Buchanan cautioned John Boehner against the pursuit of immigration reform, saying it would be his “last hurrah” and arguing that it would spell the end of his speakership.
Speaker Boehner spent considerable political capital doing the bidding of the far-right in the government shutdown fiasco.
Boehner held the Republican House caucus together in vote after vote after vote.
When the inevitable end came, a member of the contingent which had been threatening that Boehner either stick with the conservatives or lose his speakership said, "We never really thought it (the shutdown gimmick) would work anyway."
And now those same conservatives are threatening the Speaker over amnesty?
Quote: Cedric wrote in post #2Speaker Boehner spent considerable political capital doing the bidding of the far-right in the government shutdown fiasco.
Boehner held the Republican House caucus together in vote after vote after vote.
When the inevitable end came, a member of the contingent which had been threatening that Boehner either stick with the conservatives or lose his speakership said, "We never really thought it (the shutdown gimmick) would work anyway."
And now those same conservatives are threatening the Speaker over amnesty?
Yeah, survival of America comes first!
The roar you hear in the distance will be the sound of banks crashing, followed by the silence of business-as-usual grinding to a halt. After that, the crackle of gunfire.
Quote: Cedric wrote in post #2Speaker Boehner spent considerable political capital doing the bidding of the far-right in the government shutdown fiasco.
Boehner held the Republican House caucus together in vote after vote after vote.
When the inevitable end came, a member of the contingent which had been threatening that Boehner either stick with the conservatives or lose his speakership said, "We never really thought it (the shutdown gimmick) would work anyway."
And now those same conservatives are threatening the Speaker over amnesty?
Yeah, survival of America comes first!
And, how did issuing an empty, disingenuous, threat over the shutdown scam give more credibility to convservatives' current threat regarding amnesty?
Let me guess: They said honest, believe us, we really mean it this time!
Quote: Cedric wrote in post #2Speaker Boehner spent considerable political capital doing the bidding of the far-right in the government shutdown fiasco.
Boehner held the Republican House caucus together in vote after vote after vote.
When the inevitable end came, a member of the contingent which had been threatening that Boehner either stick with the conservatives or lose his speakership said, "We never really thought it (the shutdown gimmick) would work anyway."
And now those same conservatives are threatening the Speaker over amnesty?
Yeah, survival of America comes first!
And, how did issuing an empty, disingenuous, threat over the shutdown scam give more credibility to convservatives' current threat regarding amnesty?
Let me guess: They said honest, believe us, we really mean it this time!
Do you really want to go the way of the Whigs?
The roar you hear in the distance will be the sound of banks crashing, followed by the silence of business-as-usual grinding to a halt. After that, the crackle of gunfire.