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kentuck

(111,106 posts)
Thu Jul 10, 2014, 05:13 PM Jul 2014

Can John Boehner be "Canterized"?

Cantor thought he was untouchable also. And the voters threw him out on his ear.

I think the voters in southern Ohio might want to give thought about doing the same thing to their esteemed Leader, John Boehner??

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unblock

(52,285 posts)
6. perhaps you're thinking of former speaker of the house tom foley catheter.
Thu Jul 10, 2014, 05:24 PM
Jul 2014

i would think boner makes catheterization harder, but i'm not a medical expert.

AlinPA

(15,071 posts)
3. Nope, he leads the teabaggers in the House. Why would they kick him out? Whatever teabggers want,
Thu Jul 10, 2014, 05:20 PM
Jul 2014

Boehner accommodates them. Want to shut down the government? John will lead you in doing it. Want to default on the US debt? John will help.

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
4. How popular is he in his home district, though?
Thu Jul 10, 2014, 05:22 PM
Jul 2014

Cantor thought he was "all that" and forgot about those that "brung" him. Has Boehner gotten too big for his britches too?

AlinPA

(15,071 posts)
8. He has it made: all he has to do is say he loves God more than anybody, that Obama is a socialist
Thu Jul 10, 2014, 05:30 PM
Jul 2014

Kenyan n------ and that he wants to kill all the immigrants, blacks and Muslims. They will eat it up in his district.

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)
14. He routinely gets 65%+ of the vote. Last cycle he was even unopposed.
Thu Jul 10, 2014, 06:55 PM
Jul 2014

Dems are running Tom Poetter, a professor over at Miami University against him this cycle, but while I've already been seeing a few ads for Boehner, I haven't seen any sort of advertising or media coverage of Poetter yet, and I doubt I will - no one up the party chain ever wants to put any money into working on OH-08.

wandy

(3,539 posts)
12. From what I've read, the less loosley held togther Teapublicans speak worse.......
Thu Jul 10, 2014, 06:22 PM
Jul 2014

of Boehner than I do.

Honest, as hard as that is to imagin.

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
10. Then we are stuck with him unless the members decide to elect a new Speaker.
Thu Jul 10, 2014, 05:37 PM
Jul 2014

Or unless he gets fed up and quits.

On edit: Or if democrats win back the House, of course.

herding cats

(19,566 posts)
11. He's dancing on a razor's edge to keep himself Speaker.
Thu Jul 10, 2014, 05:45 PM
Jul 2014

The whole lawsuit thing was his plan to appease the TP. They want to impeach and he knows that's a fools errand, so he came up with the lawsuit to try and keep his nuts from revolting on him. However, there's always the chance this whole ploy could backfire on him and tick off his TP caucus members. If that happens before January of next year they're going to try to oust him. I'm not sure if they'd succeed, but it would be fun to watch.

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)
15. Why would any DUer root for him to be replaced by someone crazier and more extreme?
Thu Jul 10, 2014, 07:23 PM
Jul 2014

Immigration reform died when Cantor got himself tea-partied. I don't like Boehner, but have no wish for him to be replaced by a foaming-at-the-mouth idiot who would actually do something like default on the national debt or impeach Obama.

Vogon_Glory

(9,127 posts)
16. I'd rather see Boehner Ex-Foley-ated
Thu Jul 10, 2014, 09:04 PM
Jul 2014

I'd rather see the voters in Boehner's district vote him out of office and replace him with a Democrat. What happened to Tom Foley still rankles me. It's time for payback.

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