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DreamGypsy

(2,252 posts)
Thu Jan 3, 2013, 03:49 PM Jan 2013

Speaker Boehner, the door is behind you.

From http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2013/01/03/congress-ushering-new-members-with-old-divide/NZPLYfmW0rM7W82prZ9u9N/story.html

In a chamber packed with members and their children, Pelosi delivered a generous introduction to her rival and handed the gavel to Boehner, who struggled to hold back tears.

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Addressing the 80-plus new members, Boehner told them that if they came ‘‘to see your name in lights or to pass off political victory as accomplishment, you have come to the wrong place. The door is behind you.’’

‘‘If you have come here humbled by the opportunity to serve; if you have come here to be the determined voice of the people; if you have come here to carry the standard of leadership demanded not just by our constituents but by the times, then you have come to the right place,’’ he said.


Boehner has the gall to say that to new representatives when political victory is the ONLY THING he has tried to achieve in the last two years.

His "standard of leadership"??? Sheezz.
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Speaker Boehner, the door is behind you. (Original Post) DreamGypsy Jan 2013 OP
He's a hypocrite of the highest order. Lint Head Jan 2013 #1
Lipstick on a pig. lpbk2713 Jan 2013 #2
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