a different leader??? What is wrong with these people!
  
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- shorelineliz
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 2:56pm
  Boehner was re elected speaker in the House. But, he still has to win his seat again and again in Ohio. He will come up for re election in Ohio. Unseat him there. Put another candidate up to run against him.
  
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Cavallo
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:32pm
Wow, I wish I could F@#$ up at my job as badly and still keep working. How much does this loser earn a year? Then again, what else was the choice? Cantor (Boehner Part Deux) or Pelosi .. (retch). Was there no one else who could stand for election?

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- ResistSocialism
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:36pm
  I think it’s around 170k which does not include ‘perks’ and expenses
  
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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 2:04pm
  Approx 178k, plus sex with interns, bribes, insider trading, golden parachutes, armed protection, steak and lobster every night, all the booze you can drink, smokes, free transportation anywhere, rampant nepotism, medical, dental, eyesight, vacations…………………………
  
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- bioengineer
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 3:44am
  234k
  
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ChangeChomp
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:31pm
Nooooooooooooooo!

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