Discussion: Outgoing Speaker John Boehner: 'I Leave With No Regrets'

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I wonder how Ryan feels about that steaming pile of immigration reform you left in the barn.

Seriously? No regrets? What person with a conscience in such an important role has no regrets?

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ā€œI leave with no regrets, no burdens,ā€ said Boehner.

No accomplishments, either.

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Ryan planned to ask both parties for a period of healing and to focus on working families, said an aide who described the remarks on condition of anonymity ahead of the lawmakerā€™s acceptance speech.

What a steaming pile of crap! Heā€™s already promised to abide by the Hastert rules. In effect, disenfranchising the Democrats. Not exactly the way to bring ideas forward and people together.

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ā€œI leave with no regrets, no burdens,ā€ said Boehner

Heā€™s outdone Sinatra. Even Sinatra had a few regrets, though too few to mention.

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Really ? No regrets? That makes one of you.

It sounds like Pelosi knows what a Ryan leadership will bring, more emphasis on privatizing, reducing, eliminating, and Democrats continuing to have to fight the efforts to do so. And back in Janesville theyā€™re marveling over this

Ryan will become the Houseā€™s 54th speaker, putting him second in line to succeed the president,

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Frank wouldnā€™t have cleaned the barn, he paid people to do shit work. I also love the ā€œhealingā€ and ā€œworking familiesā€ blather, makes me feel warm all over.

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I believe Paul Ryan simply lacks the chops for the job. Outside of responsibility-free boilerplate, and disastrous budget schemes that have never been implemented, what does he offer?

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There was one accomplishment, although unintended. His so-called leadership gave Maddow great material to create the Boner-is-bad-at-his-job hypothesis. Sheā€™s done the same for how bad John Ellis is as a candidate, and now thereā€™ll be another opportunity to create a similar Ryan hypothesis. Give it a few months.

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ā€œI leave with no regretsā€

Or accomplishments.

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He offers the blue print to destroy the middle class in his Path to Prosperity Budget. Whose path to prosperity is clear and it ainā€™t mine or yours.

Outgoing Speaker John Boehner: ā€˜I Leave With No Regretsā€™
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I can think of several, not the least of which you handed the gavel to the minority faction (crazy caucus) of the GOP. John I hope you arenā€™t depenting on that Social Security check like me cuz its future is looking bleak.

ā€œI leave with no regrets, no burdens,ā€ said Boehner, R-Ohio
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Does that mean somebody else is gonna be carrying yer stuff outta yer office when you leave?
And he retires on Halloween ā€¦ somehow that seems appropriate.