“Boehner nearly cried”: Behind the scenes of a GOP meltdown
Things were so bad for Speaker John Boehner Thursday night, support for his Plan B tax bill so diminished, the limits of his power with his own party laid bare, that he stood in front of the House Republican Conference and recited the Serenity Prayer.
“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”…
“He’s tried his best,” said Rep. Steve LaTourette (R-Ohio), a longtime Boehner confidant who is leaving Congress at the end of the year. “But sometimes your best isn’t good enough in the face of some people that just don’t want to find common ground.”
Rep. Buck McKeon, a California Republican who has served with Boehner for two decades, said what happened to the speaker is a “real shame.”
“He has worked his heart out to try to get the best deal he can, and to have this happen is very sad for the country,” McKeon said.
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It’s going to be $20 trillion, and then $24 trillion, and then, we’re Greece. Obama will see to it. It will happen.
Paul-Cincy on December 21, 2012 at 10:57 AM
“Weeper of the House”, heh, that’s funny!
roy_batty on December 21, 2012 at 11:04 AM
“This” meaning no deal with the WH? ‘Cause this was Plan B, right? I understand Plan B was DOA, too. So why didn’t he just submit a bill to extend ALL of the Bush-era tax cuts, underscore that all the nonsense we’ve had to endure for more than a decade about “tax cuts for the rich” has been exposed big time, and punt it over to the empty chair?
littleguy on December 21, 2012 at 11:24 AM
The only time I ever saw Reagan cry in public was at the funeral of Anwar Sadat.
CrustyB on December 21, 2012 at 11:33 AM
If any of the these a$$holes lived in the real world, had to look for a job (usually something part time with crap pay), worried about bills, taxes, food prices, gas prices, and no retirement ever in sight they would understand what tears are all about.
They can all go to he//.
Cody1991 on December 21, 2012 at 11:40 AM
Cantor is no better.
AH_C on December 21, 2012 at 12:13 PM
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