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January 05, 2011

Boehner's Kinda Awesome Speech
— Ace

All the right notes, and I think he means them. What he's stressing is not the details of governance but the central assumption of it -- democracy, where the people rule.

I actually was taken with this as he spoke, and (I've mentioned this before) I tend to hate speeches, finding them pretty meaningless, even as broad announcements of vague goals. Discussing speeches tends to just be rating oratory and stagecraft and guessing what will happen in the polls, not anything important beyond those horserace/public relations considerations. Reviewing speeches, for me, is as important in the scheme of things, even in politics, as reviewing an especially dreary TV show.

But a vigorous, repeated call for the people's representatives to remember who serves who? That's actually pretty important, especially after the summer of 2009, when Democrats gave the entire country a proud middle finger of elitist, entitled disdain.

Here's the video, and some of the best bits in transcripted form:

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The people of OhioÂ’s Eighth Congressional District continue to afford me the privilege to serve, for which I am deeply grateful.
We gather here today at a time of great challenges. Nearly one in ten of our neighbors are looking for work. Health care costs are still rising for families and small businesses. Our spending has caught up with us, and our debt will soon eclipse the size of our entire economy. Hard work and tough decisions will be required of the 112th Congress.
No longer can we fall short. No longer can we kick the can down the road. The people voted to end business as usual, and today we begin carrying out their instructions.

In the Catholic faith, we enter into a season of service by having ashes marked on our foreheads. The ashes remind us that life in all its forms is fragile Â– our time on this Earth, fleeting. As the ashes are delivered, we hear those humbling words: Â“Remember you are dust, and to dust you shall return.Â”
The American people have humbled us. They have refreshed our memories as to just how temporary the privilege to serve is. They have reminded us that everything here is on loan from them. That includes this gavel, which I accept cheerfully and gratefully, knowing I am but its caretaker. After all, this is the peopleÂ’s House. This is their Congress. ItÂ’s about them, not us. What they want is a government that is honest, accountable and responsive to their needs. A government that respects individual liberty, honors our heritage, and bows before the public it serves.
LetÂ’s start with the rules package the House will consider today. If passed, it will change how this institution operates, with an emphasis on real transparency, greater accountability, and a renewed focus on the Constitution.
Our aim will be to give government back to the people. In seeking this goal, we will part with some of the rituals that have come to characterize this institution under majorities Republican and Democratic alike. We will dispense with the conventional wisdom that bigger bills are always better; that fast legislating is good legislating; that allowing additional amendments and open debate makes the legislative process Â“less efficientÂ” than our forefathers intended.
These misconceptions have been the basis for the rituals of modern Washington. The American people have not been well served by them.
...
Let us now move forward humble in our demeanor, steady in our principles, and dedicated to proving worthy of the trust and confidence that has been placed in us. If we brace ourselves to do our duty, and to do what we say we are going to do, there is no telling what together we can accomplish for the good of this great and honorable nation. More than a country, America is an idea, and it is our job to pass on to our posterity the blessings bestowed to us.

A particularly important quote is over at Hot Air, and a link to hyperliberal toddler Ezra Klein admitting, well, you'll see what he admits.

Klein seems to chalk it up to cunning and stagecraft, but I think it was more than that; maybe I'm a sap, but I think Boehner meant it.

Posted by: Ace at 02:27 PM | Comments (118)
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1 I believe!

Posted by: A kid holding up a sign at a Redskins vs Eagles Monday night game this year at January 05, 2011 02:30 PM (h2+O0)

2 I loved how he kept repeating the word "serve" and how he referred to the House as the peoples house.

And just for giggles, I mentioned earlier it would have been fun to see him with a cocktail and smoking a cig at the dais. The PC crowd would have committed mass suicide.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 05, 2011 02:31 PM (UOM48)

3 I'm not high on speeches.

What I want to see is these guys getting to work, and not going wobbly as is their usual habit after a short period of time. Get that repeal bill going, begin the process of defunding the crap that needs to be defunded, and get the necessary investigations underway.

The clock has started, now get going.

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at January 05, 2011 02:31 PM (nD3Pg)

4 He does have that Dean Martin style aura, doesn't he?

Posted by: Dang at January 05, 2011 02:32 PM (TXKVh)

5 "Temporary." Hold that thought.

Posted by: Cicero at January 05, 2011 02:33 PM (QKKT0)

6 Boehner will have a real advantage over Obama. He hasn't been exposed as a serial liar about his true intentions.

Posted by: jjshaka at January 05, 2011 02:33 PM (ShNUB)

7 Not a word, not a syllable of it do I believe. Not until he proves it with actions. When LackwitCare and the GM bailout and all the other fascist crap passed last year is history, when the federal budget actually gets cut in real dollars for the first time ever, when he spits in Harry the Red's eye and then kicks him in the balls ... then maybe, maybe I'll believe it.

Not before.

Posted by: wolfwalker at January 05, 2011 02:34 PM (Act2k)

8 Very good, but not great

He could have edited out some of the Expected Platitudes and notched up the statement of an overall theme & purpose. He is head of 'the people's House; but he's also the leader of the Republican Party in the House

Posted by: SantaRosaStan at January 05, 2011 02:34 PM (UqKQV)

9 My greatest disappointment was he didn't "trip" and bash Pelosi in the face with the gavel.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 05, 2011 02:34 PM (UOM48)

10 We may have different Â– sometimes, very different Â– ideas for how to go about achieving the common good, but it is our shared goal. It is why we serve.

psssh-yeahhhh.

Okay, that's out of the way. On to a more positive attitude.

Posted by: pep at January 05, 2011 02:35 PM (P18+/)

11 and I think he hit both the Man-Tan and the Dewars before taking the podium

Posted by: SantaRosaStan at January 05, 2011 02:36 PM (UqKQV)

12 Meh, if he would have called on Allen West to accept the gavel for him, then we would have been getting somewhere.

Posted by: robtr at January 05, 2011 02:37 PM (hVDig)

13 Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at January 05, 2011 06:31 PM

Finally, someone gets it.

After reading all the toe-sucking drivel over at TepidAir, one would think Boner slashed the deficit, killed Osama ObamaScare and shrank government -- not to mention Ending War -- all in one speech.

We've had months -- years! -- of big talk. Now, it's time to walk the walk.

I suggest the perp-walk if the dumb shits do as they always do, which is dither, blather, orate and spend.

Prove me wrong, Congressional numb-nuts. I dare you.

Posted by: MrScribbler© at January 05, 2011 02:37 PM (Ulu3i)

14 Stagecraft? Just wait until he feels the power of my fully operational Greek battle columns!

Posted by: The 'Um'peror at January 05, 2011 02:37 PM (u1n1a)

15 Nice speech, noob. I just shut down a fucking gov't agency! With my mind!

Posted by: Chris Christie at January 05, 2011 02:37 PM (FcR7P)

16 You know what's bothering me about that photo of Nancy and Boehner on Drudge? She handed over the gavel, now get off the fucking podium! I haven't seen video of this but she looks like she just had to squeeze out those last 5 seconds in the spotlight.

Posted by: Dang at January 05, 2011 02:38 PM (TXKVh)

17 Yes, but did he need a teleprompter?

Posted by: Methos at January 05, 2011 02:38 PM (Ew1k4)

18 democracy, where the people rule.

"Democracy is two foxes and a chicken voting on what's for dinner."

- Benjamin Franklin

It's why we have a republic, not a democracy. FFS you'd think the speaker of the house would have that figured out.

Posted by: tangonine at January 05, 2011 02:38 PM (x3YFz)

19 I think Dr. Krauthammer needs a vacation. Stat.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 05, 2011 02:39 PM (UOM48)

Like most here, I am taking a wait and see attitude. It was a good speech. Now let's see it followed up by some real action that gets this great country back on the right track.

And yeah... a cig and a glass of Dewars would have been hilarious.

Posted by: jewells45 at January 05, 2011 02:39 PM (Z71Vg)

21 Jane- even my husband is pissed at the Krautmaster. When you've lost my husband... it's all over.

Posted by: jewells45 at January 05, 2011 02:41 PM (Z71Vg)

22 Maybe it's just me, but Boehner looks darker than The One.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 05, 2011 02:41 PM (UOM48)

I agree. Speeches alone can't bring about change.

Posted by: Ronald Reagan at January 05, 2011 02:41 PM (5qBd2)

24 jewells, same here.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 05, 2011 02:42 PM (UOM48)

Good speech. It's the right tone for the people who sent them there.

Now let's get to kneecapping the statists.

Posted by: Warden at January 05, 2011 02:42 PM (HzhBE)

26 Actually, upon further review, I've found that those weren't Boehner's words, but Ace's. WTF Ace?

Posted by: tangonine at January 05, 2011 02:42 PM (x3YFz)

27 9 My greatest disappointment was he didn't "trip" and bash Pelosi in the face with the gavel.

She certainly deserved it for lauding herself and the 111th Congress for 23min, and using that little giggle all the while. No wonder Boehner was tapping his fingers and some R reps were rolling their eyes & groaning.

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 05, 2011 02:42 PM (RsCf8)

28 Boehner's tan still doesn't look as ridiculous as Charlie I can't decide what I want to be today Christ.

Posted by: jewells45 at January 05, 2011 02:43 PM (Z71Vg)

29 Just read your comments, Ace. And all I have to say is; wow! I've never seen you like this.

Posted by: Soona at January 05, 2011 02:44 PM (6R1JY)

I'm surprised Nancy didn't jump on Boehner's back and bite his finger off trying to get her Precious back.

Too bad Boehner didn't take that thing and smack every last tooth out of her mouth with one Herculean swipe.

Posted by: Warden at January 05, 2011 02:44 PM (HzhBE)

31 'the Hammer' has become a steamed noodle. He liked Rs when they were out of power; now that they have the means to do Something he's waffling and dithering

He was totally wrong about the Tea Party, and lately he misses more than he hits

Posted by: SantaRosaStan at January 05, 2011 02:45 PM (UqKQV)

32 It's going to be hilarious when San Fran Nan, who I'm sure has the Air Force on her Blackberry, forgets and orders a jet for herself and her family.

Enjoy commercial with the rest of us, Nancy.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 05, 2011 02:45 PM (UOM48)

33 So they're reading the Constitution, voting on the rules package, and cutting their salaries tomorrow, IIRC. Friday they're debating the repeal of ObamaCare.

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 05, 2011 02:45 PM (RsCf8)

34 And just for giggles, I mentioned earlier it would have been fun to see him with a cocktail and smoking a cig at the dais. The PC crowd would have committed mass suicide.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 05, 2011 06:31 PM (UOM4

Don't forget a Hugh Hefner smoking jacket and ascot

Posted by: Ombudsman at January 05, 2011 02:45 PM (c1oyg)

35 Shit, if it was me I would have a custom gavel modeled after Thor's hammer, then tell pelosi "this is a fucking hammer bitch, take your little tack hammer and fuck off".

Posted by: Berserker at January 05, 2011 02:46 PM (gWHrG)

36 Yeah, he's sincere.

Look, I know he's blown it from time to time, but I never understood the hate or disdain that some express toward him.

Bless him, Cantor*, and the rest of the conservatives in Congress. Let's hope they can persuade their colleagues to stop playing politics with this country's future and set us back on the right track.

_{*I'd be remiss if I didn't add that it gave me tremendous satisfaction to see pictures of House Majority Leader Cantor on the phone with Obama today. I hope the anti-Semitics (on both sides of the aisle... I'm looking at you, Dr. Ron) choke on that image.}

Posted by: Y-not at January 05, 2011 02:46 PM (IDL9N)

37 In the Catholic faith, we enter into a season of service by having ashes marked on our foreheads.

Hey, that gives me a great idea!

Posted by: Doritos ad exec at January 05, 2011 02:47 PM (IDL9N)

38 I told you guys that you were gonna like the idea of Speaker John Boehner. I told ya.

Glad to see he's proving me right so far. I've interacted with him on a couple of occasions, and WYSIWYG with that guy. He's a sentimentalist about America (hence the teariness), but then again so the fuck am I.

Posted by: Jeff B. at January 05, 2011 02:47 PM (NjYDy)

Great speech.

The only improvement would've been if he had brought a giant bucket of water with him - that may have cut the Harpy's speech in half.

Posted by: The Q at January 05, 2011 02:48 PM (5qBd2)

40 _{*I'd be remiss if I didn't add that it gave me
tremendous satisfaction to see pictures of House Majority Leader Cantor
on the phone with Obama today. I hope the anti-Semitics (on both sides
of the aisle... I'm looking at you, Dr. Ron) choke on that image.}

Posted by: Y-not at January 05, 2011 06:46 PM (IDL9N)

AACK! The Jooos have infiltrated Congress?! Then it must have been easy for those Sons of Apes and Pigs to train that shark to kill good Muslim tourists at SharmEl Sheikh..

Posted by: Ombudsman at January 05, 2011 02:50 PM (c1oyg)

41 Jane- even my husband is pissed at the Krautmaster. When you've lost my husband... it's all over.

Posted by: jewells45 at January 05, 2011 06:41 PM (Z71Vg)

The Kraut is still a little peeved that the Tea Party upstarts overrode his elitist view. He's been definitely showing himself as one of the self-appointed ruling class types. He may come around eventually. He's still a plus on our side.

Posted by: Soona at January 05, 2011 02:51 PM (6R1JY)

42 WYSIWYG with that guy. He's a sentimentalist about America (hence the teariness), but then again so the fuck am I.

Posted by: Jeff B. at January 05, 2011 06:47 PM (NjYDy)

He's on probation, as is the R Party. As for the speech, he was crying a little bit as he was still on the floor and getting close to the podium, so I was worried he'd Lose It.

probably Hag Pelosi's speech / flatulent hate rant shocked him back to a tolerable buzz

Posted by: SantaRosaStan at January 05, 2011 02:51 PM (UqKQV)

He's a sentimentalist about America (hence the teariness), but then again so the fuck am I.

I get that feeling about him. I think he's very sincere. I know he comes from a big family, not that makes a difference, but I really get the feeling he gets it. I hope he won't prove me wrong.

Posted by: jewells45 at January 05, 2011 02:51 PM (Z71Vg)

44 *sniff* I'm sad to see Gibbsy leaving. I've greatly enjoyed batting him around like a cat toy these last two years. And we always knew he was lying because his lips were moving. *sniff*

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 05, 2011 02:52 PM (UOM48)

45 Shit, if it was me I would have a custom gavel modeled after Thor's hammer, then tell pelosi "this is a fucking hammer bitch, take your little tack hammer and fuck off".

That's not a hammer. This is a hammer.

Posted by: Crocodile Boehner at January 05, 2011 02:52 PM (P18+/)

46 I'd say you're mostly moved by the rhetoric of a narrow ideology that has no correspondence to reality. For example, how you thought Hope and Change was a blueprint for governing rather than an empty slogan.

Here's the other thing. You always blame Democrats for things like Social Security overspending, but remember how it was Republicans who originally brought us this program, then demonized anyone who tried to cut or privatize it?

It is all about the illusion of victory that matters to you fuckers.

Yes, you heard me. You are fuckers. Fuckity fuckity fucking fuckers.

Posted by: erg at January 05, 2011 02:53 PM (uXfaX)

47 Yikes. Someone broke the blog.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 05, 2011 02:54 PM (UOM48)

48
It is all about the illusion of victory that matters to you fuckers.

Posted by: corky gonzales at January 05, 2011 06:53 PM (uXfaX)

The illusion of you actually being a man is actually a delusion. Can't you dig up some new talking points, turd?

Posted by: SantaRosaStan at January 05, 2011 02:55 PM (UqKQV)

Pelosi's last act with her giant gavel was to smash the HQ's front page.

Posted by: The Q at January 05, 2011 02:55 PM (5qBd2)

50 You know, I always thought that if every respresentative had to spend a week with a normal, run of the mill family it might do them some good. They are so far removed from our daily struggles. Make them sleep in the guest room (or on the sofa), eat with us, spend time with us at work. Go shopping with us.... no perks, no aides. Just one of them spending time with a family.

Posted by: jewells45 at January 05, 2011 02:55 PM (Z71Vg)

51 I see Corky found his thesaurus.

Posted by: pep at January 05, 2011 02:56 PM (P18+/)

52 corky, feeling a little sad today are you?

Posted by: willow at January 05, 2011 02:56 PM (h+qn8)

53 Hey, corky. Bless your heart and fuck off.

From a "tea bagger" you ass.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 05, 2011 02:56 PM (UOM48)

54 It is all about the illusion of victory that matters to you fuckers.
Posted by: corky gonzales

It has nothing to do with victory. It's pretty much about breaking the wills of Statist fucks like you.

Prepare to be sad, bitch.

Posted by: goldbricker esq at January 05, 2011 02:57 PM (h2t8r)

55 It is all about the illusion of victory that matters to you fuckers.
Posted by: corky gonzales

If that's truly the message you gleaned from this fall's elections and today's events, I feel really sorry for you.

Posted by: Y-not at January 05, 2011 02:57 PM (IDL9N)

56 which is immediately contradicted by the requirement that the following programs should not be the objects of any deficit reduction: Medicare/Medicaid, defense spending, Social Security.

then the deficits will not matter, just as the deficits did not matter for eight years under Bush.

You're new around here, aren't you, Skippy?

Posted by: Ombudsman at January 05, 2011 02:57 PM (c1oyg)

57 I'm actually pretty amazed we haven't had more trolls.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 05, 2011 02:58 PM (UOM48)

58 This is what you're fucking teabaggers said throughout the previous election cycle.

I'm fucking teabaggers? No. You're fucking teabaggers.

Posted by: Cicero at January 05, 2011 02:58 PM (QKKT0)

It is all about the illusion of victory that matters to you fuckers.

Here's my illusion. FOAD.

Posted by: jewells45 at January 05, 2011 02:58 PM (Z71Vg)

Posted by: corky gonzales at January 05, 2011 06:53 PM (uXfaX)

Is that you, Nancy?

Posted by: Soona at January 05, 2011 02:59 PM (6R1JY)

61 So...

Are we talking bets as to how long the front page remains broke-ed?

Posted by: goldbricker esq at January 05, 2011 03:02 PM (h2t8r)

62 Dude how do I get to the back up site?

Posted by: Indian Outlaw at January 05, 2011 03:03 PM (7NcLZ)

63 Weird. Is Barry exacting his revenge?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 05, 2011 03:05 PM (UOM48)

64 Hello... is this thing on... testes 1,2...3?

Posted by: Indian Outlaw at January 05, 2011 03:05 PM (7NcLZ)

65 http://www.ace-o-spades.mu.nu/

Posted by: Indian Outlaw at January 05, 2011 03:06 PM (7NcLZ)

66 Jane 66? what do you mean?

Posted by: willow at January 05, 2011 03:06 PM (h+qn8)

67 It's fixed

Posted by: Dave in Texas at January 05, 2011 03:06 PM (WvXvd)

68 The front page, she's a broke!

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 05, 2011 03:07 PM (XBM1t)

69 site is running really slow. yeah and i am too

Posted by: willow at January 05, 2011 03:07 PM (h+qn8)

70 Dave it was all the male morons clicking to find the half breast in Ace's last blog

Posted by: willow at January 05, 2011 03:08 PM (h+qn8)

71 It's fixed

Posted by: Dave in Texas at January 05, 2011 07:06 PM (WvXvd)

Jeez. Boehner went right to work, didn't he?

Posted by: Soona at January 05, 2011 03:09 PM (6R1JY)

72 Hokay, she's a fixed now.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 05, 2011 03:09 PM (XBM1t)

73 I love the illusion of a Republican majority in the House.

I love the illusion of more and more Republican led State Legislatures around the United States.

I love the illusion of Republican states picking up more and more House seats while the Democrat states lose more and more House seats with the shifting population around the United States.

I love the illusion of more and more elected Democrats switching their party to Republican.

I just fucking love all the illusions! I feel like fucking Doug Henning!

Posted by: Dang at January 05, 2011 03:09 PM (TXKVh)

74 From FMJ

He can talk the talk but can he walk the walk.

Let's see, no more freebies here.

Posted by: Vic at January 05, 2011 03:12 PM (M9Ie6)

75 53 You know, I always thought that if every respresentative had to spend a week with a normal, run of the mill family it might do them some good. They are so far removed from our daily struggles. Make them sleep in the guest room (or on the sofa), eat with us, spend time with us at work. Go shopping with us.... no perks, no aides. Just one of them spending time with a family. Posted by: jewells45 at January 05, 2011 06:55 PM

I'm not spending the night with any of you. Somebody always leaves the seat up

Posted by: Bawney Fwank at January 05, 2011 03:12 PM (vdfwz)

76 I just fucking love all the illusions! I feel like fucking Doug Henning! Be gentle, please.

Posted by: Doug Henning at January 05, 2011 03:13 PM (SwkdU)

77 I just fucking love all the illusions! I feel like fucking Doug Henning!

Posted by: Dang at January 05, 2011 07:09 PM (TXKVh)

Does Doug Henning have a cheetah-spotted dick too?

Posted by: Soona at January 05, 2011 03:14 PM (6R1JY)

78 jewells45?

53 You know, I always thought that if every respresentative had to spend a week with a normal, run of the mill family it might do them some good. They are so far removed from our daily struggles. Make them sleep in the guest room (or on the sofa), eat with us, spend time with us at work. Go shopping with us.... no perks, no aides. Just one of them spending time with a family.
Amen. And make 'em all stay home at least half the year with their constituents, living under the same laws & regulations we do...

Posted by: backhoe at January 05, 2011 03:16 PM (0bk6W)

Does Doug Henning have a cheetah-spotted dick too?

Posted by: Soona at January 05, 2011 07:14 PM (6R1JY)

It's pretty much decomposed by now, I'm sure

Posted by: Ombudsman at January 05, 2011 03:16 PM (c1oyg)

80 Does Doug Henning have a cheetah-spotted dick too? Yeah, the bastard didn't wash his hands before giving me a reach-around. He wasn't gentle, either.

Posted by: Doug Henning, now with cheetoh-spotted dick! at January 05, 2011 03:17 PM (SwkdU)

81 I just hope Boehner being a nice man (and he is) doesn't end up getting us rolled by the left who will do anything to achieve their goals.

Posted by: Dan at January 05, 2011 03:17 PM (mXBxH)

82 Compare this to any of O'Bama's speeches. Barry's are lighter than air.

Posted by: toby928™ at January 05, 2011 03:17 PM (S5YRY)

83 a link to hyperliberal toddler Ezra Klein admitting, well, you'll see what he admits.
He screws sheep?

Posted by: andycanuck at January 05, 2011 03:18 PM (2rOwc)

84 I told you guys that you were gonna like the idea of Speaker John Boehner. I told ya.
Posted by: Jeff B. at January 05, 2011 06:47 PM (NjYDy)

I seem to recall you telling us we were going to like Senator Mark Kirk.

So, bite me.

Posted by: Methos at January 05, 2011 03:18 PM (Ew1k4)

85 @ 21, the Kraut got mentioned a while back by Clinton, and he's never been the same. Every damned comment and column since then has been a shrouded invitation to either Clinton, or even better ODipshit, to give him another shout-out.

I used to love the guy, but recently he has begun to show his true RINO establishment colors.

Posted by: Sukie Tawdry at January 05, 2011 03:19 PM (MPtFW)

86 Watch while Claudia and I make this salami disappear.

Posted by: David Copperfield at January 05, 2011 03:20 PM (P18+/)

87 hyperliberal toddler Ezra Klein admitting, well, you'll see what he admits

It's a darned good thing Boehner didn't include any of that old-timey language in his speech.

Posted by: Y-not channels Ezra at January 05, 2011 03:20 PM (IDL9N)

88 But you knew that boner is a thorn in their side when David made Brian feel uber uncomfortable as he displayed his medical acumen claiming that boner needs a shrink.

It's truly sad that a person is not permitted to display their true emotion. It's like NOW.....NOW is only for libs/dems and women willing to abort their fetus at will, not for conservative or even republican or even independent women....guess the new behavior code for "men" only applies to libs/dems....not conservatives, or republicans or independents....only libs/dems are allowed to display their emotions....other men are expected to "suck it up"...

Oddly enough, Beck takes a beating even on here for the crying...

With what these guys must know maybe not crying constantly is the real trick...

Posted by: curious at January 05, 2011 03:22 PM (p302b)

89 Â“Remember you are dust, and to dust you shall return.Â” - gets me every Lent - I was tearing up when Boehner spoke because he a truly down to earth guy who made good. He reminds me of Kipling's poem about a true man and he walks with kings and poor people without ever changing who he is.

I'd like to be alone now with my warm fuzzy Boehner moment. Thx - I'll take the note off the door when I am thru. LOL

Posted by: Nora at January 05, 2011 03:23 PM (9eS7g)

90 I caught a glimpse of an interview with him and his wife and they seemed to have such a lovely relationship....like a normal relationship and she seemed perfectly fine with who he is and his emotion....

I think if more people acknowledged their emotion we might have a better world....

Have to say though....Boner really loves this country and the American people...

So does Paul Ryan....OMG....they showed him walking up the steps of capital hill with a cup of coffee and that magnificent blue shirt and red tie and well fitting suit....and OMG....that man is just the sexiest man alive today...

Posted by: curious at January 05, 2011 03:27 PM (p302b)

91 You know, I always thought that if every respresentative had to spend a week with a normal, run of the mill family gang of felons at Corcoran State Prison it might do them some good. They are so far removed from our daily struggles. Make them sleep in the guest room (or on the sofa) solitary, eat with us whatever swill the trusties cook, spend time with us at work making license plates. Go shopping with us at the jail commissary, using only their $1.29 hour proceeds from work.... no perks, no aides. Just one of them spending time with a family their peers, and future cellmates. Posted by: jewells45 at January 05, 2011 06:55 PM

See how easy it was to make this worthwhile, jewells45?

Actually, Corcoran isn't what they deserve. Since Alcatraz is closed, San Quentin might be better, especially if the warden would reopen the Hole.

Posted by: MrScribbler© at January 05, 2011 03:27 PM (Ulu3i)

Oddly enough, Beck takes a beating even on here for the crying...

With what these guys must know maybe not crying constantly is the real trick...

I don't like it when men cry in public. Maybe I'm old school, but the place where a man cries is in his house in a room by himself. A crying man in public, in my opinion, gives the impression of emotional and physical weakness. And these are times when men have to, at least, appear strong.

Posted by: Soona at January 05, 2011 03:31 PM (6R1JY)

93 RE: The democracy bit He's playing the hand he has. The House has the shortest terms, and each district is the smallest building block of the the elected federal government. The check/balance over which he presides is the one component that can flip every two years. It flipped fairly decisively, and that was the democracy part of our republic in action. With the other chamber, the executive branch, and a sizable chunk of the fuckheads in black robes abetting that stutterfuck felon in his smash-and-grab lootfest, the Speaker is wise to emphasize the differences that give his office its special legitimacy. What he accomplishes with it is a different story. I am hopeful.

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at January 05, 2011 03:33 PM (xJVlJ)

94 Oddly enough, Beck takes a beating even on here for the crying...With what these guys must know maybe not crying constantly is the real trick...

Posted by: curious at January 05, 2011 07:22 PM

Yeah, I guess we shouldn't be so rough on "the Weeper." After all, he's using his last breath *sniffle* to save us from Spooky Dude and *boo-hoo* Van Jones and *waaaaaah!* Cloward and Piven.

*weeps uncontrollably*

*reads bio of George Washington*

Posted by: MrScribbler© at January 05, 2011 03:39 PM (Ulu3i)

95 I love soaring rhetoric and big fat speeches.

Posted by: Andrew Sullivan at January 05, 2011 03:41 PM (0fzsA)

96 Yeah, I guess we shouldn't be so rough on "the Weeper." After all, he's using his last breath *sniffle* to save us from Spooky Dude and *boo-hoo* Van Jones and *waaaaaah!* Cloward and Piven.

*weeps uncontrollably*

*reads bio of George Washington*

Posted by: MrScribblerÂ© at January 05, 2011 07:39 PM (Ulu3i)

Beck takes up a lot of space in your head, doesn't he?

Posted by: Soona at January 05, 2011 03:47 PM (6R1JY)

97 That was a nice speech. It's about time for some professionalism, courtesy, and humility in that madhouse.

Posted by: Dr. Manhattan at January 05, 2011 03:51 PM (K/zX7)

98 You missed his first line. Sort of embarrassed by it all he said,

"It's just me"

This guy is going to eat "Mr. Arrogance's" lunch.

Posted by: Kemp at January 05, 2011 04:05 PM (JpFM9)

99 91 Watch while Claudia and I make this salami disappear.

Posted by: David Copperfield at January 05, 2011 07:20 PM (P18+/)

bwahahaha!

Posted by: torabora at January 05, 2011 04:05 PM (9e2Sv)

100 Not a single mention of ordered anarchy.

We're boned.

Posted by: toby928™ at January 05, 2011 04:07 PM (S5YRY)

101

Introducing a tearful John Boehner, the new Weeper Of The House! Tah Dah!!!

Enough already, John! Get a freak'n grip! Your sobbing schtick is a bit much!

Posted by: Brian at January 05, 2011 04:11 PM (sYrWB)

102 One other point, which I posted earlier.

I got a robo call from the RNCC at 6 O'clock today with a recorded message from the Speaker and a short poll and of course the pitch for money.

Told the woman I send a check after I see the follow through. Told her I'd been watching all day, she was a believer, not a hourly worker.

They are not waiting around to call the donors!

Dat GOOD!

Posted by: Kemp at January 05, 2011 04:12 PM (JpFM9)

103 Speeches are a waste of time. I'll wait and see what they all DO.

Posted by: sock puppeh at January 05, 2011 04:12 PM (VcPAo)

104 Klein seems to chalk it up to cunning and stagecraft, but I think it was more than that; maybe I'm a sap, but I think Boehner meant it.

Klein et al presumed that Tea Party members were astro-turfing because that's what Donks do. Today he is doubling down on his projection.

Maybe I'm a sap too, but I think what Boehner realizes and what Klein ignores is that if the former tries the same old, same old he can be primaried out [see Bennett (RINO-UT)].

Posted by: John P. Squibob at January 05, 2011 04:21 PM (/U/Mr)

105 This is not the organized anarchy I pine for.

Posted by: BMXrrhoid at January 05, 2011 04:33 PM (CE2wR)

106 It is all about the illusion of victory that matters to you fuckers.

Fuck off already.

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at January 05, 2011 04:34 PM (nD3Pg)

107 Hey Corkerg, in my ideal orderly anarchic world I'm on top and you're submissive.

Pitchers and catchers report!

Posted by: BMXrrhoid at January 05, 2011 04:40 PM (CE2wR)

108

I'm getting a visual here of a tearful John Boehner laying on a couch and telling Gunny Ermey that the color yellow makes him sad.

Doesn't instill much confidence that the new Weeper Of The House is the right man for that job. We could be in even deeper shit here, folks.

But for the time-being I'll give him the benefit of the doubt (and a tissue)and say that it remains to be seen, I suppose.

I'd feel better about John Boehner, though, if those fuck'n birds would stop falling out of the sky.

Posted by: Brian at January 05, 2011 04:44 PM (sYrWB)

109 Thought experiment: If Boehner only gave the speech for cynical political purposes and didn't believe a word of it himself, how would you know the difference?

Posted by: Ken at January 05, 2011 04:44 PM (3ar4L)

110 114 Thought experiment: If Boehner only gave the speech for cynical political purposes and didn't believe a word of it himself, how would you know the difference?

That's easy. Try to envision Obama giving the same speech. He's a great orator, right? In touch with the American people, we've been told.

Here's the thing. It is simply unimaginable that Obama could give that speech because Obama and his cronies are so out of touch with the mood of the country they couldn't even write the damned thing.

So either Boehner is a "brazillion" times smarter than the great Nobel Laureate Precedent that he is able to dream up a speech that says just the right things at the right time -- "Impossible!" I hear you say in an outrageous French accent -- or Boehner, like Obama, is running true to his nature. He's sincere.

Posted by: Y-not channels Ezra at January 05, 2011 04:57 PM (IDL9N)

111 May we restart the "Thanks, Nancy!" thread?

Posted by: eman at January 05, 2011 04:58 PM (0aJSF)

112 /sock off

Posted by: Y-not scrapes Ezra Klein off the sole of her shoe at January 05, 2011 05:00 PM (IDL9N)

113
me and the rest of the cool kids broke the top thread

Posted by: al Soothsayer saves the thread at January 05, 2011 05:00 PM (gt3o0)

114 Did he get all weepy?

Posted by: Ed Zeppelin at January 05, 2011 05:19 PM (b+yWd)

115 And after the speech, the Golddiggers!

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Posted by: China-store at January 05, 2011 05:54 PM (t24Na)

117 Did he get all weepy?

Well of course he did, silly. Still love him, so sod off.

Posted by: Fortunata at January 05, 2011 06:54 PM (90H1N)

118 I believe Mr. Boehner is a good guy. By that I'm saying he is the real deal. The guy is clean and honest. He has never abused the trust placed on him, never bellied up to the public pig trough or brought the pork home to his district or state. He belives in the Constitution and the idea it is government by the people for the people of the people. He comes from humble roots. What more you want to represent you? You know any politician who can claim these bonifieds? And that whole thing about crying, well I got to admire the guy, it isn't weakness, it is passion and belief in something bigger and better than himself. Mr. Boehner has faith. If you got faith you got everything. God Bless him. We could use a lot more men and women like him in our government.

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