I kinda feel bad for Boner.

[Stinky The Clown]

Think about it.

He's the top GOPer in the Congress, but he can be knocked out on his ass by a right wing kook with Kock funding. He knows that. So he treats people he *K*N*O*W*S* are crazy as shit house rats as if they mattered. In so doing, he avoids the threat of being primaried.

Meanwhile, the sane people think he's fostering the killing of the country. It is entirely possible that he will lose his speakership on a vote.

So what's he to do? Piss off the sane people or piss off the crazy as shit house rat people?

[valerief]

1. Shit, I feel bad for the hungry kids and people who can't pay their mortgages.

I certainly DO NOT feel one iota of sympathy for Boehner.

Oh, wait. Was your post supposed to be sarcasm?

[Stinky The Clown]

5. Of course it was sarcasm

But that won't stop the amateur excoriators from weighing in.

Watch.

[valerief]

11. Whew! You had me worried for a minute. nt

[fadedrose]

25. I bit. Next time use a sarcasm thingy for us old folks

Shame on you Stinker, I mean Stinky...

And I even rec'd your post because I thought you had a heart....

You can keep the rec that you got under false pretense

[Stinky The Clown]

27. Okay, now I'm going to try to have it both ways . . . .

I actually do feel a little sorry for him. He's in a no win situation. Even as it is of his own making and even as it puts him ahead of his job and his country, I can still muster some level of humanity towards him.

That said, I am cheering for his rapid descent to the shitheap of history.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

2. I don't.

[Warpy]

3. Since he didn't err on the side of the country

I can't find a scrap of sympathy for that venal man. I want him gone, as quickly as possible.

I want the lot of them humiliated, out of office, and quite possibly prosecuted under the RICO statutes, the sedition law, and whatever else the DOJ can throw at them---and their billionaire bosses.

[snappyturtle]

4. If he truly had the best in mind for the country the answer is simple:

piss off the crazy as shit house rat people. imho

[KharmaTrain]

6. Too Late...The Dancing Boner Is Going To Be Primaried...

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/09/19/1240032/-Boehner-may-have-primary-opponent-in-2014

According to TPM (Talking Points Memo), John Boehner has attracted a Republican primary challenger next year. Eric Gurr, CEO of a computer consulting firm says he will challenge Boehner, primarily because of two things: Boehner's position on immigration reform and his support for U.S. military involvement in Syria. (Boehner says he supports incremental immigration reform, but Gurr won't have any of that).

I have no pity for this oxygen thief. What's the worse that will happen? He quits and becomes a high paid lobbyist? His future is far more assured and secured than the millions of people he and his ilk attempt to screw over daily...

[Motown_Johnny]

7. I think he just gets drunk and forgets about it for as long as possible

The Republican party is screwed. The Teabaggers are not really Republicans and having 2 parties trying to occupy one place at the same time is not possible.

I think the Teabaggers win this fight simply because they are so gerrymandered in, they are the less likely to lose their seats.

It really is a clusterf@#k in an earthquake over there.

[Demoiselle]

8. In the same general vein...

I don't think he feels very much of anything.
Except sorry for himself.

[kentuck]

9. He puts his own interests above those of the country.

He's a low-life asshole.

[Ohio Joe]

10. No... Fuck that orange POS

I can't think of anything horrible enough that could happen to him that would get him my sympathy.

[steve2470]

12. piss off the crazies, resign his Speakership, and go get a cushy job in the private sector

I have no pity on the fool.

[Mass]

13. Do not feel bad. He is directly responsible of what happened. He ordered the rule that

prevented anybody else than the GOP leadership to bring the Senate bill to the floor (it could not have happen without his agreement). He could TODAY solve the problem by bringing the bills to the floor, get them passed and move on. He may lose his speakership, but so what. He is not doing that great a job anyway.

[cyberswede]

14. I think he should put his foot down and piss off the teahadists.

It would be the right thing to do for the country. Not holding my breath.

[highplainsdem]

15. I don't feel sorry for anyone pandering to a few crazies to the detriment of the entire

country, and eventually the world if they don't raise the debt ceiling, just to save his speakership.

[backscatter712]

16. If he had any integrity at all, he'd bring the CR and debt ceiling to a vote, then resign.

At least then he'd go out with some dignity.

But the drunken POS values being Speaker more than he values America, so he won't...

[rustydog]

17. He wanted the job, he worked hard for that position

He made his bed, let the drunken ass sleep in it.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

18. I don't.

He helped create this mess. He owns it.

[spanone]

19. he's worthless as a speaker. he delivers nothing. incapable of action. worthless.

did i say worthless?

[MSMITH33156]

20. Nope, he is the single biggest problem in the entire government

Had he any backbone he actually would have strengthened his position as Speaker, and now he is a puppet.

Look, we can make fun of Republicans being crazy, but it's not all of them or even a majority. It's a vocal minority. All Boehner had to do was show leadership, stand up to them from the beginning, and said, "look, we are a minority in government, the best way to advance any of our causes is to compromise with Democrats and be reasonable, that way we can pass compromise bills that get us some things. Otherwise, we won't get anything. If you don't like that, kick rocks." And a majority of his caucus would have jumped in behind him in lockstep. The extreme right that is now pulling him down would have been neutered, end of story.

We are not without our own crazies in our party. But our leaders, Reid and Pelosi (not to mention Obama), are competent, so they keep our fringe in line. This idiot Boehner's inability to handle his own caucus is what has caused this entire mess. Feel bad for him? He is the problem. Not Cruz, not the extreme in the House, him. Because he is the one who failed in his role as Speaker, and in doing so, lead a breakdown of government.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

21. I feel more bad for rats

[kairos12]

23. Spewed my drink, thanks.

[fadedrose]

22. I feel sorry for him too..

Jimmy Carter's in NY bldg a Habitat house and was asked about Boener, and he said that he knows him, that he's a decent person, and that he knows that Boener will find the courage to do the right thing. That's why I like Carter. He's a fair man...

[JHB]

24. He asked, and he has received. No sympathy.

[bravenak]

26. You don't feel bad for him.

Admit it. You love the fact that he's getting what he so richly deserves. We all do. It's hard to drag our troglodytes out of their caves into the light. Trying to explain to them where the sun goes at night, that we don't have to pray for it to come back up, global warming, sciences, maths, histories gets exhausting.
They should have been paying attention.

[rdharma]

28. Boner & Kantor are responsible for NOT bringing the CR to a vote! They OWN the shutdown!

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"Under section 2 of House Resolution 368, the motion (to bring the CR to a vote) may be offered only by
the majority leader or his designee."

[DonCoquixote]

29. I feel no pity for ANY GOP

For years, the so called "moderates" have been enabling and defending their crazier comrades, and have offered, at best, loud, cold silence, when the abuses their friends did started to make Americans suffer and die.

To quote that misquoted man, MLK, we will remember the "silence of our friends." At this point, we need to cut the cancer out.

[Scuba]

30. "Doing the right thing" never crossed his little pea-brain.