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House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) circled the wagons on Tuesday, one day after President Obama's second inauguration, in an attempt to reassure his fellow Republicans that he would do everything in his power to challenge a "hostile" Obama administration in budget battles yet to come.
"So were expecting over the next 22 months to be the focus of this Administration as they attempt to annihilate the Republican Party," Boehner said at a private Ripon Society luncheon, a Republican think tank in Washington. His comments were released on Wendesday.
"And let me just tell you, I do believe that is their goal to just shove us into the dustbin of history," Boehner added. "Ive been in these spots before. I remember November of 06, January of 07 -- weve been through these periods before. And you know, our Members get down, our supporters get down.
Alluding to a costly debt ceiling battle that some members have pushed for, Boehner reiterated the need for temperance on behalf of more eager elements of his party, arguing that Republicans must choose wisely which battlefield they meet Obama on in the coming months.
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Dear Republicans, you're doing it to yourselves, and the President is simply letting you.
President of the Whole Country
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sadbear
(4,340 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)Blue Owl
(50,238 posts)After another drink and smoke break, of course. And maybe a round of golf.
malaise
(268,664 posts)and declared that their sole intention was to make Obama fail and make him a one term President.
Fugg em! Can't wait for the group to get going!!
Taverner
(55,476 posts)SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)'annihilate ' the GOP. You guys have been politically suicidal for a long time.
We People
(619 posts)cbrer
(1,831 posts)flamingdem
(39,308 posts)Image via DU member Berlum
BumRushDaShow
(128,372 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)Stealing...
ellisonz
(27,711 posts)ProSense
(116,464 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,372 posts)You dumbasses dug yourselves so deep for the past 4 years that you're down near the mantle of the earth of history now. The dustbin stage happened when McLame and Caribou Barbie lost.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)nc4bo
(17,651 posts)If any group of people deserve to be put down, it would be every GOP neocon, teabagging, corporate-whore, capitalist slop bucket pos in existence.
Speck Tater
(10,618 posts)grantcart
(53,061 posts)barbtries
(28,756 posts)they're steering themselves straight into the dustbin of history.
LisaLynne
(14,554 posts)They are ALWAYS accusing others of what they themselves are doing. They are annihilating themselves! So funny and yet sadly predictable.
Deep13
(39,154 posts)KharmaTrain
(31,706 posts)The favorables of the rushpublicans in the House are less than people who like botulism. Boner knows he has a dysfunctional poor excuse for a party and already has the excuses laid out. Gerrymander can only help for so long as the pressure on blue and purple state congresscritters will grow as more light is put on these losers. Today's sad demonstration in the Benghazi hearings show how disconnected his party is from reality and the electorate. Thus instead of confronting problems head on and governing (which rushpublicans have no clue on how to do) it's more rhetoric and attempts to obstruct.
Cha
(296,775 posts)spanone
(135,781 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)How could anyone forget the insane clown circus?
markpkessinger
(8,392 posts)ellisonz
(27,711 posts)And save us the trouble
Lil Missy
(17,865 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)OldDem2012
(3,526 posts)...because the GOP Tea-Nazis have kick-started their own demise.
lpbk2713
(42,736 posts)Best idea I've heard all day.
But seriously, why bother? The GOP is doing a fine job of it without any help from us.
toddwv
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grantcart
(53,061 posts)GOP melt down in progress.
Bake
(21,977 posts)And also during the first Obama term.
Bake
sad-cafe
(1,277 posts)good!