Boehner thinks Emanuel is an ironic choice for a centrist admin?

[ulysses]

What is he smoking?

[Thrill]

1. Rahm doesn't take their crap

Thats all. Rahm is a centrist politically. But he gets in their face.

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. Lol Who knows? They will keep playing the "Obama's a radical liberal" meme as

as long as they can.

[Left Is Write]

Maybe if they do, and his adminstration is successful...

we'll be able to reclaim the word liberal as a good one!

[The Magistrate]

3. The Problem, My Friend, Is That People Like That Have No Idea What A Leftist Is

Anyone to the left of them counts....

[ulysses]

5. my thought is that if

they're going to continue with the "dangerous liberal! socialist!" thing, we might as well actually have it. :evilgrin:

Not going to happen, though.

[The Magistrate]

12. There Is, Sir, the Possibility Of An Odd Backlash, That Could Be Quite Useful Down The Road

Calling people like Rep. Emanuel, and President Obama for that matter, 'hard left' and even 'socialist' types is going to do two things. It is going to desensitize people to the terms, and make many start to think "you know, this 'hard left' stuff ain't so bad, I kind of like it...."

[QueenOfCalifornia]

4. The Boehner

thinks that anyone left of Karl Rove is dangerous. :eyes:

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

6. He's not smoking anything

Boehner is dumber than a sack of doorknobs. He's about to (deservedly) lose his position as House Minority Leader. You might as well engage in a discussion on political tactics with a blueberry muffin than waste your time listening to him.

[nini]

7. Jesus Christ.. Nixon would be a liberal by today's standards in their eyes

:eyes:

[gravity]

8. Boehner is just playing politics

A centrist administration would be the death of the republican party

[demokatgurrl]

9. Republican bullshit spin, that's all.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

10. Anything left of Atilla the Hun and it's 'leftist' to them.

Don't agree with George Bush? You're a liberal, commie leftist! x(

[Barack_America]

11. Eh. He's just upset because he knows Rahm will get shit done.

And the only hope his party has for the short-term is if Obama can't get shit done.