Stop the hate, lies and smear Tom! This is unbecoming from the "Kinder, Gentler, Tree Hugging" faction! On the very first day, where is the bi-partisanship that you have been screaming for? Where is the "We can work together" feelings that you have been clamoring for?
Hypocritical? On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 4:05 PM, Tommy News <[email protected]> wrote: > Orange Boner, Cryer of the House, Sheds Crocodile Tears Again and > Again and Again. What are your comments? > > From Greg: > > *? 2 ALL: BOEHNER CRIES AGAIN (AND AGAIN, AND AGAIN) - WHAT ARE YOUR > COMMENTS?* > > Hi Team! > *? 2 ALL: > BOEHNER CRIES AGAIN > (AND AGAIN, AND AGAIN) - > Raw Story reports: > > > "Incoming House Speaker John Boehner -- already famous for his crying > stints -- let the waterworks flow Wednesday as he assumed the > Speaker's chair from outgoing Speaker Nancy Pelosi. > > "ABC News reports that Boehner broke out in tears no fewer than three > times during the ceremony on Capitol Hill -- once as he walked down > the aisle to applause, again as Pelosi read her introduction, and > finally as he took the podium. > > "And Boehner was apparently not alone -- his relatives teared up too, > AP reports. > > 'It is known to bug Boehner that he can't keep it together at big > moments, but apparently it runs in the family. At the moment Pelosi > transferred power to her successor, at least six hankies had been > deployed by Boehner's proudly weeping family members watching from the > gallery overhead.'" > > Boehner cries again (and again, and again) - what are your comments? > > Greg Dempsey > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SECULARHUMANIST/ > Voice of the People > > ======= > > Boehner cries again (and again, and again) > > By Raw Story > Wednesday, January 5th, 2011 -- 7:08 pm > > Stumble This! 14Share 2diggsdigg > > For her part, Pelosi took a jab at Boehner for requesting an oversized > gavel for his role as Speaker. > > "I now pass this gavel, which is larger than most gavels here, but the > gavel of choice of Speaker Boehner, I now pass this gavel -- and the > sacred trust that goes with it -- to the new Speaker," Pelosi said. > > The speakership caps a remarkable rise for Boehner, whose office > regularly peppers reporters with accounts of his hardscrabble early > life as the second of 12 children in a working-class family from Ohio > -- 10 of whom watched from the House visitors' gallery as he took the > oath of office. > > Boehner has led House Republicans in lockstep opposition to Obama's > policies, notably his signature overhaul of US health care, which the > new speaker has vowed to target with a symbolic repeal vote on January > 12. > > As speaker, and backed by Republican committee chairs, he will enjoy > vast powers to shape the agenda in Washington and hamstring the White > House through to Obama's reelection campaign in 2012. > > But with Democrats still in control of the Senate, and Obama still > holding a veto, the Ohio lawmaker will have to harness his > considerable deal-making powers to enact key parts of the Republican > platform. > > Republicans have vowed to slash spending, scrap "job-killing" > government regulations, overhaul the tax code, crack down on > undocumented immigration, cut diplomatic and foreign aid funds, and > investigate the administration. > > Obama and his Democratic allies, meanwhile, have attacked the dapper, > perpetually tan-looking golf enthusiast as a consummate political > insider and key architect of the economic policies that fostered the > painful recession. > > During an early September visit to Boehner's home state, Obama blasted > the lawmaker as having "no new policies" and "no new ideas" and > peddling "the same philosophy that led to this mess in the first > place." > > -- With AFP > > > > -- > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time. > Have a great day, > Tommy > > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at > http://www.PoliticalForum.com/<http://www.politicalforum.com/> > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
