I mean here they are playing Planned Parenthood government shutdown chicken with themselves and losing. Here is John Boehner explaining his life as what he calls a 'garbage man.'
Garbage men get used to the smell of bad garbage'
In an exclusive interview, House Speaker John Boehner says he's resigned himself to trying to make Washington work - and raise lots of money for his party.
Garbage men get used to the smell of bad garbage'
In an exclusive interview, House Speaker John Boehner says he's resigned himself to trying to make Washington work - and raise lots of money for his party.
"John Boehner spends his weeks in Washington getting bashed by House conservatives, some of whom are itching to try to oust him from the speakership. Then, on the weekends, he darts around the country to raise money for a Republican majority that can be described charitably as inefficient, but in reality is closer to unmanageable."
“Garbage men get used to the smell of bad garbage. Prisoners learn how to become prisoners, all right?” Boehner said in a phone interview this weekend from Seattle during a fundraising trip to the Pacific Northwest, referring especially to the grind of constant travel. “You can teach yourself to do anything, especially if you’re committed to a cause. I came to Washington to fight for a smaller, less costly and more accountable government.”
"With the government on track to shut down in less than two weeks and his conference consumed by speculation about whether he’ll survive as speaker this fall, Boehner appears as though he is trying to ignore the drama and push through what his allies say is as aggressive a fundraising schedule as ever. Raising money is a huge part of Boehner’s job: He says he spends between 180 and 190 nights a year “outside Washington and Ohio” collecting cash for House Republicans. Boehner said his job is to ensure Republicans “have the resources necessary to win.”
"Boehner said the reception from donors is warm — perhaps warmer than from members of his own House Republican Conference. Contributors, he said, grasp what the House Freedom Caucus can’t seem to: that he’s a conservative but not a miracle worker."
“Almost all of the donors understand that, you know, without a Republican in the White House, or 60 votes in the Senate, there are limits to what you could accomplish,” he said. “They understand all the accomplishments I’ve had, and then some, have been accomplished with a Democrat in the White House. Donors around the country understand it.”
"Of the House Freedom Caucus members who are most upset with him, Boehner added, “I don’t think they understand I’m as conservative as they are. When I voted regularly, I had the eighth most conservative voting record in Congress. And the idea that I’m the establishment, that I’m some RINO, is just laughable. It really is.”
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/09/john-boehner-congress-house-interview-213867#ixzz3mOXWAEz8
“Garbage men get used to the smell of bad garbage. Prisoners learn how to become prisoners, all right?” Boehner said in a phone interview this weekend from Seattle during a fundraising trip to the Pacific Northwest, referring especially to the grind of constant travel. “You can teach yourself to do anything, especially if you’re committed to a cause. I came to Washington to fight for a smaller, less costly and more accountable government.”
"With the government on track to shut down in less than two weeks and his conference consumed by speculation about whether he’ll survive as speaker this fall, Boehner appears as though he is trying to ignore the drama and push through what his allies say is as aggressive a fundraising schedule as ever. Raising money is a huge part of Boehner’s job: He says he spends between 180 and 190 nights a year “outside Washington and Ohio” collecting cash for House Republicans. Boehner said his job is to ensure Republicans “have the resources necessary to win.”
"Boehner said the reception from donors is warm — perhaps warmer than from members of his own House Republican Conference. Contributors, he said, grasp what the House Freedom Caucus can’t seem to: that he’s a conservative but not a miracle worker."
“Almost all of the donors understand that, you know, without a Republican in the White House, or 60 votes in the Senate, there are limits to what you could accomplish,” he said. “They understand all the accomplishments I’ve had, and then some, have been accomplished with a Democrat in the White House. Donors around the country understand it.”
"Of the House Freedom Caucus members who are most upset with him, Boehner added, “I don’t think they understand I’m as conservative as they are. When I voted regularly, I had the eighth most conservative voting record in Congress. And the idea that I’m the establishment, that I’m some RINO, is just laughable. It really is.”
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/09/john-boehner-congress-house-interview-213867#ixzz3mOXWAEz8
Right, to really end Obamacare and defnnd Planned Parenthood-and maybe start a war with Iran- they need a Republican in the White House.
With this in mind how do so many alleged progressives not keep their eyes on the prize? Whey do they act as if the most important thing is not to get a Democrat in who can finally shift back the ideology of the Supreme Court and protect the President's significant accomplishments but rather a beauty cotest to decide on who is the most progressive?
Yet Bernie supporters say everyone should vote for him as he's the True Progressive-as if any such animal exists.
Joe Biden talks about what's the best interests of his family which is understandable but what about the best interests of the party and this country-which is in a Democrat being in office 2017?
Can the women of America afford a Republican President who will do what Mitt Romney promised: I'm going to get rid of that.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2015/09/21/morning-plum-hillary-clinton-just-embraced-planned-parenthood-heres-why/
Especially as some are arguing that women are losing-or have already lost-thw War on Women.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/07/planned-parenthood-abortion-the-war-is-over
Certainly a woman's right to choose is under deep peril and may for all intense and purposes be over in many parts of the country with a Jeb Bush win.
How then can Democrats be doing anything but hunkering down and preparing Hillary to beat the GOP-which still looks like it will be Jeb at the end?
If for once we have made up our mind on a candidate early we should embrace that. Any Democrat that envies the GOP with its 16 wacko candidates is simply nuts.
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