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babylonsister

(171,092 posts)
Wed Jan 2, 2013, 06:51 PM Jan 2013

Boehner Says He'll No Longer Negotiate with Obama

Time to put on your big boy panties, boner. Unreal.

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2013/01/02/boehner_says_hell_no_longer_negotiate_with_obama.html

January 02, 2013

Boehner Says He'll No Longer Negotiate with Obama


House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) "is signaling that at least one thing will change about his leadership during the 113th Congress: he's telling Republicans he is done with private, one-on-one negotiations with President Obama," The Hill reports.

"During both 2011 and 2012, the Speaker spent weeks shuttling between the Capitol and the White House for meetings with the president in the hopes of striking a grand bargain on the deficit. Those efforts ended in failure, leaving Boehner feeling burned by Obama and, at times, isolated within his conference."

Instead, he'll try to "pass bills through the House that can then be adopted, amended or reconciled by the Senate."

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Boehner Says He'll No Longer Negotiate with Obama (Original Post) babylonsister Jan 2013 OP
Somebody get the Waaaaaaaaaaahmbulance! DinahMoeHum Jan 2013 #1
Especially if he's no longer the speaker. tanyev Jan 2013 #2
. ProSense Jan 2013 #10
Good independent2013 Jan 2013 #3
Oh FFS!!! TDale313 Jan 2013 #4
and 'those efforts ended in failure' WHY??? elleng Jan 2013 #5
This is the only kind of government that needs an end. lonestarnot Jan 2013 #6
Yeah Loryn Jan 2013 #7
He's met his match and he knows it. lpbk2713 Jan 2013 #8
If he refuses to do his job Lex Jan 2013 #9
In other words..."I got my ass handed to me...waaaaaaa!" n/t cynatnite Jan 2013 #11
He'll regret that decision. surrealAmerican Jan 2013 #12
Republicans spent months of Cliff negotiation time saying Obama had no plan.... nenagh Jan 2013 #20
Worst Speaker Ever SummerSnow Jan 2013 #13
Remember when..... SummerSnow Jan 2013 #14
He should negotiate with Cantor, first. julian09 Jan 2013 #15
Chicken shit little alcoholic... santamargarita Jan 2013 #16
That didn't work THIS time Johonny Jan 2013 #17
He also vowed to hold his breath until he turns ... FUCK, what do you get when you combine ... 11 Bravo Jan 2013 #18
Of course he won't. He'll no longer be speaker. n/t Tempest Jan 2013 #19
I agree - why start now? Kber Jan 2013 #21
"pass bills through the House that can then be adopted, amended or reconciled by the Senate" leftyohiolib Jan 2013 #22
Alkies hate it when they're outsmarted and outclassed. graywarrior Jan 2013 #23

lpbk2713

(42,766 posts)
8. He's met his match and he knows it.
Wed Jan 2, 2013, 06:58 PM
Jan 2013




... as we watch a defeated Boner mope off into the sunset with his tail between his legs.




surrealAmerican

(11,364 posts)
12. He'll regret that decision.
Wed Jan 2, 2013, 07:00 PM
Jan 2013

If Boehner has to negotiate publicly, he'll sound like a nasty idiot - it won't gain him any support from the general public.

nenagh

(1,925 posts)
20. Republicans spent months of Cliff negotiation time saying Obama had no plan....
Wed Jan 2, 2013, 07:27 PM
Jan 2013

and trying to get Obama to capitulate on SS 'entitlement' programs..

which they could use against him in ads in the 2014 midterm elections...

How is the open plan going to work?

ps... Keep the fire burning in Senator Reid's office.

 

julian09

(1,435 posts)
15. He should negotiate with Cantor, first.
Wed Jan 2, 2013, 07:06 PM
Jan 2013

The Speaker and majority leader should be on same page and you could throw in the repug whip as well.

Johonny

(20,889 posts)
17. That didn't work THIS time
Wed Jan 2, 2013, 07:14 PM
Jan 2013

his own people voted again his plan. So his future plan is to skip the thing that worked and go straight to fail. At least that will add less drama. In the future the House plans to do absolutely nothing. Well he might rename a few more post offices.

11 Bravo

(23,926 posts)
18. He also vowed to hold his breath until he turns ... FUCK, what do you get when you combine ...
Wed Jan 2, 2013, 07:18 PM
Jan 2013

blue and orange?

 

leftyohiolib

(5,917 posts)
22. "pass bills through the House that can then be adopted, amended or reconciled by the Senate"
Wed Jan 2, 2013, 07:35 PM
Jan 2013

you dick that's what you were supposed to be doing. boner says " well that's it then. i'll do my job." followed by waaaaa-ahahaaaaa-waaaaaa snort chortle burp waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"

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