6 Reasons Why John Boehner Is The Worst Speaker EVER
House Speaker John Boehner, the worst speaker ever, is currently the third most important person in the U.S. government. If, gods forbid, anything were to happen to President Obama and Vice-President Biden, Boehner would be in charge. That is a truly frightening thought if one has been paying any attention at all to his tenure. His floundering has been, by turns, distressing and exasperating. He has allowed a small faction of about 30 representatives to run roughshod over the rest of the House. One could only imagine what would happen were that scenario to be expanded to include the Executive branch. He’s the worst speaker ever and that job is a lot easier than president.
Boehner and his supposed majordomo, Eric Cantor, seem to live in eternal crisis mode, though it is nearly always manufactured. Governing from crisis-to-crisis has driven our economy to the brink and widened both the gap between rich and poor and the gap between conservative and liberal. Michael Tomasky of The Daily Beast summed it up perfectly:
Couldn’t have said it better myself. There are several factors that, taken individually, might be overcome. But Boehner’s reign as worst speaker ever is the perfect storm of dysfunction and pettiness at a time when the country — and his party — needs a Speaker with a backbone and the moral and ethical strength to be the third in line to the White House. Here is why he is the worst Speaker ever.
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