<I>Late Edition</i> John Boehner Claims Republicans are the real "agents of change"
By SilentPatriot Sunday Jun 15, 2008 8:45am
It's pretty laughable to watch the leader of the party of stagnation and obstructionism claim that Republicans will win in November once they prove to voters that they're the real "agents of change." I wonder if Boehner realizes how foolish he sounds? Doubtful.
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BOEHNER: Well, Wolf, we've got a steep hill to climb. It's a challenging year for Republicans. I think Republicans, we have to do is show that we're agents of change. We have to go out there and show the American people that we have solutions, which we do, for the economy, gas prices, our national security and health care. And I think if we're able to go out there and present a clear choice to the American people, I think we'll do much better than the people expect in this election cycle.
The American people do realize that Republicans have "solutions" to their problems, Congressman. The only thing is that they categorically reject them on every level.
This month, the Democrats are trusted more than Republicans on eight out of ten electoral issues tracked regularly by Rasmussen Reports (see data tables). The two parties are essentially even on the other two issues.
Among voters not affiliated with either major political party, the Democrats also have the advantage on eight out of ten issues.
So, by all means, please go out there and make the case that Republicans want to make the tax cuts permanent, cover up the energy crisis with "gas tax holiday" gimmicks, vest the President with draconian and unchecked spying powers, and deny millions of Americans access to quality health care. That will just make our jobs easier.
Transcript below the fold:
BLITZER: Welcome back to LATE EDITION. Throughout the program, we're going to reflect a little bit on the life and legacy of NBC's Tim Russert. Tim was a consummate journalist and one of the toughest interviewers on television. Here's a little sample.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
BOEHNER: We're going to have Republicans who are skeptical of this plan who will probably vote for this.
RUSSERT: How many?
BOEHNER: And while --
RUSSERT: How many do you think?
BOEHNER: We may lose the vote on this, we will not lose the debate on this.
RUSSERT: You lose a third of the Republicans?
BOEHNER: I don't think we'll lose a third.
RUSSERT: Ten percent?
(CROSSTALK) RUSSERT: You had said that this resolution would demoralize the troops. But the secretary of defense, Robert Gates, and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staffs said that is just not true.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
BLITZER: Joining us now from Cincinnati is the man who got some pressure that day, pretty hard pressure, from Tim Russert, the House Republican Leader John Boehner. Congressman, thanks very much for coming in.
BOEHNER: Wolf, good morning.
BLITZER: Before we get to some of the other issues, the economy, taxes, energy, your thoughts right now? I know you were on the receiving end sometimes of some tough questions from Tim Russert. But give us your thoughts on this very sad Father's Day weekend.
BOEHNER: Wolf, he was a tough journalist and clearly the preeminent political journalist in Washington. But Tim and I had a very special relationship. We kind of grew up in the same kind of blue collar neighborhoods. He in Buffalo, I here in Cincinnati. My dad owns a tavern. We both went to Jesuit schools. And, you know, growing up Catholic together.
And so after he wrote his book about "Big Russ & Me," I had a chance to talk to Tim about his experiences growing up with his father, my experiences growing up with my father and I can tell that you the two of us shed a tear together one day. He was a great human being. Someone who clearly loved his family and did a marvelous job covering those of us in politics. But let me tell you, he was a tough, well-prepared interviewer.
BLITZER: He certainly was and we will all miss him. We're going to have some more reflections on Tim coming up here on LATE EDITION.
Let's get to the most important issues out on the agenda right now. And you're the leader of the Republicans in the House of Representatives. In our latest CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll, we asked registered voters all across the United States who would handle the economy better. Fifty percent said Barack Obama. John McCain got 44 percent. Among registered voters, we asked your choice for Congress. Look at this.
BLITZER: Do you support a Democratic Congress? Fifty-four percent said they do, 44 percent said they would support Republicans in Congress. You've got a huge problem awaiting you come November because it looks, if you believe in these numbers, congressman, you believe in some of the special elections that have recently taken place, you're on the verge of suffering even greater losses in your minority status in the House of Representatives.
BOEHNER: Well, Wolf, we've got a steep hill to climb. It's a challenging year for Republicans. I think Republicans, we have to do is show that we're agents of change. We have to go out there and show the American people that we have solutions, which we do, for the economy, gas prices, our national security and health care. And I think if we're able to go out there and present a clear choice to the American people, I think we'll do much better than the people expect in this election cycle.
BLITZER: Senator Obama, the new leader of the Democrats, now says that if the Republicans take over, if McCain gets elected, it's simply going to be more tax giveaways to the wealthiest Americans. Listen to Senator Obama.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
OBAMA: Senator McCain is now calling for this new round of tax giveaways that are twice as expensive, twice as expensive as the original Bush plan and nearly three times -- nearly three times as regressive. Understand regressive means it is skewed to hurt low income and middle income people and that help rich people.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
BLITZER: All right. You want to respond to Senator Obama?
BOEHNER: Wolf, if you look back over the -- really the last 27 years, since 1981 when Ronald Reagan cut the top tax rate from 70 percent to 28 percent, we've been cutting taxes for the last 27 years by and large.
And what's happened? We've allowed the American people to keep more of their own money, to invest in our economy, to expand the jobs in our economy and, guess what? We've got more people working, a healthier economy. More people are paying taxes. More revenue coming to the federal government.
Washington doesn't have a revenue problem. Washington has a spending problem. And I think that reducing taxes, allowing the American people to invest in their own future is a much better prescription than what Barack Obama and the liberal Democrats want which is higher taxes, bigger government in Washington and more control from Washington.
BLITZER: During the past almost eight years when the Republicans were -- except for the last year or so were in charge of both the White House and the Congress, the national debt went from around $5 trillion to more than $9 trillion. This is the debt that our children and grandchildren and their grandchildren are going to be paying off for a long time to come. Why should the voters trust the Republicans?
BOEHNER: Well, the real issue here is that you look at the additional domestic spending, it was mostly for our -- the efforts after 9/11. Homeland security, war in Afghanistan, war in Iraq and a growing entitlement problem.
The president is trying to address the Social Security entitlement program and got nowhere. If we don't address the long- term problem of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid where we've made promises, we, the baby boomers, have made promises to ourselves that our kids and their kids cannot afford. We need to address these programs because that's where the real run-up in the national debt is occurring. And I can tell you the Republicans earn back the majority of the Congress, we will address this entitlement crisis head on and be straight up and honest with the American people.
BLITZER: The price of a gallon of gas here in the United States, the average now over $4. And in some parts of country even approaching $4.50 and even $5 a gallon. Many Republicans including you, you want to start drilling. Especially drilling in Alaska, the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge. The leader of the republicans now John McCain says bad idea. Listen to this.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
MCCAIN: I understand that the attractiveness of it. I would also say to you I would not drill in the Grand Canyon. I wouldn't drill in the Everglades. And I believe that this area should be kept in pristine preservation.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
BLITZER: He is referring to what's called the Anwar oil reserves, the oil fields out there. Why he is wrong?
BOEHNER: Well, in my opinion, we can drill in Anwar in an environmentally safe way. And so John McCain and I disagree. But we do agree we could have more domestic drilling here in the United States in an environmentally safe way.
You know, if we're going to get serious about getting off of our dependence on foreign energy, we got to do what I call all of the above. We need more conservation. We need an alternative fuels. We need biofuels. We need to look at nuclear energy in a more serious way. And, yes, we need to drill more and to develop more domestic production.
And over the 18 years that I've been in Congress, there have been 46 votes to bring more domestic production online. And I voted 46 times to have more production in the United States. Nancy Pelosi on those same 46 votes, only voted twice to bring more domestic production.
And if you look at the record over the last 18 years, Republicans have been for more domestic production, trying to get off of our dependence of foreign energy and about 90 percent of the time the Democrats have opposed this. And I can tell you, Wolf, that each and every day over the next five months leading up to this election, Republicans are going to force the Congress to deal with this issue. It's time to be honest with the American people and show them if you don't want to drill, show the American people you don't want to drill.
BLITZER: Congressman Boehner, thanks very much for joining us. Happy Father's Day.
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republican change stinks like a baby on milk and strained spinach diet taking a dump.
They'll only drill in an enviromentally way until it's no longer cost-effective, or cuts into their CEO's profits.
Yes. Horrific, awful, mindbogglingly stupid change for the worst.
Thanks, but no thanks.
That's not the kind of change we need.
Man, the Republicans are going to be demolished in November.
Change that we will reject in November.
The word "change" when used in this respect refers to change from the likes of what Boner and his co-horts gave us. Is this guy serious?
Turd Polishing as performed by the masters.
" . . . they’re the real “agents of change.”
In what f**king solar system?
Hey Boner, why don't you try crying? Never mind, folks are on to that bullshit!
They know they are going to lose but also realize they have to go through the motions anyways.
Leave Boehner alone!!!! Sob... sob...
ysbaddaden @ 1:
Thats not exactly the image I wanted to have in my mind while going down the comments list but I'll take it. lol
30% of the Republicans in Ohio voted for Democratic Governor Ted Strickland. The Majority of Republicans know that the Bush administration and the right wing and radical agenda that has been carried out by this band of thugs does not reflect real Republican thinking.
if the radical Republicans started singing impeachment they could swing the election
Yeah, they have been trying to get away from dependence on foreign oil by invading other countries and taking over their oil fields so we can be dependent on the foreign oil we steal from them.
Oh, yeah, all that, um, stuff we just did over the last 7 years screwing up the country & the Middle East, clearly we need another opportunity to put right all the things what we just done wrong.
That should read "they're the real agents of stealing your change"
Change will come in the form of $12/Gal Gasoline and $8.00/Gal Milk.
I think most Americans have had enough of the past 7 1/2 years of Republican "change" thank you very much.
bigironal @ 9:
Or setting your timemachine back to 2002 while singing "Those were the days..."
We've seen repub change for the past eight years and we're done with that.
We don't call an arsonist when the house is on fire and we don't look to repubs for positive change when the country is going to hell in a hand basket.
Looks to me as if a lot of Americans have cognitive dissonance since they vote so differently on Iraq and National Security/War on Terror. The GOP gets higher marks on NS/WoT than the Dems, yet there's no "war on terror" and our National Security reality is dismal under the Republicans. Maybe in the minds of Americans, the Iraq vote is more about a futile war and isn't thrown in with the rest of Bush's NS/WoT propaganda.
Okaaaaaay....methinks Boehner is slightly out of touch with reality.
I think Boehner just mis-spoke... he meant to say the they were the agent of "small or really little" change to the majority of Americans. Meaning, if McCain and other Republicans are elected, then not much would change for us.
Weaseldog @ 7:
"You can't polish a turd Beevis" - Butthead
Yeah, and now it's time to change his diapers. He's going to hurt himself ifhe tries to pass off another pantload like that.
Got a good question for you Boehner, Why have you guys been sitting on this change for the last Seven and a half years? Did you have to manipulate the price of oil and gas and groceries and military contracts by screwing the USA BEFORE you could bring up that change you have stuffed up you backside?
Weaseldog @ 17:
Not to mention, change from "war in Iraq" to "war in Iran"
It's not our fault for being foxes. It's the hens' fault for being so delicious. But we promise, we are OFF chicken. Trust me.
El Cid @ 15:
And they want to take out Iran real bad. Micheal Ledeen, Micheal Rubin, Cheney, Libby, Feith, Woolsey are not going to give up on striking Iran. If our congress does not convict Ledeen and the rest of the crew who did business with Iran Contral Manucher Ghorbanifar based on all of the false intelligence that these criminals cooked up and forced down the American peoples throats. The false intelligence that Jason Vest "The Men from Jinsa, Kathleen and Bill Christison (two former Cia analyst) who wrote "A rose by another name" Scott Ritter and others who told us before the invasion that the intelligence was all a bunch of "hooey". If these psychopaths are not reigned in by our congress based on long awaited and recently released PHASE II OF THE SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE. These thugs will find away to attack Iran instead of being put behind bars for the false intelligence all ready used.
LibertyLover @ 27:
they have been repeating unsubstantiated claims about Iran for five years and the MSM has yet to really challenge them
Change money from your wallet to mine.
Someone needs to remind Boner that it's not as if he's not in a position to be an agent of change NOW. There's still a Republican in the White House, and there's plenty of Bush-friendly Dems in both chambers of Congress, but instead of intriducing any of these awesome change-filled bills to help the American public NOW (where, it seems, the Republicans going in to an election could really use some proof of the change they're trying to make), the only thing these agents of change are doing is threatening to filibuster every Dem-led bill that comes within sniffing distance of the Senate or House floor. I hold the Dems in Congress just as culpable for rolling over without making the GOP actually filibuster, put their money with their mouths are, but still, if Boner really wants to make some changes, he's in a position to start NOW, not next January. When Boner starts trying to make changes for the better, I'll start trying to spell his name right.
He's completely right.
They change surplus into deficit, prosperity into depression, Afghanistan/Saudi Arabia/Pakistan into Iraq, global warming into theory, endangered species into trophies for hunters, free elections into farce, news into promotional videos, the Constitution into toilet paper, etc.
They certainly are agents of change.
Boehner sounds desperate. He has to know how lame this all sounds. He can't be that stupid. Meanwhile bush has announced he's going after Osama with full force. Isn't it weird that he's doing this right before the election. Is it coincidental, or is that too, out of desperation as he tries to patch up his pathetic legacy?
leave it to CNN to air these turds of wisdom.
j @ 33:
yep, (-) not (+) change
pissed off patricia @ 34:
there will be six more Osama videos before the election.
When are the Nascar Dads and Soccer moms going to realize that the GOP is not the party of small government anymore? The behemoth that the bush administration is going to have to pay the piper soon enough with higher taxes to pay for all the wars they thrust us into. Yeah, it's the government of "change" but more like "look-under-the-couch-for-loose-change" kind of change.
did anyone see tears in the video?
He has the solution to the myriad problems that Americans face? Uh, he does realize Republicans have been in power for two terms right? Any problems that surged to crisis levels during that time are problems that came to pass during the tenure of his party- doesnt he get that? It's kind of like saying: "Yes, there is a huge huge mess in the kitchen. True, we created it, but we promise to clean up the mess we made. Really. Do not turst others to clean up our mess. Only we can do that responsibly".
Boob Tube
displaced @ 38:
there never were nascar dads or soccer moms. they are fictional political demographics. no such groups exist. not that there's anything wrong with it.
And what’s happened? We’ve allowed the American people to keep more of their own money, to invest in our economy, to expand the jobs in our economy and, guess what? We’ve got more people working, a healthier economy. More people are paying taxes. More revenue coming to the federal government.
WTF? What planet is he on?
You know, wishing won't make it so
Hoping won't do it, praying won't do it
Religion won't do it, philosophy won't do it
The supreme court won't do it,
The president and the congress won't do it
The un won't do it, the h-bomb won't do it,
The sun and the moon won't do it
And God won't do it,
And I certainly won't do it
That leaves you, you'll have to do it
Plagiarist, lying fucker. John don't you have something to go cry about?
Dog gone it--he's from my state. What is he smokin' and can I get some? I live in a county that has a Democratic party majority.
They get along quite well with the Republicans and there is quite a bit of mutual respect all around. Hasn't Boner a clue?
..vest the President with draconian and unchecked spying powers
It seems to me that the Democrats are doing their best to provide this one themselves. Of course if they get the White House they'll NEVER be able to use it. Republicans and Wingnuts will be screaming bloody murder any time a Democratic President raises his hand.
Hopefully the good people of Ohio will see their mistakes and drop this guy in November.
THAT would be some good change.
Ooooh, I get it, Agents of Change™ as in Stay the Course™. Republicans like to title their failures as short and sweet buzz terms.
NO WONDER BONEHEAD IS UPSET!
Janet @ 43:
PLANET ARIUM!
CoIntelPro for Pronktastic Democratic Party Victory @ 51:
Yuranus.
Chris @ 4:
I'll believe it when I see it, but boy oh boy that would be so sweet. To much to hope for I bet.
Boner such a lying stack of shit. Did you ever hear anything funnier then boner talking about telling the truth? This lying mother fucker hasn't told the truth in thirty years. why would he start now?
If there are any people that believe the bullshit this or any other republican dirt bag spits out then we truely have some idiots left in America!
I thought they were all republican polls!
CoIntelPro for Pronktastic Democratic Party Victory @ 50:
got a link for that polling information? I'd like to go read some good news.
Republicans - the party of bloated government, excessive spending, coporate hand-outs and authoritarianism. Yeah some change.
ysbaddaden @ 2:
They never have and they never will. It's impossible.
..."And I would like to assure the American public, that despite seriously fucking up every thing we touched, If you give us another chance, you can rest assured that we'll do the same fucking thing again.
Hey Boner! Do you really want to be the agent of change? You might convince me if you guys support Kucinich's articles of impeachment. But that would require putting your country ahead of your party and your corporate masters. I'm just guessing, but I think that the repugs have the election fix in and McCain will be "elected."
It's like when your drunk uncle borrows your car and smashes the shit out of it, then when it's in the shop getting repaired, your uncle walks in with a wrench in one hand and a beer in the other and says .. "Let ME... hic.. fix it."
America to the GOP ... "Go sit down over there in the corner, and dont get up until we say so."
♠Bangkok-Bob♠ in Chiang Mai @ 55:
my bad!
Terrible @ 56:
Yes, The Corporate Welfare Party.
they always scream about the Dems being a Welfare type party (cause we spend money on projects for the needy) While they have special Welfare Programs for the fat cats.
CoIntelPro for Pronktastic Democratic Party Victory @ 61:
THANKS!!
Mickxotic @ 59:
I'd file it under
But that's just me.
We're supposed to believe there is a limit to republican greed?
♠Bangkok-Bob♠ in Chiang Mai @ 62:
Epinnoia @ 65:
rhetorical question, right?
"Wolf...if you...uh...look back over the last 27 years...since Ronald Reagan...blah blah blah blah blah blah blha blah blah blah blah blah blah BLAH BLAH blah blah blah blah BLAH BLAH BLAH blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah BLAH blah blah blah blah blah BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH!............
And let me just say again, Wolf........RONALD REAGAN!
Party of Change~ Oil hits record near $140 a barrel on dollar, fire.
Bet's we see $200 per barrel before the "Election"?
I just saw on c-span a video of bush and brown speaking this morning in Great Britain. Bush said some people are speculating this will be my last trip here. Then he said, "We'll see."
I hope he isn't talking about a change we don't want to believe in. Maybe this is the change Boner is talking about. The repubs are going to change the rules at voting time and bush is going to remain in office.
I know these past seven plus years have sure changed me. I have experienced more anger and sadness than in any other time in my life.
Yes indeed, the Republicans are agents of change. From bad to worse.
What is funny is the fact that Boehner, McCain and the others always use the word "change" now. For them to use that word now means that they are admitting that their past policies have failed. Heck, Obama was talking about change way before the Republicans and they are so bankrupt of ideas that they have to borrow Obama's slogans to. Pretty pathetic if you ask me.
He lies and he cries. Boner is pathetic.
Lonny @ 71:
Obama will inherit a wreck followed by a major collapse of the economy. Of course it will be the Dems fault in four years and people will be desperate for the next Reagan!
Joe O. @ 72:
Exactly! They are like leaches trying to attach in some way to Obama's campaign. The host will reject them. This is not going to be a symbiotic relationship.
Chris @ 4:
the repugs will get all the help the media can provide. case in point
L.A. Confidential @ 69:
Then we should drill drill drill (the latest chant in rightnutbaggery) !
L.A. Confidential @ 74:
and the media will do everything they possibly can to perpetrate lies.
pissed off patricia @ 70:
Maybe McStain will pick bush as his VP and then step down after the election. Maybe thats the big change.
BONER!
raker @ 28:
sure! and fish are friends, NOT FOOD! LOL :<[)
The Republican Party's ideology is conservatism, which by definition means:
con·ser·va·tive (kən-sûr'və-tĭv) pronunciation adj.
1. Favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change.
This is just silly that they want to claim to want anything about change. Both by ideology and by defending and supporting most of George Bush's policies.
CoIntelPro for Pronktastic Democratic Party Victory @ 78:
Yep, Murdoch passes the pork n beans to Bush. No big surprise there.
♠Bangkok-Bob♠ in Chiang Mai @ 48:
about the time they stop getting their political talking points from canadian government operatives, I guess.
CoIntelPro for Pronktastic Democratic Party Victory @ 37:
Busholini now says he wants OBL captured before January. Hmmm...trying to help McW much?
Aaah, Mr. Boner... one more delusional republican
This has got to be some kinda joke, Crooks and Liars!
There's so much stupidity in this clip I had to eat a bowl of ice cream to flush out the stupid.
"agents of change": more like agents of Satan.
Domestic production increases won't help shrink the gas prices in any meaningful amount. It takes years to go from Oil Field to pump. 20 years alone for ANWAR.
"present a clear choice to Americans": Oh yeah. I love this one. 4 more years of Bush or someone better. That's the change I deserve.
"Washington has a spending problem." which party was it that pushed the Bridge to Nowhere, the 20 million dollar border security device that doesn't work, Star Wars, and No Crony Left Behind? Oh, and having a mercenary army in Iraq?
"Republicans are going to force the Congress to deal with this issue." yeah, like how they dealt with Mother's Day. Remember that, Boner?
pissed off patricia @ 75:
Either that or they are like men grasping at straws while they are sinking in quickstand.*glub* *glub*
John Boner is a "life-long bachelor"........(he likes the c@#k!)
Just thought I'd point out that he's another self-hating hypocrite Repuglican.
With ALL THIS GOOD NEWS,
We obviously have so much to look forward to from the repug agents of change
Well, yeah, Republicans are the real "agents of change", but it's not good change.
Darth Hater @ 89:
his haircut is a dead giveaway! I mean really! that's real horse's ass hair on his head.
Dr. Acula @ 85:
BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!
#61
24% call themselves republican.
Have they no shame?
CoIntelPro for Pronktastic Democratic Party Victory @ 92:
Well, that fits. After all, people tend to associate with people or animals that are like themselves and no one comes closer to being like a horse's ass than Boehner.
CoIntelPro for Pronktastic Democratic Party Victory @ 92:
The Boner cries at the drop of a hat.....enough said.
I talked to the lady this morning that sold our other house for us last April. She said today that house would be worth a bit over one half what we sold it for. She said there are 50% fewer real estate agents in our area than there were a year ago because they just could not make a living from their occupation any longer. There are some republican administration changes for you.
Now that Rev Wright, William Ayers, Michelle Obama flap, the flag pin crisis and fake Muslim crap has fizzled out and backfired, they are resorting to Plan-B....
... "We're like Obama, only we're whiter !"
thanks but no thanks mister tan man!
Only if by "change," you mean the destruction of everything this country has ever stood for, in the name of corporate GREED!
The Exotic Chico Hussein Escuela @ 98:
now you're scaring me!
It's amazing that the Republicans are dumb enough to even use the change meme.
Hey assholes - The change America wants, is away from the Republican party policies.
Thomas Mc @ 100:
just helping out a bit.
What a dumba$$! Boner is just been a boner.
"I think Republicans, we have to do is show that we’re agents of change. We have to go out there and show the American people that we have solutions, which we do, for the economy, gas prices, our national security and health care."
Right Jackass! Your party is the one that got us into this shitstorm! I you have the answers why did you get us into this in the first place? Agents of change my ass.
I've said it before and I'll say it again:
The republicans are agents of change......CHUMP change.
BOEHNER: Wolf, if you look back over the — really the last 27 years, since 1981 when Ronald Reagan cut the top tax rate from 70 percent to 28 percent, we’ve been cutting taxes for the last 27 years by and large.
This is spin. Sure, ol' Ronnie Cut this tax rate for the top 5% of RICH people... a loophole that John F. Kennedy closed so that the privileged couldn't avoid taxes... but this 70% tax rate existed ONLY after you had made your first 2-3 million or so.... (can't remember exact #) BUT ---at the same timeReagan RAISED taxes for anyone paying Social Security so that they would pay for the current requirements (for current retirees) at the time AND (being baby boomers) for their OWN Social Security. So, Ronnie giveth to the rich and tooketh from the poorer... I remember... because I had to take 2 jobs to make ends meet after payroll taxes were raised.... but I suppose that was just uniquely American...
Boner is hopelessly, hopelessly, hopelessly out of touch with reality.
My upcoming Social Security is the culprit behind the national debt?
I've paid into this program for over 40 years, what becomes of my investment (yes it is an investment, not an entitlement) if you get your way and cancel the most successful government program ever?
We Ohioans desperately need to wake up and get rid of these useless republican asshats like Boner.
I think Republicans, we have to do is show that we’re agents of change. We have to go out there and show the American people that we have solutions, which we do, for the economy, gas prices, our national security and health care.
Sooooo...........What they're telling us, that since 1992, when they took charge, that they have been full of sh*t, but now they have the "good" ideas. "We wouldn't lie to ya'll" Me thinks the Repugs should get out their rubber thongs, they're gonna need them to wade through the flip-floppy horse pucky.
Boner, you had 8 years dumbass, thanks for the reaming you fucking loser.
Excuse me while I choke. Agents of change? ....well yeah there was change and if the change keeps going in the direction the Republicans want, I as a woman won't have a vote anymore and we'll have slavery again.
Yes, they're changing America from a Democracy to Fascism.
liberalHUSSEINmoderation @ 22:
What do you mean "is slightly out of touch"?
Dr. (terrorist fist jab) Matt @ 96:
Maybe he dropped Odd-job's hat on his foot.
Holy shit!! Does he think talking like a boxing announcer turned radio DJ makes us believe like he d-o-e-s............tax cuts good..........Republicans good.........Democrats are terrorists............follow me I will keep you safe. I swear I could see his spinning like spirals and I caught myself agreeing. These guys have evil on their side.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdWyf1Ro54E
eyes spinning that is
Dr. Acula @ 85:
CoIntelPro for Pronktastic Democratic Party Victory @ 93:
They have the remarkable ability to change gold into shit and blood into oil.
Utterly hysterical. it's like the guy that rapes you telling you he's your only true boyfriend. What is REALLY sad is about 25% of the public actually believes that. Thank god the other 75% realizes they've been raped.
Boner is hopelessly, hopelessly, hopelessly out of touch with reality.
My upcoming Social Security is the culprit behind the national debt?
I’ve paid into this program for over 40 years, what becomes of my investment (yes it is an investment, not an entitlement) if you get your way and cancel the most successful government program ever?
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The reality is that infinite horizon unfunded federal obligations- debts, total some 100 trillion dollars. Most of the national debt is off budget.
Janet @ 43:
I hope that this is sarcasm, cause it aint reality.
Yeah yeah, change we deserve... We heard that nonsense already.
Things are as screwed up as they are now because we trusted you Republican idiots for the last seven years. If you wanted to change things for the better you could have easily done it from the majority position.
But ya didn't.
So STFU.
How's that saying go? "Lead, follow, or get out of the way."
Change as in protecting pedophiles when they prey on congressional pages?
Or maybe new toe-tapping only rest rooms?
The American People are upset because the slight trickling down has turned into a steady stream of warm piss.
I agree with Mr. Boehner. Democracy to fascism, prosperity to poverty -- aren't those good examples of Republican change?
E in Md @ 123:
OR....you're part of the solution, part of the problem or simply part of the scenery.
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha aha ahha aha aha aha aha aha
Boehner is a boner. What a waste of space.
Has anyone ever asked these guys why they demand an up and down vote for every court appointee, but not legislation? I think its easy to see that the will of the President trumps the will of the people.
And John Boehner still represent United States government and minds of many Americans. Will we ever be able to minimize or eliminate such @#$@@##(don't have words for it anymore). I can no longer phantom how such person still given public forum and position to shape our society.
Well, if by 'Agents of Change' he means people who will turn this planet into a Twilight Zone-like pile of smoking rubble, after it turns the US and everyone who depends upon her into something less than the Third World, I gotta agree.
I think Bone-Head really mean't to say Reslugs are just lowlife criminals and crooks and just can't ever change that.
Get him to the Juicing room, he's going to explode he's so full of bullshit.
Nothing like asking softball questions designed to make it look as if you were being tough, but all he doing is giving Boner a chance to spew dishonest talking points. IF Blitzer were really interested in facts, he would have called bullshit on Bonehead at least 50 times.
So Bone-head wants to talk about entitlement problems... here's a suggestion... eliminate tax payer supported government health care benefits and eliminiate ALL government retirement benefits, past, present and into the future. That should help the deficit. How dare this creep, this incompetent assh*le, talk about privatizing Social Security, the entitlement that workers contribute to on a regular basis. These Republics want to take all the money they can grab with their greedy, dirty fingers and give it away to their friends. Entitlements? Sounds more like the Republics think that they are entitled to the tax payers money.
Go find a corner to cry in, Boehner. After all, the Republics for which you represent will be taking more losses in November. Americans are done with you. You showed us that you didn't swear an oath to the Constitution. Instead, you swore an oath to the boy Bush and all his cronies and all the Republic thieves.
j @ 33:
And the worst of it is they want to change citizens into subjects.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir1UABBe1v4
I want my war.
What a bumbling idiot. What state is this plastic politician from? Jeeeesh!
He can barely spit out this crap with a straight face. Old "coin phrases" that are totally EMPTY! The only solutions they have are "suck more oil for the oil companies out of the prestine and protected land and offshore areas". Has no incentive to get OFF of oil or work on conservation, alternative energy souces (aside from nuklar)....
What an empty headed nurd. Such a hollow shirt. We've seen change in the last 7 and a half years, and ever since the dark days of reagan...and we need to stop this ship and turn it around....
Idiots...as nation of morons....being led by morons. Time for a change....ANYTHING but where we are going.
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ysbaddaden @ 114:
Or on his boner...
harley @ 137:
"I did not come here to be a Congressman!"
That says a lot.
Before 2008 election CNN reoirted how easy Diebolt machines could be hacked, upon further study one could find that majority of precints were paying for these overpriced raping of themself and they couldn't even be recounted. Republican response was that it was to late to do anything about it this election. Just like the lawyer bastards they are, Pay us extortion and we can look into down the road.
Death Star @ 141:
2008?
Sure you don't mean 2002?
The information has been out there since the first Diebold Machine was tested. Nothing has been done.
Paul @ 134:
Wolf is no Russert, that's for sure.
xoites defends Constitution @ 142:
Whenever I remind my neocon friends that BOTH Saddam Hussein and Mahmoud Ahmadinajad were democratically elected by the citizens of their countries, they immediately scream that those elections were fixed. I reply with, 'Hey, they aint stupid, they used Diebold too."
dude, the repuglitards have changed my country enough
we used to be respected on the issue of human rights, repuglitards changed that
people used to respect our military, and knew they served to protect the innocent and oppressed. The repuglitards changed that
we used to have a dollar that was worth more than the loony, repuglitards changed that
America was once the most respected and admired country on the planet, repuglitards changed that
we used to say no to torture. repuglitards changed that
I used to be proud of my country. repuglitards changed that
I've seen your idea of change boehner, and if I ever get my hands on you, Im gonna introduce a little change in your life too
no more repuglitard changes
Well, I can buy his statement. The Republicans have changed the financial status and hopes of the poor and middle class in this country.....they've changed the world's opinion of America......they've changed the future for our children and grandchildren for the worse. Yes, they are definitely agents of change.
fastfeat @ 139:
I find it extremely difficult to comment on Boehner.
I was surprised he was somewhat sober. He flip flops as McCain so I can't be sure which point he really stands behind other than he is very consistant when he says, ( "liberal" Democrats ).
I will say this, Bush Adm's own study finds that drilling in Anwar will produce a 2 cent a gal of gas reduction in 8 to 10 years. That is only if we can force the oil companies to sell exclusively in the states.
Boehner said nothing of the oil pump out of American soil and sold to the Pacific Rim and not here at home. That in which forces more import.
Oopsie
fastfeat @ 139:
Then shouldn't bohner be singing like:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rKo7Tf5YBQ
???
Cancer is change. Vote Republican.
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