Boehner to McCarthy: From Frying Pan to Fire?
October 1, 2015
Boehner to McCarthy: From Frying Pan to Fire?
by David Macaray
Say what you will about the soon-to-be-replaced House Speaker John Boehner, but the wildly ambitious pilgrim who is waiting in the wings and heavily favored to replace him as Speaker—former Majority Whip and current House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy—could very well make us all cry for our mamas once he takes over.
Boehner (one of 12 children) is 65 years old, a blue-collar Ohioan representing the state’s 8th congressional district, and a practicing and devout Roman Catholic. So moved was he by the Pope Francis’s recent address to Congress, he openly wept on national television.
Granted, the lachrymose Boehner has been known to weep at Hallmark commercials and the sight of dogs mating on his driveway, but still, in this cynical world, the man’s unabashed emotionalism is refreshing. By contrast, McCarthy is a sharp-eyed and unsentimental 50-year old “climber,” a Californian and a Southern Baptist.
Before anyone jumps to the conclusion that being from the relatively progressive state of California makes McCarthy a “moderate,” they need to be reminded of two things: One, there is no such thing as a “Republican moderate,” and two, McCarthy hails from Bakersfield, in Kern County, a region which has been nicknamed “The California Ozarks.” Alas, it’s the shit-kicker capital of the state.
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