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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMorning Joe: Boehner may be doomed
General consensus (even Joe) is that Boehner is going to have to decide to "do the right thing" at some point, which will probably risk his Speakership.
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Morning Joe: Boehner may be doomed (Original Post)
brooklynite
Oct 2013
OP
Only in the Republican Party is "doing the right thing" tantamount to losing your job.
chelsea0011
Oct 2013
#9
Boehner has never been anything more than an oversized gavel and his favorite drink
malaise
Oct 2013
#11
joshcryer
(62,270 posts)1. On the debt ceiling, no doubt.
But if the teabaggers really think they can oust him for raising it? They're deluded.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)12. Billion Dollar Boehner
LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)2. But, but, that would make him CRY
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)8. We are working on a solution to that problem, 100,000 pacifiers
We'll send John Boehner a pacifier for every person who tells him to end the shutdown
SIGN: http://act.credoaction.com/sign/boehner_pacifier/
B Calm
(28,762 posts)3. Watching them self distruct is so much fun!
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)5. We're all on the airplane with these lunatics
At 30,000 feet.
el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)4. Probably accurate
But then again, a few weeks ago I would have said "There's no way they let the government shut down."
I'm not confident saying "There's no way Boehner lets us default on out debt."
Bryant
jsr
(7,712 posts)6. Couldn't happen to a nicer drunk
charmay
(525 posts)7. He'll just be replaced by another idiot.
chelsea0011
(10,115 posts)9. Only in the Republican Party is "doing the right thing" tantamount to losing your job.
City Lights
(25,171 posts)10. That's sure to make the orange boner weep again.
malaise
(268,998 posts)11. Boehner has never been anything more than an oversized gavel and his favorite drink
He may be the worst Speaker in history
bluedeathray
(511 posts)13. But handguns aren't allowed in DC
Oh... you meant resign.
Sorry.
BainsBane
(53,032 posts)14. handguns are allowed in DC
ever since Heller.
bluedeathray
(511 posts)15. Thanks for the red pen
You sure know how to kill a joke noire...
BainsBane
(53,032 posts)16. gotta keep the jokes current
Or they don't work. Yours is five years out of date. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_v._Heller