So Boner is now a good guy???

[El Supremo]

Because he wanted to fund Planned Parenthood to avoid a shutdown crisis?

How about the countless times he stopped President Obama's bills? Just to oppose Obama?

And now his party says he didn't succeed.

[UTUSN]

1. I know. Lots of posts about what a non-evil dude he is. n/t

[elehhhhna]

2. No but he has done an honorable thing (shocked, I am) and its okay to acknowledge that.

[LostOne4Ever]

25. Honorable? Giving the fox the key to the hen house cause your too lazy to guard it is honorable? nt

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

3. Not to me, and I live in his district.

But we've already got Sheriff 'deport them all' Jones saying he's looking to get the seat as soon as possible. He'll be every bit as bad as Boehner ever was.

[Marrah_G]

4. I don't think he is a good guy

I also think that we might end up with someone even worse.

[UTUSN]

5. True

[Chemisse]

6. It's all relative.

He's better than many in his party; but worse than any Democrat.

Either way, he is a reasonably decent human being, and I wish him well.

[El Supremo]

11. He's a fucking mentally deficient drunk!

[peace13]

13. If a woman politician cried like he does...

...she would be mocked, called weak and sent packing on day one.

[MohRokTah]

7. I think most people realize that what is to come will be worse. eom

[JI7]

8. compared to many others he is

[Hugin]

9. Stay tuned. I'm saving my ire for Speaker Gohmert.

In a few days.

[Volaris]

21. Haha can you imagine that twit running the House in an ELECTION YEAR???

I would never call it a godsend (it would suck in the short term) but holy cow would we wipe the floor with them in Nov...

[Hugin]

22. It would be "AWWW" inspiring.

To say the least.

The horrifying side to this coin is that I'm sure there's teahadists out there, right now, seriously considering this option.

[malaise]

10. It's hilarious

Worst speaker in history

[hobbit709]

19. For now.

But the idiots could pick either Loony Louie or Zippy The Pinhead Gowdy.

Either of them would set the bar so low they'd have to dig a ditch for it.

[peace13]

12. There no way a rational person...

....can actually think this guy was good for the country or anything else. Weird about the folks out here saying that he was a good guy.

[madinmaryland]

14. Dude. He is now a TCU fan??? wtf????

[UtahLib]

15. Not by any stretch of the imagination. nt

[Wounded Bear]

16. Naaahhh

But I suspect that whoever replaces him will be worse. The only saving grace is the remote possibility that shit like this will override the gerrymandering of the last 5 years and the Repub house will re-align.

[LWolf]

17. I was wondering the same thing. nt

[hobbit709]

18. Compared to what?

He was never a good guy in my book. Occasionally he wasn't as stupid and evil as others, but those instances were few and far between.

[DFW]

20. The fact that whoever succeeds him will probably be worse....

....does not miraculously transform Bonehead into a good guy.

[ryan_cats]

23. Did you miss

Did you miss the part where the Pope is a righteous dude?

I love how people are willing to sweep these folks misdeeds under the rug because they agree with them on one thing.

[randome]

24. It's complicated.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Don't ever underestimate the long-term effects of a good night's sleep.[/center][/font][hr]

[alphafemale]

26. Not exactly. But compassion doesn't cost a cent. Feel feel to use in abundance.

I think it is a recognition of a human being that is obviously troubled and besieged and betrayed by those he thought were friends.

This is on an individual level, seeing him as a human being and nothing to do with politics.

And his replacement will probably be far more radical, but will hopefully steel the backbone of the sane in congress even further.

If your enemies want to destroy each other>

Let them.

[PoliticAverse]

27. Well according to President Obama...

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"John Boehner's a good man. He is a patriot. He cares deeply about the House
an institution in which he's served a long time. He cares about his constituents, and
he cares about America."

See his comments about John Boehner:

[FrodosPet]

30. A lot of people will be glad when THAT guy is gone.

If he were a good Democrat, he would be grave dancing.



Personally, I wish the 22nd Amendment were not in force. I don't want to lose President Obama for anyone currently running. If VP Biden runs, I will get active and volunteer. But I'm not putting in labor for anyone currently running.

As for Boehner, He is probably doing the right thing for his mental health by resigning. Now he needs to learn how to put down the booze. But his resigning is going to make the rest of the President's term far more difficult.

[kydo]

28. Not "the" good guy. More like the lesser of 178 evils

Boner is the original Orange Man (cuckoo-a-choo, cuckoo-a-choo). Always was and always will be the orange drunk in charge. Sadly the other 177 nutters in the house are bat-shit crazy. Ok, maybe one or two of this lot are not as insane. But that doesn't mean they are sane either, they just sometimes have brief moments (very brief and very long in between mind you), of normal human behavior and thinking.

[dembotoz]

29. someone who is hated by the tea party more than obama can not be all bad

[stevenleser]

31. No, that is a strawman. Nobody is saying that.

What we are saying is that compared to the rest of the GOP House caucus, he's one of the more reasonable ones. In several cases he has tried to hold back the tea bagged crazies.

If you think he was bad, as the song goes, you ain't seen nothin yet.

[underpants]

32. No not a good guy but we do have to remember....

Boehner did try to make deals with Obama only to return to his figurative caucus room to members swinging from the roof, frothing at the mouth, and flinging poo. Deals fell apart regularly. The sequester was one example.

He didn't appear to be very cunning a politician, he followed the normal steps but the situation had changed. The Teabagger thing got started, as best I can tell, because there was no energy in the Republican Party. The had to create story other than them just sitting around counting their lumps. The fringe was mobilized and the movement was overly credited with success. Too late, not only was a fake force created but spewing nonsense from TV became the course of business for them.

[jwirr]

33. Nah, he's just the lesser of two evils.