I'll say it first: His own blood or that of his kin is, of course, way too large a price to pay. Or that of the 5 Romney brothers. Etc.

The Repubs are really showing their true colors now.

Threaten Bush's vanity war, and they're ready to throw any soldier they can find under the bus.

So much for the party that "supports the troops."

put this one side by side.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir1UABBe1v4

Bush Bites @ 3:

The Repubs are really showing their true colors now.

Threaten Bush's vanity war, and they're ready to throw any soldier they can find under the bus.

So much for the party that "supports the troops."

I agree, except that the "throwing under the bus" analogy doesn't result in the wholesale slaughter of people.

I could make a personal remark about this obscene man named John Boehner, but won't. We are paying a staggering price, both in terms of bloodshed and taxpayer money...so staggering that few of us truly comprehend the enormity of it all.

Iraq is the largest heist in the history of the United States.

Sam @ 8:

Nobody I ever voted for has never said anything this stupid, whoever voted for this schmuck should think about what he will lose in this war vs what his voter will lose, sons and grandsons.

Whoever voted for this pr*ck should be drafted and sent into combat in Iraq.

A career ender? Dunno, ought to be... But given the troglodytes who voted for Boehner in the first place..... Hard to tell anymore.... With people like this guy runnin things, hard to tell where where any of us are going to end up these days......Other than this cliff Bush has driven the nation off of.. Off into the bottom of some deep dark chasm with craggy rocks at bottom.........JD

I sent in a link to a news article yesterday in which the soldiers on the front in Iraq invited the Congress to come over like the press and be embedded with them on the lines. It would make a great piece to have on here, but the C&L people apparently didn't think it worthy.
Too bad, I'm sure there would have been many who would want to comment on such an article.

Here is the link to that story on CNN

More than one million people have been slaughtered so far. I believe at least a million more will be slaughtered before we're done. If the plan to stay until the oil is gone works out, then maybe ten million people will die as Iraq is emptied through carnage and exodus.

And we'll leave behind millions of tons of depleted uranium in order to make Iraq a polluted and dangerous place for billions of years. People, animals and plants will suffer horrible mutations from the chemical damage alone, that this heavy metal does to DNA.

I don't know what the prize will be for winning, but I can't think of one that makes all of this worth it.

What is the prize we get for completely destroying a nation?

Weaseldog @ 13:

More than one million people have been slaughtered so far. I believe at least a million more will be slaughtered before we're done. If the plan to stay until the oil is gone works out, then maybe ten million people will die as Iraq is emptied through carnage and exodus.

And we'll leave behind millions of tons of depleted uranium in order to make Iraq a polluted and dangerous place for billions of years. People, animals and plants will suffer horrible mutations from the chemical damage alone, that this heavy metal does to DNA.

I don't know what the prize will be for winning, but I can't think of one that makes all of this worth it.

What is the prize we get for completely destroying a nation?

Higher Oil prices.

Weaseldog @ 15:

What is the prize we get for completely destroying a nation?

We get the pleasure of GW Bush diddling away in Texas with his millions, and using his government pension for cab and tip money.

scarlet p. @ 18:

He has a point, actually. We killed 40,000+ Iraqi soldiers in the last three days of the First Gulf War. Bombed 'em to death from miles away when they were retreating from Kuwait. I think the corresponding Coalition casualties were something like 30.

Given the death we've been dealing in the region, a couple thousand lives really is a small price to pay.

?????

One thing that really hit home during the Generals hearings this week was the glee that the majority of rethug reps and The Party of Joe seemed to express at the prospect of extending the war indefinately.

And this guy has the gall to "weep' for the soldiers then say this ? Is it any wonder why politicians are so hated.

Also...they always use the saying blood and treasure now,,,,we see the blood but what exactly is the treasure ?

OK, Boehner to ante up.

A gallon should do the trick.

that might be the single dumbest thing i've ever heard a politician say.

Is it any surprise he is so popular with his Party. I mean...with a name like "Boe..Ner"..guys like Craig must be creaming in the Congressional Cloak room when he walks by.

Bush Bites @ 3:

The Repubs are really showing their true colors now.

Threaten Bush's vanity war, and they're ready to throw any soldier they can find under the bus.

So much for the party that "supports the troops."

Just how much $$$$$$$$$$ is Mr. John Boehner making on his war profiteering stock portfolio anyway???????

blood @ 27:

that might be the single dumbest thing i've ever heard a politician say.

Yeah...but there have been others...

"We will be greeted as liberators".

"Saddam has ties to Al Quada."

"Saddam has weapons of mass destruction."

"mushroom clouds"

"6 months"

"the war will be funded from the oil revenues"

This one however is reprehensible. Why OH WHY does this Boener hate the troops?

Smack_dab @ 30:

If a Democratic politician had said that, the Repugs would be calling for his resignation by now.

100% correct. Fox would be having a Right Wing wackoff fest they'd be so excited.

Stay the course.

And Wolf never even thought of calling him on it Nothing but a tomato can in a suit

Here's the actual statement:

BLITZER: How much longer will U.S. taxpayers have to shell out $2 billion a week or $3 billion a week as some now are suggesting the cost is going to endure? The loss in blood, the Americans who are killed every month, how much longer do you think this commitment, this military commitment is going to require?

BOEHNER: I think General Petraeus outlined it pretty clearly. We’re making success. We need to firm up those successes. We need to continue our effort here because, Wolf, long term, the investment that we’re making today will be a small price if we’re able to stop al Qaeda here, if we’re able to stabilize the Middle East, it’s not only going to be a small price for the near future, but think about the future for our kids and their kids.

I think that all Rep. Boehner heard Wolf Blitzer say was "$2-3 billion a week", not the "loss in blood". Because, we all know that Congress supports the troops.

#44 sarcasm alert!!

This guy is a disgusting hack. "small price to pay"..indeed. Wonder if the propaganda network will beat this statement to death as it's done over and over to Democrats?

Talk long enough you Nazi's and the truth will eventually slip out. What a bunch of f*cking morons.

Hold on America.....the draft is coming....and watch the public wake up and scream when they have a Democratic President trying to close this disgusting mess. I wouldn't be a bit surprised if this is the idea behind keeping this mess going...so the Democrats can be made to look inept and at a loss.

Hitler is alive and well.

Rollo Tomassi @ 49:

Bookmark this video and send the link as a reply to all the Christo-Republican "don't vote for Clinton-Obama" chain email blasts you'll inevitably get from your less enlightened, mouth breathing relatives in the 2008 election year. If this doesn't shut them up, what will?

Sad part is, Rollo, some with actually agreewith Boehner's statement. Ugh...

Have every Republican in Congress willingly have their non-primary arm amputated above the elbow as a show of solidarity for our troops who get permanently maimed in Iraq. Such a 'Small Price' wouldn't be asking too much now would it?

This statement should get repeated in the media just as much as Gore's 'inventing the internet' (which isn't even what he said) if the media is really non-partisan. Every Republican from here on out should have to defend Boehner's words as the first thing they do in an interview.

john 'elephant skin and crocodile tears' boehner is truly beyond contempt. he is a vile, crooked and stupid man.

but, i will give him credit here. why? because he is not lying through his fangs. boehner has the knack for exposing himself in public--politically speaking that is, i don't know if he shows his yoo-hoo in public. for instance: having the testicles to actually pass out checks from big tobacco on the house of the floor in 1995. essentially saying to the country (hello cincinnati?), "fuck yeah i am corrupt, what are you going to do about it?"

so this is just another instance of boehner showing his true stripes. he doesn't care about the troops. the GOP doesn't care about the troops. this is evident in their actions and their willingness to sacrifice americans so they can retain their positions of power.

to boehner, and the rest of the militarized-politicians (from hunter to lieberman and all between), the troops lives are nothing but a down payment on their loan from the corporatocracy. at least boehner has the guts to admit that the troops lives are worth nothing to him. at least he is truthful, unlike others *cough*

Lemmywinks @ 55:

Son of a bitch!!!!!! I am sooo fucking pissed off!!!! Dammit!!@!

Stroke your Boehner. I find it always helps me relax.

WOW What a Statement to make. I don't see him putting his A$$ on the line.
It could only come from a Repug, a party who cares sooooo much. Yuck!!!!

This is the elite class talking. They look down and see the masses as pawns in a chess game.

"They" will say look at all the other wars, Korea, WWII, WWI, Vietnam, the civil war and you'll see the death rate is very small in Iraq. More people died at Pearl Harbor in a few hours then in Iraq in all these years, etc...

Didn't Bush say himself this was just a comma? Didn't Condi say they were just like labor pains (i.e. a good kind of pain I suppose)?

noone special @ 62:

"They" will say look at all the other wars, Korea, WWII, WWI, Vietnam, the civil war and you'll see the death rate is very small in Iraq. More people died at Pearl Harbor in a few hours then in Iraq in all these years, etc...

Didn't Bush say himself this was just a comma? Didn't Condi say they were just like labor pains (i.e. a good kind of pain I suppose)?

I'd like to see Condi suffer some labor pains. Maybe 5 or 6 Teamsters beating her over the head with George Bush.

noone special @ 62:

"They" will say look at all the other wars, Korea, WWII, WWI, Vietnam, the civil war and you'll see the death rate is very small in Iraq. More people died at Pearl Harbor in a few hours then in Iraq in all these years, etc...

Didn't Bush say himself this was just a comma? Didn't Condi say they were just like labor pains (i.e. a good kind of pain I suppose)?

What would shoe shopping Condi know about labor pains? I hate when people compare something they know nothing about to another something they know nothing about!!

Judas Boehner

Doesn't this statemnt give aid and comfort to the enemy?

these cons think of the troops as old furniture you put out on the curb. Then the cable anchors give them "pro military" billing

The other day we found out through Rep. Chris Shays the real reason we are in Iraq: Oil. Today we learn the shedding of U.S. soldiers' blood is the price we're willing to pay for that oil

For the children of American troops killed in Iraq: Their fathers and mothers are dead because of you, Boner. Their families are shattered because you thought your political career was more important than their lives. The dishonor of your betrayal is too horrible for you to face, but we will continue to stick it in your face, and hopefully it will give you nightmares. Hopefully your guilt will surface in odd, self-destructive ways like drinking, abusing your own family, kicking your dog, etc. Hopefully you will get sloppy with your corrupt financial deals with your rich supporters. Hopefully you will wind up indicted, then in prison. Your gradual self-destruction won't cure the problem of your kind, but it perhaps it will serve as one of many cautionary tales of these grim times.

Charles @ 70:

Doesn't this statemnt give aid and comfort to the enemy?

A$$had McDick Boner is more like it!

This idiotic quote by Boner should be part of the Democratic campaign in 2008. It should not be allowed to be forgotten in the next 2 weeks.

Ignominious_Bush @ 6:

rasta @ 5:

put this one side by side.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir1UABBe1v4

The Tears of a Clown.

A great big act on the boner's part. What a LOSER!!!

Did He Really Just Say That?

“A small price to pay.”
Y’know, I saw this on Crook & Liars and it made me sick. It literally made me nauseous and it made me want to cry. I thought of all of the parents, and children, and lovers, and friends of all of the count...

"apologize"
Yeah,THATS gonna happen...
Imagine if Kerry had said this.
The entire rightwing would be hysterically screaming for blood.
Fox News would saddle him up and run him into the ground like a drugged work horse.

Now, will the Dems censure him, or reprimand him? Nope. SPINELESS!!!

more republican hypocrite scum! we MUST oblige
those we've elected to call these people out on EVERY
action they've taken in the last six years. impeach
them all NOW!

(p.s. to 86.PPNB: severe Eno fan here, too!)

Fewer than 3,000 people were killed on 9/11, but that was a big enough price to march into Afghanistan and Iraq. Now, nearly 4,000 soldiers have been killed and that's suddenly a small price? Someone needs to point that out to Mr. Bohner. And then point it out to him every day until he resigns. After that, every other day.

John Boehnerbutt like shit-for-brains-bush and all the gop believe they can use
the troops as foder to continue their illegal war they lied us into. we should ship them
ALL to Nurembugr and let the world court try them, convict them and shoot them for their crimes against humanity

I don't see why a man should be criticized for speaking the truth. If there were ten times as many killed of American troops or Iraqi civilians the cost would not be significant for Boehner. For him this is chump change. He's not lying . He's just Republican.

Spontaneous honesty. In a repug? It's a little like finding a dodo's egg.
Of course you're not supposed to tell the plebs that you don't give a shit that they're dying so you can have that fourth lexus... so he's going to get publicly spanked. But it's ok because the reich wing nut-o-sphere will be howling about how the evil libruls are just taking it all the wrong way and should leave him alone.
I wonder if he'll get a purple heart?

I think an iron cross would be more appropriate.

Great, looks like I'll need another shower.

I just called Boehner's office. the woman who answered listened politely and then told me that the congressman was responding only to the financial cost. I told her that the video seems to me to clearly indicate otherwise. I also asked if she thought $1 billion every three days was a small price to pay...

Go ahead and call.

Here is Boehner's office number:
Phone: 202 225 6205
Fax: 202 225 0704

BTW: I would bet money that that woman who is answering the phone is a hired PR person or a senior staffer. No offense intended to any Congressional staffers out threre, but she is very skilled in how she responds. She also picked up the phone when I called at 5:25 PM EST. Do they normally answer the phone after hours?

Rusty Shackleford @ 36:

"The long term goals for the Middle East" - which are... what?

For the U.S. to control ALL the oil in the region. Iran is next. Wonder how many
'small prices' we can spend on that little adventure?
Just ask a Rethuglican.

As a Vietnam veteran Boner has every right to demand our troops sacrifice blood in The Conquest of New Texas.

Boner (USN) enlisted in the Navy and was honorable discharge after eight weeks due to a bad back.

Boner proudly served not, like that coward Kerry who hid out and shot himself in the ass to get his dubious medals.

Only under strong leaders like Boner will we ever win the Light Sweet Crude Sweepstakes.

If anything, it is Lurch Kerry who not only should apologize but get on his scrawny knees & bow down to THE BONER.

As a Canadian looking at your country from my side of the border I am astounded by your politicians. The last time we had politicians as callous and uncaring as your republican party was the conservatives from 1984 to 1993. The Prime Minister at the time was Brian Mulroney. By the time he called the election in 1993 he was the most hated man in Canada. The voters hated him and almost wiped out the party. The Conservatives were left with 2 seats in a 303 seat Parliment(Parliment is similar to your House of Representatives). I think you need to do the same in 2008

tanked?

Turnabout is a bitch!

I was born in Boehner's district in southwest Ohio (the one just north of Mean Jean's) and lived there for almost 30 years until I came to my sense and got the hell out of that inbred cesspool. Every election, the same result: Republicans get 67% of the vote, Democrats get 33%, no matter who's running or how badly things are going. The Republicans there actually got a man who was convicted (twice! ) of firearms violations to be elected the county prosecutor. Boehner is untouchable.

The district is suffering in most of the urban areas except for the recently affluent areas near I-75 (West Chester, Lebanon, etc.), which is mostly made up of white-flighters from Cincinnati who make up a lot of Boehner's local financial support. The rest of the district is full of idiots with roots back to Kentucky who are racist reactionaries who still complain about Bill Clinton in the local newspaper 'community voice' section.

One of the high schools in Boehner's district is the one where No Child Left Behind was signed; a wealthy Republican donor actually ponied up $400,000 to have a 'statue garden' of Bush and the school's superintendent placed on public school property, right next to the front door, in the summer of 2004 during Bush's re-election campaign. There is absolutely NO WAY Boehner would ever lose an election in that district unless he's found in bed with a live boy or a dead girl, so unfortunately we're stuck with him and his crocodile tears on the national stage.

On a side note, I feel much better having moved out of the area - southwest Ohio has some very pretty scenery, but the politics suck and a lot of the people there are idiots who are completely unable to recognize when they're getting screwed by the ruling class. I guess that's true for a lot of this country, though.

silly

In Boehner speak "small price to pay" translates as: You go to Irag and bleed. I go to the salon and tan.

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