John Boehner is the reincarnation of Neville Chamberlain.

HondaV65 on January 27, 2013 at 7:24 PM

Incorrect. The One is Chamberlain, who appeased Hitler at every opportunity so he could effectively ignore foreign policy to concentrate on his redistributionist domestic policies for Britain.

Boehner is Sir Samuel Hoare, the Tory minister (Foreign Secretary at one time, Home Secretary at another) who would change sides in an instant if there was something in it for him personally. Namely, power and influence.

For a good primer of exactly how this all worked and how it nearly destroyed Britain even without the Second World War, look up the Granada TV docudrama series Winston Churchill; The Wilderness Years, starring Robert Hardy as WSC and Edward (“The Equalizer”) Woodward as Hoare. The portrait of Hoare is devastatingly accurate, and is so much like Boehner it isn’t even mildly amusing.

Boehner represents the GOP contingent of what Codevila calls “the ruling class” inside the Beltway. Who don’t mind being the junior partners in a de facto one-party state as long as they get paid regularly.

And they share the Democrats contempt for everyone outside of their cozy little club.

PS- If you think Boehner folded like paper on the budget, just wait till you see what he’ll do on Obama & Feinstein’s gun ban plan. I suspect he will ink up his head and rubber-stamp whatever they demand, in person and on national TV.

clear ether

eon

http://spectator.org/archives/2010/07/16/americas-ruling-class-and-the

It’s essential reading.

Bruno Strozek on January 27, 2013 at 8:42 PM

Definitely.

Another foundational classic: Policy Review,
Why There is a Culture War:
Gramsci and Tocqueville in America
by John Fonte.

petefrt on January 27, 2013 at 9:00 PM

You are absolutely correct.

Fonte’s piece was one of the most influential articles I read on my journey from brain dead liberal to conservative/libertarian.

A masterful work.

……and I’m not just talking about the politicians…..

I’ve been reluctant to be overly critical of Speaker Boehner given the current circumstances.

Then – you’re a FREAKIN’ IDIOT who’s head is shoved SO FAR up their Butt, that you’re suffering from Cardio-Cranial THROMBOSIS!

….and you’re a Elitist Establishment Republican – which is THE SAME as an Elitist Democrat…

…which apparently is what all of the poster from this Blog are….

Pathetic disgrace.

Old republicans, too:

Boehner: New Republicans ‘Think I’m Some Squish’ http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/01/27/Boehner-squish
davidk on January 27, 2013 at 8:00 PM

My dogs, too.

I’ve been reluctant to be overly critical of Speaker Boehner given the current circumstances. He’s playing a hand with very few face cards in it these days and I understand how the realities of the negotiations would cause him to consider some rather the best that we can get solutions.

And this sentiment is exactly why Boehner and those who think like him (you, apparently) fail, and will continue to fail. You have no clue of how this should be happening, do you? Of the actual position of power that Boehner has if he had 2 brain cells and half a spine?

This piece is almost as pathetic as Boehner’s mewling whine. Ugh.

Adolf did let me live it up at the spa for a while. Oh well, the Champagne is about cold so I hope you bought my synthetic remorse.

Love and kisses,

Henri Boehner Petain

To hell with Obama. He’ll make a lot of fuss, but no way would he veto any agreement that made it to his desk. And if he did, that would be great for us. Lock him out if negotiations. Use the debt limit as a defacto balanced budget amendment. We have so much power on our side but zero willingness to make use of it. It sickens me.

I regret that I supported John McCain as a Presidential candidate.

I regret that I ever believed John Roberts was an honorable conservative man.

I regret that I believed any of the Republicans in Congress or Washington actually were going to fight for the people.

I regret that I believed the Republicans stood for principles and would stand up for those principles.

I regret that John Boehner is what we have for leadership in the Republican Party.

I regret that I actually believed all the pundits who said Romney had a chance and was a good candidate.

I regret I didn’t purchase more Assault Rifles and multiple high capacity magazines, plus 10 years worth of ammunition.

With all those regrets I can say I have one thing I do not regret, pulling up stakes and getting the he!! out of New York.

http://spectator.org/archives/2010/07/16/americas-ruling-class-and-the

It’s essential reading.

Bruno Strozek on January 27, 2013 at 8:42 PM

Definitely.

Another foundational classic: Policy Review,
Why There is a Culture War:
Gramsci and Tocqueville in America
by John Fonte.

Mr. Boehner sends his regrets

Mr. Boehner, I send my regrets too. Regrets that you, in your short time as Speaker, have damaged us so much.

And also, regrets that you haven’t been replaced yet.

Look, we get the leadership we deserve.

The cultural Gramscians and the The Ruling Class elites are to sides of the same coin.

If you;re new around here and don’t know what I’m talking about here’s your homework assignment:

http://spectator.org/archives/2010/07/16/americas-ruling-class-and-the

It’s essential reading.

Paul Ryan may just be another GOP swish and quite boring to most of us, his female cheerlaeder corps at Hot Air believe he should be the next GOP nominee simply based on his looks, his hair and his pecs.

bw222 on January 27, 2013 at 8:34 PM

Nope, it’ll be whoever is Next In Line: Jeb.

And you will get all sorts of Republican Apparatchiks that will try to tout him as ‘conservative’ as compared to… OBAMA.

Well, yeah, Mussolini is conservative compared to him, too. Ditto Tito and Trotsky.

Just you wait, the new low bar in the Republican Party to be a ‘conservative’ will be to be less liberal than Obama. More than FDR or Wilson, but less than Obama.

rrpjr on January 27, 2013 at 6:51 PM

to do that would require him to be a leader something he is not … he is a pol

So he’s crying again? And, what, that makes it better?

“HEY AMERICANS, SORRY I CANT PLEASE EVERYONE ANYONE . SNIFFLE SNIFFLE. BUT OBAMA GETS WHAT HE WANTS AND THAT’S WHAT’S REALLY IMPORTANT. SNIVEL SNIVEL.”

Jeddite on January 27, 2013 at 6:47 PM

FIFY

Look, if we had a [Hillary] Clinton presidency, if we had Erskine Bowles as Chief of Staff of the White House or President of the United States, I think we would have fixed this fiscal mess by now.

Paul Ryan may just be another GOP swish and quite boring to most of us, his female cheerlaeder corps at Hot Air believe he should be the next GOP nominee simply based on his looks, his hair and his pecs.

ThePrimordialOrderedPair on January 27, 2013 at 8:04 PM

Yep. Somehow these mental giants of the Gelded Old Party cling to the belief that if they play along with the Dems plan on immigration that they will somehow magically acquire new constituents, same as the Dems. Everyone knows what repeating the same actions and expecting different results means; except these idiots. They are so enamored with the idea of maintaining ‘business as usual’ in DC that they are blind to their own imminent destruction. POtuS Bronco Bama has a plan in action to ‘fundamentally change’ America and the Repubs are squabbling amongst themselves and jockeying for position on a sinking ship that is already listing to one side (guess which?). As an American this is embarrassing and infuriating.