John Boehner flips out on conservative activists

[DonViejo]

Source: Salon



"When you criticize something and you have no idea what you’re criticizing, you’ve lost your credibility"

ELIAS ISQUITH

At his press conference on Thursday, Speaker of the House John Boehner took some big rhetorical shots at the outside, grass-roots conservative organizations that are mobilizing in opposition to the proposed Ryan-Murray budget deal.

Making reference to the fact that many of these outside groups — like the Club for Growth or Heritage Action — came out in opposition to the Ryan-Murray deal before its details were released, Boehner said, “When groups come out and criticize an agreement that they’ve never seen, you begin to wonder just how credible those actions are. Frankly, I think they’ve lost all credibility.”

When asked by a reporter whether he believed these outside groups should stop organizing against the deal, Boehner was dismissive. “I don’t care what they do,” he said.

Boehner’s rant comes on the heels of a similar jeremiad, delivered on Wednesday, during which Boehner said that conservative groups were “using our members and…the American people for their own goals. This is ridiculous,” he added.

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[yodermon]

1. Ok, John, then bring the Immigration Bill to the floor for a vote.

or are you just spouting.

[louis-t]

2. Maybe John grew a new brain cell or two.

Nah, couldn't be.

[PatrynXX]

3. He's likely sober

at the moment.. smh

[K lib]

4. Kind of like flipping out about the ACA before it comes out completely nt

[question everything]

5. I think that 2014 will be a watershed event for the Republicans

They will either get the teabaggers under control, or will be taken over by it and will see their party going down the bath drain, just as Norquist wishes for a government.

Personally, I think that it is healthier to have at least two parties, but perhaps it is time for the "Party of Lincoln" to be reborn.

[mac56]

6. He's panicking.

[Hayduke Bomgarte]

7. Well, as an preeminent expert

on credibility, as well as being a shining example of such sterling credibility himself, Boehner certainly...Uh. Um. Ah..Well, he's orange... I'm trying to play devils advocate and say something good about him.

That's all I got.