John Boehner Is Not a Smart Man
“Now, listen, I’ve voted ‘present’ two or three times in my entire 25-year political career, where there might have been a conflict of interest and I didn’t feel like I should vote,” Boehner said. “In Congress, we have a red button, a green button and a yellow button, alright. Green means ‘yes,’ red means ‘no,’ and yellow means you’re a chicken shit. And the last thing we need in the White House, in the oval office, behind that big desk, is some chicken who wants to push this yellow button.”
John Boehner’s NEVER been known for his brains, but is it REALLY a good idea to openly taunt a man who stands a better than 50% chance of becoming president, when you’re from the opposing minority party, which is losing badly in pretty much all current electoral races? Is it a good idea when your own job is on the line?
No one risked more — for himself and for his party — on the bailout bill than House Republican leader John A. Boehner.
The result: He lost.
The Ohio Republican went all in for the $700 billion economic rescue package. But when the gavel came down on the vote Monday, 133 of Boehner’s 199 Republicans had gone the other way.
The bruising tally — coming on the heels of a weeklong revolt — had some GOP members asking privately whether Boehner can hold on to his leadership post.
Boehner said he’s confident of his job, but the vote clearly took its toll.
The leader lost the support of some of his closest allies in the House — including Iowa Rep. Tom Latham and California Rep. Devin Nunes, two drinking buddies who helped lay the foundation for Boehner’s political comeback in 2006.
Another Boehner ally, Rep. Thaddeus G. McCotter of Michigan, physically turned his back on the leader during a tense closed-door GOP conference meeting Sunday night.
People who were in the room said McCotter left abruptly after Boehner told members not to attack one another. Boehner tried to reach out to McCotter as he left. McCotter kept walking.
November 5th, 2008 at 9:11 am
[...] John Boehner, who I wrote about last week: will he be calling Obama “President Chicken Shit”, or has he come up with a more respectful title? For that matter, does a wisecracking asshole like [...]
November 6th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
[...] Remember this? “Now, listen, I’ve voted ‘present’ two or three times in my entire 25-year political career, where there might have been a conflict of interest and I didn’t feel like I should vote,” Boehner said. “In Congress, we have a red button, a green button and a yellow button, alright. Green means ‘yes,’ red means ‘no,’ and yellow means you’re a chicken shit. And the last thing we need in the White House, in the oval office, behind that big desk, is some chicken who wants to push this yellow button.” [...]