Boehner named Majority Leader

[Stinky The Clown]

Breaking on MSNBC .... no link yet

on edit, MSNBC now has it on their breaking news banner ... but no story yet.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/

Yahoo now has an AP-sourced story ... short and sweet:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/gop_race;_ylt=ApSzGhHwhH689GMC7dS065Ss0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--

[catmother]

1. does it really matter who it is? nt

[Stinky The Clown]

2. Only in the sense that Blount (DeLay clone) was supposed to be a lock

Why didn't he get it?

[catmandu57]

22. Papadoc blunt is contaminated

he's connected to abramoff and will be lucky if he's not in prison by this time next year.

[indypaul]

46. Just a guess but,

they were probably using Diebold equipment to
record the votes.

[DainBramaged]

3. Once a boner, always a boner

[marmar]

9. LOL. Is that how it's pronounced?

Repugs are obsessed with phalluses.

[OzarkDem]

33. No, its pronounced "bay-ner"

Another Ohio GOP leader linked to lots of corruption.

They've been making noises about redistricting here, I hope he doesn't try to pull a DeLay on Ohio. Redistricting was just completed during the last census in 2000.

[johnfunk]

4. Says a lot: GOP picks a BONER over a BLUNT...

sorry, couldn't resist, even if it is pronounced "Bay-nur".

[Catchawave]

30. My .local news is pronouncing it Bay-ner ?

Guess I'll wait for Bush's "official" pro-nunce-eee-a-shun :rofl:

[Stinky The Clown]

32. It is pronounced 'BAY-nehr" ..... but 'boner' works, too.

:)

[Catchawave]

37. Thanks.....it's just "phonics" screwed me up as a child

I'm now going to pronounce ROE v. Wade as "RaY v.Bade"...snork. :hi:

Edit for enunciation :)

[JMDEM]

51. A Boehner up the Donkey

That's the Republican plan. Plus, it might increase membership in the Log Cabin club.

Do you realize how warped the guy probably is having to grow up with that name?

[Beetwasher]

5. Bush, Dick and Bohner

Heh.

[underpants]

11. They have a Boehner out in front

[underpants]

12. and a Boehner will lead them

[underpants]

13. We need to keep an eye on that Boehner

[DainBramaged]

16. I wonder if Boehner wil have a hands off policy?

[wordpix2]

59. I think Boehner will be very hands on with Dick and Bush

[Beetwasher]

20. One Eye On The Boner

One hand in the Bush.

[wordpix2]

61. Boehner, Dick and Bush like nothing better than to screw the country

[SpiralHawk]

26. Boehner uber alles

(except for Republican Jeff Gannon). Aye, there's the rub.

[EvolveOrConvolve]

49. That's the exact same thing I thought

when I heard the news.

[cal04]

6. Boehner wins

John Boehner of Ohio chosen as House majority leader, GOP officials say
West Chester Rep. John Boehner won an upset victory today to replace Rep. Tom DeLay of Texas as the new House majority leader.

The post, second in the House after Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., makes Boehner the highest-ranking Ohioan in the House since Speaker Nicholas Longworth of Cincinnati died in 1931.

It’s a position that will bring increased clout to the Greater Cincinnati region – but no additional money for local projects. Boehner is one of a handful of lawmakers who refuse to earmark money for his district in the federal budget.

Boehner, 56, was chosen by fellow House Republicans during a secret election over acting Majority Leader Roy Blunt, R-Mo., and Rep. John Shadegg, R-Ariz.

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060202/NEWS01/302020006/-1/rss

[Marie26]

39. No earmarks?

"Boehner is one of a handful of lawmakers who refuse to earmark money for his district in the federal budget."

An honest Republican? Can this be? It seems like House Rep. are trying to clean up their act a little.

[kurth]

7. This freakin' country is getting screwed!

[DainBramaged]

8. "This freakin' country is getting screwed!"

Just another boner, that's all.

[LiberalEsto]

18. Hope he's not too hard on

the Democrats

[wordpix2]

62. LOL

[Wabbajack]

10. At least he's not a big time religious right figure like Blunt

[Stinky The Clown]

14. True enough ....... but still a nutjob

[DainBramaged]

15. Boehner got Blunt

What a way to win.

[BentleyJD]

23. Really

this former Ohioan can tell you he is a nasty, arrogant prick.
take care
tony and dietrich

[Luke21]

60. Religious right

Believe it or not, the most conservative people wanted Shadegg, not Blount. He is known as undependable and dubious, not as a Christian crusader.

[Pirate Smile]

17. Was he handing out Tobacco lobbyist money for votes?

[Whoa_Nelly]

19. Boenher has ties to Abramoff!! Link: LA Times

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-assess8jan08,0,382146,full.story?coll=la-home-headlines


and a tiny URl, in case the above doesn't work:

http://tinyurl.com/ey52h

January 8, 2006
1 Fix, More Problems for GOP

<snip>

According to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, he received $32,500 in campaign contributions from Abramoff and the lobbyist's clients — more than DeLay did.

And in the mid-1990s, Boehner was criticized by public interest groups for passing out campaign contributions from tobacco companies to lawmakers on the House floor.

[OzarkDem]

35. Yeah, he's corrupt

also a corporate fascist type. Not a nice guy, highly partisan. Dems had better steer clear of anything he's trying to sell.

[wordpix2]

63. perfect guy to continue repukes' policies

[Straight Shooter]

21. Is that a Boehner you got for majority leader

or are ya just glad to see me?

[phrenzy]

24. Boner, Dick, Bush, Colon? Jeezus... (nt)

[womanofthehills]

25. Still glad it wasn't Blount

I think Blount would still let Delay run things behind the scenes as they schemed together

[dave29]

27. Jack Abramoff, Boehner, Dick, Bush

The circle perk continues

[rainbow4321]

28. Blunt also recently blamed chimp for low Congressional repuke poll #'s

With comments like these, did we really think that chimp was going to let him be elected as "leader"??


http://www.mysanantonio.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D8FFAF7O9.html


Blunt, R-Mo., said he remains confident of a first-ballot win at Thursday's elections to pick a successor to Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas. "If anybody can count members of the House, I can count members of the House," he said, referring to his experience as GOP whip.

<snip>

Republicans confront poor polls as they settle in for the new session of Congress, a topic Blunt was asked about when he spoke to about 65 or so conservatives. Burson Taylor, Blunt's spokeswoman, said the congressman responded that President Bush's own low polls are partly the cause. He went on to say that House Republicans must take steps to make sure lawmakers "can advance our message" better than is now the case, she added. As an example, Blunt said Republicans should try not to pass major legislation in the middle of the night, she added.

[confludemocrat]

40. good insight, esp. the imprecation against mid-night Repub. skullduggery

wow, that is just too much unguarded, 11th-hour honesty. OD'd on candor and that killed him-for good, which figures.

[demo dutch]

29. What's with the tan, Boehner!!!

[savemefromdumbya]

31. More Abramoff problems for GOP - Boehner & $32,000

According to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, he received $32,500 in campaign contributions from Abramoff and the lobbyist's clients — more than DeLay did.

Pity they didn't pick an Abramoff-free rep? LOL!

[annofark]

34. They all get money and it is sounds like BAAAner

His name sound like it is spelled bAner. So the boner jokes aren't that accurate.

The thing is that lobbyists around DC donate to almost all races (dem and rep) at some point. It is hard to find someone with NO connection to the crook.

[OzarkDem]

38. Is that so?

But the ones who take money for bribes to funnel government contracts and favors are Republicans.
Dems don't control contracts or appropriations, so they're not susceptible to bribing.

But you already knew that, didn't you?

[nookiemonster]

52. Outstanding rebuttal!!!

What would you like on your TOMBSTONE freep?

:thumbsup:

[annofark]

67. You missed the point

What I meant by that OZARRRRK was that across the board.. repubs and democrats have gotten money from "un-desirable" lobbyists and I don't think everyone is guilty by association.

[confludemocrat]

41. Nonsense. Anyway, this guy outranks even Blount in Abramoff money rec'd

like the Democrats said about Boehner, "more of the same"

[confludemocrat]

36. I think they know Blount's getting indicted sooner than Boehner

so why not a have a junket-tanned fellow asshole represent their disgusting bunch of congressional wrecking crew for awhile before they are forced to select a human being as leader

[humbled_opinion]

42. Does it even matter?

Why, Who cares? Will anything really Change? Smoke and mirrors!!!

[Bridget Burke]

56. Then why do you even post?

The guy elected is a Republican Crook. But he's not the Republican Crook that DeLay wanted!

[demo dutch]

43. CNN/ Boehner elected House majority leader

What with the tan!!! Boehner

Republicans choose Ohio lawmaker to succeed DeLay
Thursday, February 2, 2006; Posted: 3:14 p.m. EST (20:14 GMT)

(CNN) -- House Republicans on Thursday elected U.S. Rep. John Boehner of Ohio as majority leader.

He upset Rep. Roy Blunt of Missouri in a 122-109 vote on the second ballot. Rep. John Shadegg of Arizona dropped out of the running after the first ballot.

"Believe me, the world goes on," Blunt said after the vote.

"We have a great leadership team," he said. "We're going to work to make the Congress better. More importantly we're going to work to make the country better, and I look forward to working with John Boehner as majority leader to make that happen."

Boehner is an eight-term congressman from the Cincinnati area. He served in the GOP leadership after the Republicans won control of both houses of Congress in 1994, but he was bounced out after they lost seats in the 1998 elections.

He had offered himself as a reform candidate to succeed Tom DeLay, who faces money-laundering charges in his home state of Texas.

Boehner's ascension comes as other Republicans have raised concerns about an extensive influence-peddling probe involving lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who pleaded guilty to corruption charges in January and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors.

DeLay announced January 7 that he would not try to reclaim the House majority leader post, although he said he will seek re-election in his Houston area district in November. DeLay also has ties to Abramoff.

The race for majority leader appeared to turn on the desire for members to present a fresh face to the public and distance themselves from Washington's K Street, or lobbyist, community.

Blunt was a part of DeLay's leadership team and has ties to K Street.

Going into the 2006 elections, House Republicans enjoy a 232-203 majority over Democrats and one independent.

The Democratic leadership have accused the GOP of a "culture of corruption," and the minority party's candidates plan to make ethics a main issue in this year's campaigns.

A recent CNN poll found that 40 percent of those interviewed believed that Democrats would do a better job of dealing with corruption, while 32 percent thought Republicans would do better.

Nineteen percent believe there is no difference between the parties as far as corruption issues.

The results were based on interviews conducted January 20-22 with 506 Americans and had a plus or minus margin of error of 4 percent.

[DemInDistress]

44. Good for boomer since he's from the ultra corrupt state

of Ohio, maybe Ney will have some say later down the road..

[wellst0nev0ter]

45. Who Want's To Bet

That he handed out monogrammed checks to all those who voted for him?

[Borgnine]

47. I can't see Boehner rising to the occasion.

God, I know his name isn't pronounced that way, but it's so delicious nonetheless.

[Luke21]

58. Even the pubs don't like him.

The establishment Republicans are cutting their throats at every opportunity, very much like 1991. This guy is just another hack with a funny name.

Both parties have to pay attention to their activists. The GOP is in danger of forgetting theirs. They've formed a club of big money, slow moving elephants, and resist any true effort at reform. It's like asking a club of insurance salesmen to reform themselves.

[OG Yankee Patriot]

48. I Guess Congressman Stiffy Was Out of Town

i'm sorry. i don't know what came over me.
any way you pronounce it, he's a dick.

http://www.dccc.org/houseofscandal/main.html

[lovuian]

50. No More Money Bush!!!

the cookie jar is empty!!!

[sam sarrha]

53. Boner is the guy who was passing out checks from the Tobacco Companies

to Republican congressmen before a vote an a tobacco bill.. another RepugNut went down and told him to stop because it 'Looked' bad.. not because it 'WAS BAD'...

[Rose Siding]

54. Boehner's one Jim McDermott busted for plotting against the ethics cmte

in '96. TPM has a post up about that:

snip>
To make a long story semi-short, Gingrich, DeLay, Dick Armey, Boehner and several others got together on a conference call to plot a counterattack against a finding of the House Ethics Committee -- something Gingrich was explicitly prohibited from doing as a condition of the punishment he received for various ethical infractions.

Boehner, though, called into the call on a cell phone. Because of that, a Florida couple picked up the conversation on a police scanner. They recognized Gingrich's voice, thought it sounded important and recorded it. They in turn gave a copy of the recording to Rep. McDermott who was then, co-chair of the Ethics Committee. McDermott later leaked copies of the recording to news organizations to show that Gingrich et al. had broken the rules.

The whole thing was a big to-do at the time.

Boehner later sued McDermott alleging violations of privacy and so forth. And he may well have a point (here's McDermott's side of the story and here's a post from John Aravosis on why the legal argument Boehner is pressing could have a seriously stifling effect on the press.)

But if that's a problem, it's McDermott's problem. It doesn't get Boehner off the hook. He did have the conversation. And he did plot with Gingrich and DeLay to obstruct the will of Ethics Committee, break House rules and to violate the terms of the punishment imposed on Gingrich.

The whole suit is a brilliant example of using the means of your getting caught to divert people's attention from what you got caught doing.....

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/007591.php

[bcoylepa]

55. 10 things about Boehner

follow this link to get a fuller picture of the man - it ain't pretty

http://njdc.typepad.com/njdcs_blog/2006/02/new_gop_leader_.html

[DirtyDawg]

57. Keep it up...

...you repigs. By the time November comes around you'll be luck if you get anybody elected...I hope, I hope, I hope...

[wordpix2]

64. definitely the guy is following in DeLay's footsteps-like rethugs want

[BlueInPhilly]

65. First you get Lay'ed

Then you get a Bo(eh)ner.

[abex]

66. stupid boner nt