Boehner to step down in October!

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WOW! Not just "step down"..... but resign!?

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/john-boehner-stepping-down-october


Speaker John Boehner plans to resign from Congress in late October, he told member of his conference Friday morning in a closed door meeting, according to multiple reports emerging from the meeting room.
Boehner is second in line to the presidency, after Vice President Joe Biden. He was first elected to Congress in 1990. He has served as speaker since Republicans took control of the House in 2011.
Boehner was meeting with his conference to discuss plans to avert a government shutdown, looming next week. The speaker was under enormous pressure to keep the government open and satisfy conservative members of the conference who were refusing to vote for any bill that would provide funds for Planned Parenthood.

In a statement circulated to reporters, one of Boehner's aides explained that the congressman would step down to avoid "prolonged leadership turmoil." Conservative members of the Republican caucus have been calling for Boehner to step down as speaker.
















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Well, if his replacement is one of the extreme crazies, I think your prediction of the demise of the Republican party is most likely, and we can look forward to another Republican shutdown of the government.
 
Well... the election of a speaker requires ALL members of the House to vote... not just the crazies.. So if the "sane" Republicans.. if there are any, and the Democrats all vote in favor of a "Sane" speaker... maybe not.. I don't know who is going to be among the list of choices.
 

BUT.. by doing this... he is free not to keep the government open for another year without consequence..

The only surprise in this story is the when. It is shocking that Boehner would walk away now, but the decision frees him to keep the government open with no consequences. Boehner was going to be gone anyway. The advantage to his decision is that he gets to leave on his own terms.
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He is no longer in fear of what the whackos will do to him... He will propose a budget the sane people can vote for with the help of the Dems.. and to hell with what the nutjobs think or do. THEN the House will have to vote on a new speaker..
 
We need some real character as speaker to keep things interesting. Maybe a guy that laughs at inappropriate times...��
 
Jackie22 said:
Well, if his replacement is one of the extreme crazies, I think your prediction of the demise of the Republican party is most likely, and we can look forward to another Republican shutdown of the government.
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I would rather see a shut down than more unborn children (The true innoncent) be hacked up and have their body parts sold by by Planned Parenthood. In the grand scheme of things, somethings are more important than others. Anybody who dobuts the validity of that statement should do some reserch on Youtube. Videos too disgusting for me to add a link to, but they are there.
If that make me one of the "extreme crazies" so be it. It's a question of morality, Period.
 
I would rather see the government kept open and the services and programs for Poor children and the elderly kept functioning.. so THEY don't suffer.. That IMO is what it REALLY means to be pro-life..
 
When was the last time you suffered because the government shut down?
Was it last weekend when the government was shut down for two days?
Did you go hungry when Congress was on Holiday for a month?
Are you are equating getting SS checks over a baby being butchered.
How about we use the tax dollars going to Planned Parenthood who gets 90+percent of all revenues from the unthinkable and use that for programs for Poor children and the elderly. It may even keep all of us from the gates of Hell.
Imagine that......Pro-life and compassionate.
 
Dudewho said:
When was the last time you suffered because the government shut down?
Was it last weekend when the government was shut down for two days?
Did you go hungry when Congress was on Holiday for a month?
Are you are equating getting SS checks over a baby being butchered.
How about we use the tax dollars going to Planned Parenthood who gets 90+percent of all revenues from the unthinkable and use that for programs for Poor children and the elderly. It may even keep all of us from the gates of Hell.
Imagine that......Pro-life and compassionate.
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Do you have ANY credible links to all this? How about producing something about how Planned Parenthood is funded and how the funds are spent. I will only look at CREDIBLE non-partisan data, not religious dogma and untruths. PS Hell is a unfounded rumor.
 
AZ Jim said:
Do you have ANY credible links to all this? How about producing something about how Planned Parenthood is funded and how the funds are spent. I will only look at CREDIBLE non-partisan data, not religious dogma and untruths. PS Hell is a unfounded rumor.
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Agreed.. He needs to check the facts and stop with the hysteria. NOT ONE SINGLE PENNY of Federal funding goes to pay for abortions done by Planned Parenthood.. Not a penny... and that's because it is against Federal Law and mandated by the Hyde Amendment. What a stupid move like this would do is stop funding for people that truly need Government assistance. Food Stamps... Meals on Wheels. BUT.. the uniformed will continue to believe that defunding a wonderful program like PP and shutting down the government to do so is the way to go.. Thankfully, people with some insight and well directed priorities will stop it.
 
Mr. Jim as I stated in my previous post, Anyone who doubts the validity of that statement should do some research on Youtube. If you watch the videos and still feel nothing, than I understand where you are coming from.
We can quibble in numbers all night. Or argue this group said and that group did and your, his, mine and their religious views.
But again. It's a question of Morality, Period.
Do we still know right from wrong?
 
Dudewho said:
Black lives matter? Apparently not in New York City.

That is correct fokes...MORE BLACK BABIES ABORTED IN NYC THAN BORN.

http://www.theamericanmirror.com/shock-more-black-babies-aborted-than-born-in-new-york-city/



55,772,015 Abortions in America Since Roe v. Wade in 1973
Mostly True

http://www.politifact.com/new-jerse...smith-says-more-54-million-abortions-have-be/
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Look! Abortion is legal. It will most likely always be legal. I used to happen in private home, with coat hangers. Would it be better that all those unwanted babies were brought into a world that has little to offer ultimately? What of the rape babies, the incest babies? The babies that would be carried by little girls who have been victimized? You people are totally heartless and inhumane in your thinking. When you want to present some credible facts about PP, post 'em but keep this other stuff in your closet.
 
QuickSilver said:
Well... the election of a speaker requires ALL members of the House to vote... not just the crazies.. So if the "sane" Republicans.. if there are any, and the Democrats all vote in favor of a "Sane" speaker... maybe not.. I don't know who is going to be among the list of choices.
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A female speaker would be nice for a change,the males have screwed it up since they got elected.
 
Dudewho said:
Mr. Jim as I stated in my previous post, Anyone who doubts the validity of that statement should do some research on Youtube. If you watch the videos and still feel nothing, than I understand where you are coming from.
We can quibble in numbers all night. Or argue this group said and that group did and your, his, mine and their religious views.
But again. It's a question of Morality, Period.
Do we still know right from wrong?
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Nothing is that easy. Morality, right or wrong...all subjective in nature. I am not religious, I do not believe what you have been taught to believe. I believe it is immoral to not take care of the living at the expense of the unborn in many cases. You tube is NOT an authority and the video you speak of has been debunked as not PP. Carry on and let's agree to disagree.
 
I just told my sister this bit of news and she is surprised. She doesn't think he's bad and has good intentions. I told her I thought it was him who agreed that Obama should be blocked in everything he wanted as he wanted to show the country he's a failure. I can't find a reference to this on google except left wing sites. Anyone know if this came from Boehner's mouth?
 
QuickSilver said:
NOT ONE SINGLE PENNY of Federal funding goes to pay for abortions done by Planned Parenthood.. Not a penny... and that's because it is against Federal Law and mandated by the Hyde Amendment.
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True QS, you give factual information once again, this was from the site I previously linked to in the thread that was actually about Planned Parenthood.

Let’s look at a few myths about Planned Parenthood:


  • It’s a myth the Federal Government funds abortions through Planned Parenthood. The Hyde Amendment says that federal funds can’t be used to pay for abortion unless the pregnancy arises from incest, rape, or to save the life of the mother.
  • This is one of the reasons Planned Parenthood uses a mix of private and public funding. Only private funding can be used to provide abortion services.
  • It’s a myth that most of the services Planned Parenthood does are abortion related. We don’t need to guess when it comes to the above facts or figures like this. Planned Parenthood releases an annual report with a breakdown of what they do each year. They provided 10,590,433 services; 327,653 them were abortions. They also provided 3,577,348 types of contraception and 4,470,597 STI screenings.
  • It’s a myth that Planned Parenthood profits off of fetal tissue. This new myth is based on a heavily edited sting video where anti-choice activists pretended to be from a medical company that wanted to acquire fetal tissue. The video discussed something that most people don’t want to think about: the very legal and GOP supported practice of using fetal tissue to further scientific research instead of disposing of it, and the right of donating organizations to receive enough compensation to cover storage and shipping costs, but not enough to make a profit.
Planned Parenthood has been the target of those who are against both birth control and a woman’s right to choose on ideological grounds since the institution started. The latest myths and attacks won’t be the last. We urge you to educate yourself further by checking out the latest Planned Parenthood report below.
Learn more about from a recent Planned Parenthood report and the Planned Parenthood site.
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Why do some people continue to refute the facts? Being pro life is one thing, promoting lies is another. How much of the moral outrage is connected to a misogynistic fear of women having any control over their reproductive processes? Goodness, we can't have them engaging in unsanctified sexual practices, can we? Boys will be boys, but women must be.....Controlled!
 

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