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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhether you like her or not, Ms. Nancy Pelosi is a very classy person. Her warm words for Boehner
set a nice tone for collegiality and to tell the truth I'm sort of glad Boehner was re-elected to Speaker. I'm used to him.
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Whether you like her or not, Ms. Nancy Pelosi is a very classy person. Her warm words for Boehner (Original Post)
monmouth4
Jan 2015
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I've noticed the right wingers really seem to hate Boehner, and Gohmer would have been a hell of a
dissentient
Jan 2015
#1
Definitely, but I had to chuckle at Col. Powell's name was in there....They are craaaaazy. FR has a
monmouth4
Jan 2015
#5
Gohmert would be a lot more fun. Congress is a complete joke, why not have a clown as Speaker?
AlinPA
Jan 2015
#9
dissentient
(861 posts)1. I've noticed the right wingers really seem to hate Boehner, and Gohmer would have been a hell of a
lot worse.
So, there is that.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)3. Yep! I'm not a fan of Boehner, but if the RW hates him, then I'm for him! n/t
Turbineguy
(38,958 posts)4. Gohmert would have been OK
For stand-up comedy anyway.
dissentient
(861 posts)6. lol, true. That would have been a comedy bonanza for the comedians!

monmouth4
(10,359 posts)5. Definitely, but I had to chuckle at Col. Powell's name was in there....They are craaaaazy. FR has a
sad right now, it was all fixed and determined ahead of time (it probably was, that's how it works I guess.)
Proud Public Servant
(2,097 posts)11. Um, it was a Dem who voted for Powell
Jim Cooper, D-TN.
Not that that makes the GOP any less crazy...
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beerandjesus
(1,301 posts)7. I have mixed feelings about Pelosi...
...but she was a first-rate Speaker, from a technical standpoint. Boehner probably wishes he were half as good.
gwheezie
(3,580 posts)8. Nancy is clever
I don't doubt for a minute Nancy didn't realize her kind words towards boner wouldn't enrage the tea bags
AlinPA
(15,071 posts)9. Gohmert would be a lot more fun. Congress is a complete joke, why not have a clown as Speaker?
AlinPA
(15,071 posts)10. If it were the other way around, you can bet there would be no kind words for her from Boehner or
any other republican.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)12. Boehner knows he's on a fool's errand
If they had elected a teabagger, at least they would move legislation to the floor.
Boehner doesn't move crap unless it can pass, and he doesn't move crap - because the House Republicans are unable to pass a bill in the first place.
He can't negotiate and deliver a majority, but then again that means a teabagger wouldn't get a majority either. The difference is that a teabagger speaker would probably move stuff to the floor for a vote, and we'd at least be able to know the real crazies from the marginally less insane.
The White House has ordered up a few barrels of veto ink.