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Peacetrain

(22,876 posts)
Fri Oct 4, 2013, 01:27 PM Oct 2013

John Boehner we cannot help you ..

There is nothing that Democrats can do to pull your bacon out of the fire.

You have got to stand up to your bully base, even if they are Koch funded.. you have got to let bills come to the floor and votes happen

There are no two party talks.. that is international politics, not national politics.

And we have talked ourselves blue in the face.

The President has reached out to you and the republicans leadership so many times, he has gotten in trouble with his base..but he kept trying and you kept smacking it down.

I understand whey President Obama did that.. he came from the Senate not a state house.. he wanted to work within the collegial framework.

But you would have none of it. Your party bullies took over and tried to ride you out.. we all know what happened..and it is tough to stand up .. but John, hoping we will come and save your hash.. is a day late and a dollar short.

The best advice I could give you, if you are in the mood for any at all .. is to take a stand and save your reputation for the generations. You are going to get voted out for sure, if you do not start standing up and giving the other people in your caucus a place to line up behind.

Now is your test.

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