Looks like Boehner had a little too much Merlot.

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Looks like Boehner had a little too much Merlot. He's mouthing off to "Anthony": http://bit.ly/JeJVmg Remember John: "It's a GOOD life."
9:17 AM - 11 Dec 2013

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John Boehner: Conservative Groups' Reaction to Budget Deal Is...
House Speaker John Boehner went off on outside conservative groups Wednesday morning for pushing against the new budget deal.From Matt Berman’s article:

House Speaker John Boehner went off on outside conservative groups Wednesday morning for pushing against the new budget deal.

“They’re using our members and they’re using the American people for their own goals,” he said. “This is ridiculous.”

Several key conservative groups are against the sequester relief within the new budget deal.

“Though conservatives support more spending restraint, the discretionary spending limits defined in the Budget Control Act represent a promise to the American people to marginally slow the growth of government,” reads a letter signed by the heads of Heritage Action, the Family Research Council, and the American Conservative Union. Heritage Action’s Michael Needham penned an op-ed in USA Today on Tuesday calling the deal “a step backward.” The Cato Institute called the deal a “huge Republican cave-in.”…

http://www.nationaljournal.com/congress/john-boehner-conservative-groups-reaction-to-budget-deal-is-ridiculous-20131211

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http://www.balloon-juice.com/2013/12/11/open-thread-when-youve-lost-orange-john/

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1. Pure theater. All around. n/t