WASHINGTON (AP) — John Boehner could walk down most American streets without turning a head.
But the perpetually tanned, chain-smoking Ohioan might be the next House speaker and a huge force in national politics, trying to manage an increasingly libertarian-leaning Republican caucus while leading the opposition to President Barack Obama’s policies.
For those who know Boehner (pronounced BAY’-nur), the question is which version of the House Republican leader will emerge as speaker if the GOP takes at least 40 seats from Democrats in November.
Will it be the policy-minded lawmaker who sometimes shows bipartisan tendencies, such as when he worked with the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., on major education bills?
Or will it be the fiery partisan of recent months who shouted “hell no” to Obama‘s health care bill and who threw the Democrats’ massive economic stimulus bill to the House floor in a theatrical rebuke?
Boehner left little doubt that the president and other Democrats will face fierce resistance in the House if he is speaker, starting with a push to dismantle Obama’s hard-fought health care law.
“We’re going to do everything we can to prevent this law from being implemented, and I mean everything,” Boehner said in a recent interview. “I think it will ruin health care and bankrupt the country.”
In truth, Obama’s veto powers will make it virtually impossible to repeal the law. Still, Boehner said, he would use every parliamentary and appropriations trick available, including making sure “they don’t get the funds to hire employees to implement the law.”
Boehner, 60, has been raising his profile in recent days, giving well-publicized speeches in Cleveland and Milwaukee criticizing Obama’s economic and military policies.
Still, he knows he won’t become a household name overnight. His ramped-up schedule is mainly a signal to GOP colleagues and political insiders that he’s ready to assume leadership of the House — and in some respects, the entire party — if voters end four years of Democratic House control and Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s speakership.
For Boehner, leading a full-throated Republican opposition to Obama and congressional Democrats might be the easy part. His bigger challenge looms on his right. Restless and uncompromisingly conservative Republicans probably will expand their ranks after tea party loyalists win some races Nov. 2.
Boehner already has a somewhat wary alliance with several younger and more dogmatic GOP members. They include Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia, the party’s second-ranking House leader.
Cantor and two colleagues — Reps. Kevin McCarthy of California and Paul Ryan of Wisconsin — are publishing a Republican manifesto, “Young Guns: A New Generation of Conservative Leaders,” which is promoted by a flashy video.
There’s one glaring omission in the hoopla over the book: any reference to Boehner.
Republicans say there’s little chance of a coup attempt if the GOP takes control of the House. But expectations have soared so high that every leadership post, including Cantor’s, could be in play if they fall short.
House members elect their respective party leaders. The majority party’s top leader becomes the speaker, who wields enormous influence over legislation and follows the vice president in the line of presidential succession.
Boehner scoffs at suggestions that the “young guns” might undermine his leadership.
“They are some of our brightest, most energetic members,” he said in a telephone interview between campaign stops for House candidates in the Dakotas. He praised, without fully endorsing, Ryan’s much-debated proposals to replace the corporate income tax with a consumption tax and to transform Medicare over time into a voucher program that wouldn’t keep pace with rising health care costs.
Ryan’s road map “is very good work,” Boehner said. He added that he doesn’t agree with everything Ryan proposes.
Republican strategist and lobbyist John Feehery, who worked for former Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., said Boehner will have to cope with “a bunch of rambunctious new members.” He predicts partisan gridlock, but he said Boehner can effectively lead his party and its young cadre of firebreathers.
“He provides adult leadership,” Feehery said.
On the surface, Boehner is a Washington throwback. He loves golf and cocktails. He is genial and courteous to almost everyone, including reporters and Democratic staffers. He constantly smokes Barclay cigarettes, even during meetings in his Capitol office. And he maintains a remarkably deep tan, which Obama and others have gently mocked.
The second of 12 children in a Catholic family from Cincinnati, Boehner played high school football and helped at his father’s bar and restaurant. He worked his way through college, sometimes as a janitor, graduating from Xavier University at age 27. He rose to the top of a plastics distribution company, and entered Republican politics in his hometown.
While clearly a conservative, Boehner has sometimes worked with Democrats to enact major legislation. Notable examples include his 2001 collaboration with Kennedy and Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., now a top Pelosi ally, to pass President George W. Bush’s No Child Left Behind education bill.
In 2008, Boehner was embarrassed when he failed to corral enough GOP votes to help the Democratic majority pass an early version of the financial bailout bill. The Dow plunged 780 points that day.
The often-emotional GOP leader seemed to choke back tears when he asked colleagues to search their souls for the nation’s best interests.
The episode might suggest that Boehner is a bit less rigidly partisan than some of his fellow GOP leaders. Most House Republicans opposed the bailout bill that he backed.
Hastert, as speaker, had a “majority of the majority” rule. He would not push major legislation unless most of his GOP caucus supported it, rendering the Democratic minority almost superfluous.
Boehner says he would want to “make sure our team is supportive” of big bills, but he stopped short of embracing Hastert’s rule. “All members should have a role in the legislative process,” Boehner said.
Even a whiff of bipartisan cooperation angers some tea party supporters, and Boehner might clash with the newest and most ideological House Republicans. But in other respects, they might be kindred souls.
Boehner entered the House in 1991 as a windows-rattling reformer. He joined the “Gang of Seven” that insisted on naming all 355 members with overdrafts at the House Bank, a damaging scandal.
And he has long opposed earmark spending, which some lawmakers use to steer pet projects to their districts. It’s a favorite conservative target this year.
Boehner was a key ally of Rep. Newt Gingrich when the firebrand Georgia lawmaker led the 1994 Republican revolution that ended four decades of Democratic House control. But Boehner lost his leadership post in the turmoil that followed the speaker’s downfall in 1998. Boehner spent years quietly cultivating friendships with colleagues and planning his return to power, which came in 2005.
Now possibly on the cusp of nationwide recognition and clout, Boehner is a solid choice for a Republican Party that must harness and direct its emotions if it is to regain the ground it lost in the last two elections, said Rep. Jack Kingston, R-Ga.
Kingston, an 18-year House veteran who has had his own turns in the GOP leadership, said Boehner “is a known quantity. He’s not going to be saying anything stupid or doing anything stupid.”
Boehner may lack Gingrich’s revolutionary zeal and intellectual bent, Kingston said, but he has a steadier grasp of intramural politics.
“He’d be better able to manage that new, hard-energy reform crowd than Newt,” Kingston said, adding that the House “is a political body, not an ideological body.”
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plunderpower
Posted on September 6, 2010 at 2:04amI wonder if Boehner feels the bottoms of his feet getting warmer. He will have his feet held to the fire and he better get used to it. Wearing Dr. Scholls Gel Insoles won’t help him one bit.
Report Post »jmb847
Posted on September 6, 2010 at 1:27pmCouldn’t have said it better. Boehner is from my area but he better not believe that the GOP has a free pass. We The People, are no longer satified with the old way of doing business.
Report Post »JF
Posted on September 6, 2010 at 1:04amI get the feeling that he is all words and will be a disappointment if he becomes speaker. He is of the old guard in the house, I would reat easier and believe more in getting rid of all the old repersentives and get some new ones in there. Some without the taint of the past and irresponsiblity that both Dem and Repulicains have now. I say get rid of them all and be done with it.
Report Post »chuchu12
Posted on September 6, 2010 at 12:47amhere is the first thing that should be done to get back on track:
If congress and the president were to have a window period of 0% capital gains tax on any real estate purchased it would get the investors to let loose of some of the trillions of dollars they are sitting on and buy property which will create jobs.
* This should only be allowed for properties bought from the day it is passed moving forward for a window period of 3 months or 6 months or whatever. We should then analyze it and adjust the window as necessary. It should not be used for properties already owned because that would flood the market, we want people to want to buy instead of sell to create demand again so that prices will stabilize and consumers will begin to have confidence in their homes and begin to spend again to support the economy and create jobs.
* This should qualify for any buyer of any property whether it be an investment, owner occupied or commercial. The goal is to get the big investors with all their cash on the sidelines to start buying to stimulate the recovery and also to make it widespread so to have a quick effect. This will bring quick money into the treasury by quickly creating jobs and consumer confidence.
* The new property purchased should have no restrictions on when you sell it, if sold in 1 day, 1 year 10 years or 100 years it should be exempt from capital gains tax. This will be the quickest way to incentivize buyers, remember this is just a window period and we can adjust the window anytime either to avoid over heating or lack of desired results.
The largest commodity held by Americans is real estate and over the last 3 years as their home values dropped they lost confidence in their future. If home prices stabilize and slowly begin to increase again people will start regaining confidence, they will also hire builders, painters, landscapers, plumbers, Realtors, loan and mortgage officers etc. They will also spend on vacations, restaurants, new cars, etc. In my opinion, one mistake the current administration did was the cash for clunkers, why in the world would we incentivise people to put a monkey on their back in the form of a higher payment to purchase a depreciating asset when we could incentivise them to purchase property that typically can go up in value and then they would buy the car on their own along with other goods and services?
Another great reason to put the 0% window on the cap gains is because for all practical purposes there is no cap gains tax being collected now anyway because nobody is selling at a profit so there is little to lose and much to gain.
Also by doing this foreclosures will cease quickly and banks will begin lending again. Banks will realize that values have stabilized and not be so fearful of lending.
Sure, this will probably help the professional investor but most importantly it will create jobs for the guy who has to put food on the table for his children. We need to get the big money that the investors have buried back into the system and real estate is the best way because it will create a snowball effect of jobs.
Report Post »smartypoop
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 11:35pmThe speaker of the house is elected to the position by the members of the majority party. To put it simply, it’s like voting for prom queen. What makes the AP so sure that Boener will be elected speaker?
Report Post »SusieQ
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 10:30pmIf he actually means what he says about doing everything possible to get rid of Obamacare, then I have no problem. I’m, also, pretty sure he has never requested an earmark for his state.
He has fought hard against everything the Dems have tried to do since 01/20/09, and for that I am grateful. It appears he is trying to listen to what the American people want. That is a far cry from what we have been getting.
I have some reservations about Cantor. I don’t think he has ever held a job outside of politics. Good ideas are great, but I think you need to, at least, have an understanding of what it is to have a job outside of the political arena. I worry that he looks at his political career as benefiting himself instead of actually having a servant’s heart.
Report Post »Army of Haven
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 10:23pmWhat we need is determined, resolute leaders who show the same tenacity if not more than the progressives have as they have implemented the marxist agenda and push to restore the founders’ principals. Simply electing them into office is not good enough. We have to stay on these people to reverse the damage that has been done.
Report Post »Legalize the Constitution.
RKBA Democrat
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 10:01pmA broken dinner plate would be better than the current speaker of the house. Boehner beats that standard, but not by much. Look for him to “reach across the aisle” in classic GOP fashion and make all sorts of compromises that ultimately screw us over.
It‘s not Boehner’s fault, though. Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory is as much a part of the GOP as the elephant.
Report Post »Republic
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 8:47pmMr. Boehner, if indeed you take the gavel, I would recommend that you issue all members a copy of the Constitution to peruse in between votes to see if what they are voting on is Constitutional. If they read the Constitution there should be a lot more no votes on issues and maybe a lot yes votes on repeals of existing unconstitutional “laws”.
Report Post »Phoenician
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 8:41pmBoehner for Speaker of the House!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »DanniDee
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 8:39pmI believe the leftist lawless liberals are in for a rude awakening. No matter how many more people they offend, they have much opposition to be fearful of.
Go Boehner, Go!
Report Post »vfrpilot
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 8:38pmObamacare MUST be repealed!!!!!
Report Post »rocktruth
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 8:31pmWhat if the left and powers in high places wanted Boehner to win instead of those young guns? Maybe that’s what they are really afraid of?
Report Post »midcoastmainepatriot
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 8:31pmI’ll take Boehner,I’ll take Cantor. I’ll take Rubio ,(God willing) I’ll take ANYBODY!!!! ( I’ll take a small soap dish !!!!!)
Report Post »over these America hating, democrat,liberal, progressives ( sorry to be redundant ) THIS MADNESS MUST END!!!!!! Beware of some of these posters. I think we have some infiltrators in our family, but DO NOT FEAR they are pretty easy to spot. I know when I read something written from the SOUL as opposed to something written from someone that has lost their soul. I will Pray For Them
debak
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 8:11pmRally behind those we have or we will lose as Conservatives. Boehner may not be everyone’s ideal Speaker nominee, but check out the opposition, Pelosi! Do you really want this elitist liberal in control again? We have to have someone with guts, with leadership abilities, with courage and one who is willing to fight for the Right! I think he fits that bill.
Report Post »AChristian
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 8:03pmCantor is way too egotistical. Let him do something before he even thinks about any kind of leadership coup! Ryan is an up & comer who made Obama out to be a liar when c-span was finally allowed to televise health care debate. But, his idea of forcing workers to wait until age 67 to retire
Report Post »is one of the dumbest ideas anyone has ever had. Making those wanting to retire @ 55 wait until they are 65 makes alot more sense.
auntbea
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 10:48pmRe Social Security: I am a 75 year old grandmother, retired, collecting Social Security. My monthly amount before deductions is $693.50. The amount they deduct for Medicare medical insurance (which I have to supplement) is $96.50. The remainder, my monthly Social Security check is $597.00. As you can see, we aren’t talking about a lot of money, whether you get it at 55 or 65. And, some people do get more. In any case, if you are young, make better plans for your retirement than I did – and work as long as you are able.
Report Post »ron the veteran
Posted on September 6, 2010 at 3:19amif you were to take what the gov. takes from you monthly and invested it yourself youd be getting 2x the amount you get now. the dems ran the house and senate for a long time now there is 107 trillion bucks thats just gone. we are not just 14 trillion in debt but 121 trillion. that money was supose to be sitting there waiting for you to retire. but dems just cant stand to see any money just sit there. they have screwed us all. its time to put the lot of them where they belong, in jail! that where we put theifs and cons. the american government is the biggest company in this world. its time we start holding the crooks to the same standards they hold us to. lock them up…all of them. lets find out who dipped into the funds and who voted to rob from it and lock them up. we can use the prison in ill. that obama wanted to put terrorists in. its a good place to put the crooks who work for us and have all but voted to be above the law.
Report Post »Okpulot Taha
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 7:56pmHere is an example of subtle deception by AP — Allah Press. This is classic political propaganda.
“John Boehner could walk down most American streets without turning a head. But the perpetually tanned, chain-smoking….”
First sentence, “without turning a head”. AP is casting Boehner as a nobody. AP is writing Boehner is so little known, not a single person would recognize him. AP is belittling Boehner, is setting a context within a reader’s mind, “Boehner is insignificant.”
Second sentence, “…perpetually tanned, chain-smoking….” This is to convey a message to readers his tan is fake, other words, Boehner maintains a false facade. This “chain-smoking” is to invoke dislike of Boehner; nobody likes smokers. Ironically, Obama is a smoker.
This is how AP and our left liberal mainstream news media plays mind games with readers. Right off, first few sentences, AP has readers thinking negative thoughts about Boehner. This is a classic tactic of political propaganda. This is mind game used by despots and tyrants.
Telling you, never trust AP. This article of AP, the first few opening sentences is an effort at controlling your mind — set a negative “feel” about Boehner.
Never allow yourselves to be fooled by this type of subtle political propaganda.
Jonathon M. Seidl, I must critique you for your own good and for the good of The Blaze. You can do much better than import AP news to this web site. At least review what is written in a news article, determine if what is written reflects truth, then decide if to publish here at The Blaze.
In this case, Jonathon M. Seidl, you missed subtle but insidious political propaganda. This is harmful to readers of The Blaze.
Okpulot Taha
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debak
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 8:07pmAgain, so true!
Report Post »rocktruth
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 8:15pmTrue.
Report Post »Then the media will spin the heck out it; or into it.
Okpulot Taha
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 8:25pmDEBAK replies, “Again, so true!”
True and challenging to notice. AP routinely engages in subtle political propaganda.
This is how “political correctness” has taken over our America. I know political correctness to be censorship, know this to be an attack on our right to free speech. I will use Obama to exemplify how this happens so easily.
Right off, Obama changed our expression “terrorist attack” to “man made disaster”. Obama changed our expression “war on terrorism” to “overseas contingency operation”. This is Orwellian Newspeak. This is political correctness. This is subtle censorship. In this case, as with Associated Press, our president, Barack Obama, is effecting a verbal effort at casting Islam in the best possible light. Obama is engaging in political propaganda to deceive Americans and all peoples of our world.
I will be succinct; Obama is liar.
This type of subtle political propaganda is how our nation came to suffer political correctness which is poorly veiled censorship. This is how we are slowly losing our right to free speech.
Another manifestation of creeping censorship and quashing of free speech is very often when you speak in opposition to or write in opposition to Obama, you are labeled a “racist”. This is another tool of political propaganda and political correctness; you are shamed into silence which is censorship.
I know my comments are moderately off-topic, but upon reading the AP article up there, I am enraged by this mind game being played by Allah Press, a game to deceive Americans into leaning to left liberalism. Associated Press is joining forces with Obama to destroy our America.
Again, at risk of being annoying, never trust any news report coming from Associated Press.
Okpulot Taha
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lovemysoldier
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 8:37pmI feel ya, but the description of an average looking guy sporting an outdoorsy looking tan and chain smoking? Sounds like John Wayne to me, and who the heck doesn’t like John Wayne? Lol! That was the first thing that came to mind when I read the article. Maybe they missed the mark a little? Just sayin’. The liberal leanings in the big media outlets drives me crazy, too.
Report Post »Okpulot Taha
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 9:00pmLOVEMYSOLDIER comments, “Sounds like John Wayne to me, and who the heck doesn’t like John Wayne?”
Ha! Ha! Now that is funny! This is true for us old farts, and would be true if we were still in the Beatnik Fifties! Every chance possible I watch reruns of “I Love Lucy”. Because of political correctness, when Lucy or Ricky lights up a smoke, I think “ewww” then remind myself smoking, along with many other enjoyable vices, were socially acceptable during the time period.
Today, if a person lights up a smoke, left wing environmentalists will be all over this smoker with sticks and pitchforks. Your comment serves to remind me how far political correctness has invaded our way of thinking and our American way of life.
Very quickly, my husband, an Okie cowboy, loves rodeo riding although he is now retired being an old fart like me. We had an incident with a left wing kook. My boy has me out there rodeo riding a lovely wild stallion who promptly burys my face in rodeo arena dirt, in just seconds. Later, this kook left liberal comes over and takes to yelling at me about animal cruelty. I tell him, “Only animals being treated cruel are stupid rodeo riders!” This polar bear kisser keeps ranting. My husband takes him by his arm, says, “Look, Bubba, if y’all are so darn worried about that stallion, get on over there in that corral, walk up to that stallion, stroke his neck and ask him if he is OK.”
My boy is almost as ornery as me.
There are times we must buck those socialist left liberals off our backs then trample them, as John Wayne, or Ronald Reagan, would have us do. I bet Sarah Palin would make a good rodeo rider.
Okpulot Taha
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Nicole from CA
Posted on September 6, 2010 at 10:15amI agree. AP? Not to mention he would turn my head if I saw him walking down the street! LOL. He turns my head on TV!
Report Post »JeffW65
Posted on September 6, 2010 at 6:42pmOKPULUT TAHA
I enjoy your posts and agree with many of the things you say. I agree that the way the beginning of the article is written attempts to sway opinion before they even reach the meat of the article. ALMOST ALL news sources do this to some extent. Even Fox does it sometimes. Even you are doing it by calling them Allah Press I suggest everyone be wary of any news agency and attempt to check facts and hear both sides before forming any opinion.
Note: I think a lot of Americans know Boehner because of this
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Neal
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 7:52pmAnyone but Nancy the lousy!
She’s insane and after the election if she opens her trap, just shut the old bag up!
Report Post »littlebin518
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 10:56pmWhat I find to be a real shame is that Nancy will be re-elected. She shouldn’t even be a representative at all!!
Report Post »Veritas
Posted on September 6, 2010 at 12:47amHow can any country, including ourselves take us seriously when they see Pelousy as a leader in our government? This lady is clearly a mentally ill person. If you look at her and think she is not ill, you would have to be ill yourself! I hate her politics, but that aside, she needs medical mental help!
Report Post »Nicole from CA
Posted on September 6, 2010 at 10:13amYes, anyone but Pelosi. She is absolutely insane. But I also think she is mentally ill.
Report Post »smartypoop
Posted on September 6, 2010 at 9:33pmI dont think Ferret Face is insane shes hell bent on the progressive mission!
Report Post »Neal
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 7:49pmNo appeasement to liberals and Rinos.
Renew America ASAP!
Report Post »Rickfromillinois
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 7:45pmIf he can’t be part of the solution then he is part of the problem. Throw him out with the Dems.
Report Post »Okpulot Taha
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 7:42pmCareful, this article up there is reported by AP – Allah Press. This is well known AP is an extreme left wing news service which bends the knee before Islam. This submission to Islam is well evidenced by Associated Press deputy managing editor for standards and production, Tom Kent, recently issuing a directive all AP reporters are to cast Islam in the best light possible. This Kent directive includes guidelines on how to write deceptive news reports.
AP is equally well known for being so deep in the tank for Obama, AP will never be able to surface for a breath of fresh air.
Read the AP article but do so with extreme skepticism. My habit is to assume anything coming out of AP is a lie until I can prove otherwise.
All news reported by AP is to be assumed deceit then researched carefully to prove true, if possible.
Okpulot Taha
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debak
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 8:05pmSo true!
Report Post »rocktruth
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 8:08pmPoint well taken.
Even if AP writes factual truth, the points chosen could be written for deceptive propagandized purposes.
Report Post »Okpulot Taha
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 8:36pmROCKTRUTH comments, “Even if AP writes factual truth, the points chosen could be written for deceptive propagandized purposes.”
Absolutely! You make a critically important point. Any of us can take a series of truths, mix and match, and produce a work of deceit based upon truth. Most of us know this as “twisting truth” or “stretching truth”. What this AP reporter writes is truth. However, he uses a “negative truth” to control the minds of readers.
This mind control is effected by negative truths which have nothing to do with the AP article topic. There is no logical reason to comment about Boehner blending in with a crowd, his tan nor his smoking habit. Those “negative truths” have absolutely nothing to do with Boehner becoming speaker of the house. Those opening sentences are deceptive truths designed to have readers think negative thoughts about Boehner, before moving to the actual topic; becoming the house speaker.
You make an excellent point, ROCKTRUTH. Thank you.
Okpulot Taha
Choctaw Nation
smartypoop
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 11:28pmI read an AP article the other day and almost fell out of my chair, the way the bias smacked me in the face. Its really too bad that another (once great) news agency has sunk into the muck of yellow journalism!
Report Post »Okpulot Taha
Posted on September 6, 2010 at 12:56amSMARTYPOOP comments, “I read an AP article the other day and almost fell out of my chair….”
My darling husband installed a seat belt on my desk chair. Works well while reading our left liberal “lamestream” news media.
Yes, Yellow Journalism. I got into a barroom brawl with some boys at another web site, a left liberal web site. I contend this Michael Gross – Vanity Fair hit piece on Sarah Palin is Yellow Journalism. Oh those lefty boys became so mad. Subsequently, the Gross hit piece is falling apart, and Gross is being humiliated. Yeah, some of this left liberal garbage will have you fall out of your chair, hence a seat belt on my chair!
Those boys, I gave up debating. I simply busted some beer bottles over their heads and left.
I read this AP article up there twice to be sure I comprehend all. Both times those first couple of sentences had me not fall from my chair rather jump up and cuss. I know if I read again carefully with intent to find misleading statements, I will find those, probably a lot of misleading words.
AP employs some moderately talented writers, but those writers are deliberately deceitful and know how to conceal their deceit behind fancy words. This deceit of theirs is most often very subtle. You truly need a sharp eye to catch their slippery semantics tricks. Catching political propaganda does require a reader to carefully read each sentence then compare to overall context.
AP is employing carefully crafted articles to slowly swing Americans over to a left liberal socialist agenda, in support of the Obama agenda which is the same. New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Newsweek, TIME, all those and more use the same deceitful methods.
This also applies to television shows like CNN, MSNBC and others. Same tricks but instead of reading you are listening, and usually listening to a good looking buxom blond, which distracts.
Get you a seat belt for your chair, you won’t have so many left liberal bruises on your backside.
Okpulot Taha
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Dispman
Posted on September 6, 2010 at 11:41amBut still, the author of this article is an assistant editor for The Blaze. Beck has hired these people for their non-biased reporting. There are some authors carried by AP that can be trusted by readers of this forum. We will have to watch this guy to see if he is a sleeper.
Report Post »Large Eagle
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 7:31pmI am 60 years old also – I had no idea that he backed and voted for the bailouts. I since have brought myself up to speed. I like Cantor and his line by line on the budget reduction. Something that BO promised in his campaign rhetoric. Line by Line – You Betcha. Check out Cantor’s website http://www.republicanwhip.house.gov/YouCut/
Report Post »Wiz001
Posted on September 6, 2010 at 9:41amThank you , I have been wondering why people are not talking about Cantor more. YES he is new and young but I am so tired of the business as usual in politics. I respect him for the YOU-CUT web site.. In the day of Computers do we really need these bozos telling us or should they post ALL bills online for the people to vote on?? Sure there are people who do not have or can’t run a computer.. But they would at least get a sample of what the majority feel. Have you seen the YOU_CUT site and see how much B.S. waste could have been cut already?? When i read some of that it is like WHO THE H311 would have passed such a bogus bill. But then we see the pay-offs this admin. has given out and realize why..We just need to make sure they ALL sign a contract for/with AMERICA and then each state must make sure their rep. holds true to it.Put them on Term limits and NO Pensions besides S. S… Then they will not rob the fund if they have a vested intrest in it..I bet Cantor would be for that. I am in az. and we are going to be stuck with mcshame again(which is only slightly better than the demo.), so i have to look to others for hope…
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Marc Jacobs
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 7:20pmLet us all hope that Boehner can muster the support to rollback and/or otherwise thwart so-called Obamacare. We can all agree that Boehner should be a gigantic improvement over Madame Pelosi. Let’s give our guy a chance. Let’s support him. Let him not let us down.
Report Post »rhet 2
Posted on September 6, 2010 at 12:58amLet’s hope he can lead the way to the impeachment and removal of our primary enemy.
Look, we have a common enemy far worse than any Republican: the leadership of the DNC, Alinsky devotees, dedicated to creating an all powerful single Party controlled federal government able to smash the entire first Ten Amendments and pervert the Constitution itself into a pile of meaningless mush so that the Democrat Party elite can do whatever they want, regardless of the destruction they cause the citizenry.
NOW is the time to unify against this enemy to all common decency, honor and individual human Self actualization. NOT to fight among ourselves. NOT to let smaller, less life-critical issues divide us so that the enemy can conquer and destroy what all of us hold dear.
If Boehner can and will lead us in the that fight, unify our opposition to the greatest threat this nation has ever faced, then I’ll back him, give him all the help I can muster.
If not, then I’ll find somebody who can and will.
We MUST NOT LET THE DEMOCRATS DESTROY OUR NATION because We the People could not lay aside our differences long enough to fight back in determined resistance to the totalitarianist tyrannies of very corrupt and very evil men and women whose hearts are filled with hatred for the Republic.
United we stand. Divided, we are already conquered and destroyed.
Report Post »tepartyblogdotinfo
Posted on September 6, 2010 at 7:51amThere is only so much he can do and it looks like he is just another politician that doesn’t get it. Its going to take years to clean up the festering filth that corrupts our capital. I don’t know about you but I am tired of having to pick the lesser of two evils. We will have fundamental restoration(get back to the basics of the constitution) of our country.
Report Post »Cemoto78
Posted on September 6, 2010 at 9:13amRHET 2, you are right on the money.
Report Post »123halle
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 7:19pmoh brother can’t they pick someone else
Report Post »ChrisInAR
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 8:41pmHopefully Lt. Col. Alan West (sp?) will be elected into the House & work his way up the political ladder to become Speaker.
As of right now, I fully support Reps Ron Paul or Michelle Bachman instead of Boehner.
Report Post »wleeblake
Posted on September 6, 2010 at 12:04pmII support Paul Ryan I knoe hes young, but he is super smart on numbers and thats what we need to get out of this hole,at least he has a roadmap to get us out wether you agree with it or not.
Report Post »saneromeo
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 7:09pmWeaker in Spating? I think he’s already there….He is completely ineffectual in arguing our side’s point of view. This guy is worthless, and has no voice for me or most other conservatives
Report Post »GnomeChomsky
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 6:58pmSpeaker in waiting!? I hope he isn’t holding his breath.
Report Post »BeeBee
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 8:01pmIf he keeps the “Hell No” attitude he showed over the stimulus and ObamaCare, he could go far.
I’m willing to give him a chance. He’s a heck of a lot better than Pelosi.
Report Post »janetd53
Posted on September 6, 2010 at 12:52pmnaturally, a Marxist would feel this way
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