John Boehner’s animal House

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dana-milbank-in-the-house-a-beaten-boehner-accepts-defeat/2012/12/21/eda91cf0-4b95-11e2-a6a6-aabac85e8036_story.html



John Boehner’s animal House
By Dana Milbank, Published: December 21


On Wednesday night, senators took a break from the hard work of rescuing the nation’s finances. They summoned Daniel Day-Lewis and Steven Spielberg, ordered in popcorn and watched the movie “Lincoln.”

After Thursday night’s debacle in the House — in which Speaker John Boehner had to pull his own tax bill from the floor for lack of votes — Republicans in that chamber may wish to schedule a movie night of their own. Perhaps they should consider an earlier Spielberg film: “Jurassic Park.”

In Boehner’s House, the animals are rampaging.

The outcome should have been obvious, perhaps, when Boehner named his proposal Plan B, better known as an emergency contraceptive. But instead of gaining negotiating leverage by getting House Republicans on board for a modest tax hike on millionaires, Boehner birthed a rebellion that ended in public humiliation.


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That left Boehner weak and dispirited Friday morning as he talked about prospects for a broad agreement. “How we get there, God only knows,” he said.

He likened his position on his failed proposal (which would have prevented a tax hike on all people but millionaires) to being a lifeguard who sees 100 people drowning in a pool and can’t save them all. “If I can go in there and save 99 people,” he said, “that’s what I should do as a lifeguard.”

But his rampaging Republicans have a different philosophy: Let ’em all drown.

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1. it's a freakin' zoo

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