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spanone

(135,857 posts)
Tue Apr 17, 2012, 11:28 AM Apr 2012

boehner...'Mitt Romney has a set of economic policies that can put Americans back to work'

...and those policies are????????????????????

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Boehner endorses Romney for president

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) ended his neutrality in the GOP presidential primary and formally endorsed Mitt Romney on Tuesday.

The top Republican on Capitol Hill told reporters that he was "proud" to support Romney now that it has become clear that the former Massachusetts governor would be the Republican nominee.

"It's clear now that Mitt Romney is going to be our nominee," Boehner said at a press conference. "I think Mitt Romney has a set of economic policies that can put Americans back to work and, frankly, contrast sharply with the failed economic policies of President Obama."

"I will be proud to support Mitt Romney and do everything I can to help him win," Boehner added.
Boehner had remained doggedly neutral throughout the primary, partly due to his high-profile position. Even still, many of the other members of the Republican leadership team in the House endorsed Romney. The most visible declaration arguably came from Boehner's deputy, Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA), who endorsed Romney shortly before Virginia's primary.

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/17/11246774-boehner-endorses-romney-for-president

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no_hypocrisy

(46,151 posts)
1. What failed economic policies?
Tue Apr 17, 2012, 11:31 AM
Apr 2012

Boehner, Cantor, and their republican obstructionists never let any legislation drafted by the White House get enacted.

socialindependocrat

(1,372 posts)
5. So he doesn't offer his plan to save the country....
Tue Apr 17, 2012, 11:47 AM
Apr 2012

he keeps it a secret so he can use it after he's elected.

This sounds rather treasonous to me.

In other words:
Let's let the country fail for four years so we can save it ourselves.

So, suppose that in the future each party blocks the efforts of the other
to make any progress - nothing gets done for another 4 or 8 or 12 years.
What in the hell has our government turned in to?

It doesn't take a 10 year old to see that this needs to be changed - and quickly!

ENOUGH OF THE BULLS#@T - THIS ISN'T A GAME PEOPLE!

 

coalition_unwilling

(14,180 posts)
16. Just like Nixon's 'secret plan' to end the Vietnam War, used during
Tue Apr 17, 2012, 12:24 PM
Apr 2012

the 1968 campaign. The truth was that the only plan Nixon had to end the Vietnam War was to expand it secretly without congressional authorization into Cambodia.

Ancient history, now, I suppose.

 

RevStPatrick

(2,208 posts)
6. Words, words words...
Tue Apr 17, 2012, 11:50 AM
Apr 2012

"I think Mitt Romney has a set of economic policies that can put Americans back to work and, frankly, contrast sharply with the failed economic policies of President Obama."

What do these words even mean?
It's like their lips move, and sound comes out of their mouths, but there is no meaning whatsoever to those sounds. They say anything they want, whether or not it has anything to do with reality.

I wonder... do these people know that they are lying?
What does that do to one's psyche, knowing that everything out of one's mouth is total bullshit?

I can't imagine living like that.

Botany

(70,552 posts)
8. Boner does not see it as lying but doing his job
Tue Apr 17, 2012, 11:58 AM
Apr 2012

Boner does the work of the 1% so he can keep golfing.

HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts)
9. Uh, other than the Stimulus (which worked, for the most part), what's changed since Bewsh?
Tue Apr 17, 2012, 11:59 AM
Apr 2012

No taxes have been raised, corporate or otherwise. We're not back to Clinton-level taxes, (mostly thanks to legislative blackmail with UI). No one involved in financial piracy has been arrested. No perks have been taken away. Universal health care will likely never be enacted in our lifetimes. Life for the extremely wealthy has not been made one atom-speck more miserable.

And the result of that stimulus?

The Dow is up nearly 5000 points since the Failure Fuhrer's last day in office.

We're gaining jobs . . . not many, but it's a damned sight better than either one of Bewsh's terms, believe me. Hiring is picking up again. More people are quitting jobs rather than getting fired from them.

We still got a long way to go, but I would hardly call this repair from the 2000-2008 debacle (an era that's mysteriously coming up blank in TeaHadist memories for two years now) a failure by any stretch.

HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts)
11. Mitt's plan is exactly like EVERY damned pro-corporate GOP Fail-Bomb:
Tue Apr 17, 2012, 12:03 PM
Apr 2012

1. Cut Taxes.
2. Cut Social Services of all kind.
3. Give the Pentasewer anything their hearts desire.
4. Give the Wealthy anything their hearts desire.
5. See #1.

Yeah, how did THAT work out every time it's been tried?

C_U_L8R

(45,014 posts)
14. And where have those ideas been for the last 12 years?
Tue Apr 17, 2012, 12:19 PM
Apr 2012

I don't expect them to magically appear
but maybe Rmoney does

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
15. The possibilities are endless!
Tue Apr 17, 2012, 12:21 PM
Apr 2012

Car elevator repairmen. Hair gel manufacturers. High-altitude dog retrievers. It's all about JOBS, baby!

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