Tag: John Boehner
Boehner’s Boner & Newt’s Fruits
The Boner hoists himself on his own petard, er, golf club Oops. Republicans stormed Capitol Hill in January vowing to slash discretionary spending by $100 billion right off the bat. In their pledge to America, they promised that, “[w]ith common-sense exceptions for seniors, veterans, and our troops, we will roll back government spending to pre-stimulus, pre-bailout levels, saving us at …
Boehner Announces Green Jobs
Speaker of the House John Boehner, wept with pride or something Thursday as he announced the first, long overdue Republican jobs bill on the House floor.
Teh Boner Begins
The Weeper of the House Watching the newly installed Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (Crybaby-OH) read the Preamble to the US Constitution today had me on the edge of my seat, half expecting him to burst into flames as he spoke the words “to promote the general welfare.” Fortunately, ours is a merciful God and the day of reckoning …
Bachmann Appointed To Intel Committee
The inmates are truly taking over the asylum Bin Laden must be dancing the Muslim equivalent of the jig: Bachmann lands slot on Intel panel Rep. Michele Bachmann, one of the most outspoken conservatives in the House, has won an appointment to the secretive House Intelligence Committee. The move by incoming Speaker John Boehner to put Bachmann on the panel …
Weeper of the House
Boner proves that self-pity can trump empathy Comparing the double standard for crying applied to men like John Boehner and women like Nancy Pelosi, the incoming and outgoing Speakers of the House respectively, Barbara WaWa comments: “…this guy has an emotional problem. That every time he talks about anything that’s not raise taxes [sic], he cries.” The Boner cries about …
Washington Squires: Blackmail Edition
The fumigation tent had hardly been removed from the White House following the much ballyhooed bipartisan Slurpee Summit when Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell reverted to type. . .