Discussion: Boehner: I'm The Most 'Anti-Establishment Speaker We've Ever Had'

system1 · January 8, 2015, 5:11pm

Discussion for article #231786

darrtown · January 8, 2015, 5:16pm

“House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said Thursday that he’s the most “anti-establishment speaker we’ve ever had.””

John (head in hands… shakes head in disbelief) you sure as heck do not look like a hippy to me.

sonsofares · January 8, 2015, 5:16pm

The most alcoholic based on this stupid assertion.

mantan · January 8, 2015, 5:17pm

Remember, he mows his own Ohio grass in front of cameras at election time…

blue_grit · January 8, 2015, 5:24pm

I’m the most anti-establishment speaker we’ve ever had…man.
Boehner slurred as he took a long toke on a big fat doobie.

doremus_jessup · January 8, 2015, 5:24pm

That might explain why Congress has a 16 percent approval rating.

pshipkey · January 8, 2015, 5:25pm

If Anti-establishment = Anti-coherence, then yes, he is.

austin_dave · January 8, 2015, 5:27pm

Fight the Power, John! Stick it to The Man!

pshipkey · January 8, 2015, 5:27pm

And drawled ‘Duuuuuuuuddde, that’s some heavy shit, man’…maybe some ‘Labrador’ strain… As in, my Labrador ate my stash and I had to follow him around all day to wait for him to shit it out.

darrtown · January 8, 2015, 5:29pm

I’m in disbelief at this assertion that Boehner is “anti-establishment”. Consider please, if you will:
1 he’s a republican
2. he has serve in the House since 1990

Taken together those two facts do not (cannot) equal being “anti-establishment”.

It is to laugh.

Something was slipped into his bourbon.

fitley · January 8, 2015, 5:31pm

Best tanned teasquat in the House.

matthew1961 · January 8, 2015, 5:31pm

If by “establishment” he means “all those other than big business and its allies,” he may have a point there.

psyclone · January 8, 2015, 5:31pm

War is peace.

Freedom is slavery.

Ignorance is strength.

Where have I heard this before?

dswx · January 8, 2015, 5:32pm

And once again, did any reporter bother to grasp the obvious and point out to him that he has been in the Congress since 1990? No, of course not…wouldn’t want to upset their GOP bud.

edhedh · January 8, 2015, 5:33pm

how about least productive speaker? how about biggest chickenshit, cowering from the tea party dolts? how about the drinker of the most merlot in congressional history? get real john. get sober.

doremus_jessup · January 8, 2015, 5:33pm

Antiestablishmentarianism seeks to destroy the power structure from within,

darrtown · January 8, 2015, 5:34pm

As I’m sure you know, journalism…the kind practiced by Edward R. Murrow or Walter Cronkite is dead and gone. Nobody these days thinks to follow up on the obvious fail.

dv01 · January 8, 2015, 5:34pm

Everyone here is clearly misunderestimating him!

What he is saying is that he does not deal with K Street lobbyists, listen to special interests or do the bidding of fringe elements in his party. He follows his heart and always does what is right for the country, regardless of the political fallout. You know, like voting 3000+ times to repeal the ACA, shutting down the gov’t for no discernible reason and refusing to give in to Grumpy Cat mania.

He is, in a word, a Patriot. We should judge him by his record of accomplishment. Look at how much the past few Congresses have achieved! They named multiple bridges and even a few post offices! That, my friends, is freedom and liberty wrapped up in a Bald Eagle frittata!

randyabraham · January 8, 2015, 5:36pm

Also, he voted to repeal Glass-Steagall to enrich the banking establishment.
He was a conduit of campaign checks from the tobacco establishment.
He voted in favor of the two deficit-exploding Bush tax cuts in support of the Bush political oligarch establishment.
He voted for the Iraq War in support of the Military Industrial Complex establishment.

Yep, just a flowers-in-my-hair anti-establishment maverick.

captaincommonsense · January 8, 2015, 5:39pm

Only when the Establishment is Democratic, Tipsy John.