As they wrapped up summer's work on Saturday morning Majority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) left his Republican conference with some parting thoughts about the August recess.
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Boehner: "Despite the continued growth of our economy, however, too many American families continue to feel anxiety about the high cost of living. Our economic engine is firing on all cylinders, but too many American families are still feeling the pinch of rising health care costs, high gas prices, steep college tuition rates, and uncertainty about their retirement savings."
"International threats" are also contributing.
So the GOP's mission in August is "to engage our constituents in a dialogue about their hopes and anxieties and our majority's efforts to address them."
http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2006/07/boehner_urges_h.html#more Love the throw-a-way about "international threats". I guess that would be the little detail about the war epidemic. In his memo, he explains about all the mayhem that his gopsters have protected everyone against, like the "Capitol Hill Democrats'" lust for wild spending, and how the "Capitol Hill Democrats" would drive up the deficit. Oh, and "Capitol Hill Democrats" have nixed drilling in ANWR -though I'm not sure why he wants to bring that up, since the public agrees with them.
But guess what's #1 on his list of topics about which he suggests "dialogue". Here's a hint:
Democrat Predicts Strategy of G.O.P.
August 6, 2005, Saturday
(AP); National Desk
The Democratic Party chairman, Howard Dean, argued on Friday that Republicans would try to make immigrants the ''scapegoats'' in the next election. At a rally here a few miles from the Mexico border, Mr. Dean garnered the loudest applause when he said Republicans would make immigration a pivotal issue.NYT