Boehner Assails Emanuel Pick

…..anything John Boehner says is meaningless..
Republicans talking about anything ‘more civil’ is a joke and insulting..
no one will forget how they acted for 8 years.

HA ha some people are never happy because he knows how to chose and chose well. WYSIWYG. rahm is made for that post, and every american knows it.

Surely Boehner isn’t trying to make a comment at this time. Isn’t he the same guy who whined that the reason the Republicans didn’t vote for the rescue package was because Nancy Pelosi hurt their feelings with her speech?

When are the Republicans going to learn?The Nation has spoken and we want change. If the Repubs keep playing by their old “divide and conquer” rule book, then we will keep voting them out of office.

Hey Predictable
I wonder if you are going to be saying off with Obama’s head when he backs down against our enemies! Lets see how your BOY does with Russia now making their stand! Be careful who you are hailing, it might just be Putin!

2 years ago the democrats took control of congress. They have been completly in charge for 2 years.

And who would Mr. Boehner recommend for Chief of Staff, Sarah Palin? Maybe Elizabeth Dole? Ummmmm,NO. One of the perks of being elected President is that you get to pick your own cabinet. I’m confident that President Obama(Damn that sounds good)thought this through & made his decision. In the words of Stuart Scott of ESPN, “HATER IN THA HOUSE”. Someone please tell Mr. Boehner that the campaign is over, no need for any more swift boat politics.

…And the jack ass is the party’s mascot.
Coincidence?

chuck:
re: ‘Lets see how your BOY does with Russia now making their stand!’
you guys are such a joke….
Bush & Republicans have been staring into Putin’s eyes and determining his ‘soul’ for 8 years….. go ask ‘W’ your question….. he’s still president !

Dee Tee Gee: Ideally your Chief of Staff would know that Africa is a continent. That would rule out Palin. On the bright side, my seven year old son would make that cut.

Ah, did Boehner get his feelings hurt, again? Maybe he is just too sensitive a guy to be a Congressman.

House Minority Whip John Boehner is mad?
Good, I like it.

Get out of the Far right lane Republicans and Maybe your Party will bounce back!!

nita
Republicans aren’t interested in governing, they’re only interested in being in power.
The country is on the verge of financial collapse and there are 2 wars…..
the more Repubs bit*h on issues like this, the more the public understands them to be the whiners and losers they are.

Is anyone really surprised? It’s not like this is the first promise Obama has broken. Brace yourselves, because there will be many more to come!

Emmanuel had a history of recruiting conservatives while he was DCCC and shafting real Democrats in the process. He also voted the wrong way on FISA and Iraq War deadlines.
I guess we’re better off with him out of Congress, but this doesn’t look good for Obama’s ability to deliver on his mandate.

stop sounding like mindless synchophants… Rahm is a divisive choice, no surprise, Obama’s campaign was only inclusive if you agreed wholeheartedly with the masses of Obama bullies… more of the same… we know what’s good for you and you’re going to like it!

Why do we care about what John Boehner says? How many divisions does HE have?

Hypocrisy: Thy name is Republican
So it turns out that when Plumber Joe was a child, he was on welfare, not once, but twice, and he credits it with helping his family ultimately lead a middle-class life style. He defends having received welfare by saying that he’s subsequently paid into the system.
In other words, well-designed taxpayer-funded social assistance programs are fine because ultimately they will pay for themselves.
Suddenly we have Joe The Reasonable, right? Well, not exactly. Plumber Joe has got something of a tax dodging problem. In the end, he’s just another typical Republican hypocrite.

Actually, Emmanuel is a Wall Street, Pro-Israel conservative Democrat. Why are Republicans upset? The guy is smart but shrewd. I am more progressive and this pick bothers me. But, I knew going in that Obama is a centrist Democrat. So, this isn’t something I’m surprised with.

I voted for Obama and support him, but this pick scares me. How can you fix the Israeli / Palestinian problem if you have such a strong voice against it and for the Israeli side to that much of a degree? The guy served in the Israeli military when he could of served in the US military his father was a part of an well defined Israeli terrorist group within Israel itself. I hope he picks a strong voice against Rahm to have a balance of opinions fed to him.

Sheesh, chill out. The Chief of Staff is *supposed* to be a tough guy, who can make Cabinet Secretaries back down and keep the Prez on schedule. Rahm sounds like a good fit for that.
How about we wait and see who Obama picks for the actual policy-making positions? I expect there will be plenty of things worth getting angry about then, not now.

You know what Emmaunel would probably tell Boehner if he was in close proximity? hmm? He’d tell him to go [expletive] himself. After all they say his favorite word is the F-word. They also call him Rahmbo if they doesn’t give you a sense of how hard core he is.
I suspect Boehner has had some bad experiences with Rahm or else he probably wouldn’t be too vocal about it. It’s kind of funny. Boehner’s intimidated, and with good reason.

Boehner is the leader…Blunt was the Whip, he resigned that position today. Rep. Eric Cantor is the likely Whip.
As for Emanuel, Boehner is absolutely correct in what he said.

Regarding Obama’s claims as a post partisan politician, “Words, just words?” You betcha!

New White House Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, is a tax cheat.
There seems to be no public record of Emanuel ever paying property taxes on his home in Chicago.
Why wouldn’t 4228 North Hermitage property owners Rahm Emanuel and wife Amy Rule pay property taxes? Everyone else in the neighborhood pays $5,000 -$6,000 a year in taxes.
One reason may be because Emanuel and Rule declared their 4228 North Hermitage home as the office location for their personal non-profit foundation called the “Rahm Emanuel and Amy Rule Charitable Foundation”. As the non-profit’s headquarters, their home could be exempt from paying property taxes.
Who does the “Rahm Emanuel and Amy Rule Charitable Foundation” list as members? Him and his wife.
Who do they “donate” money to? They pay the tuition for their children’s private schooling and call it a “donation”.
Hope and change.
President Elect Obama – himself a connected, Chicago insider who has benefited from questionable land deals – may find it difficult to explain why his very own Chicago-based chief of staff doesn’t pay property taxes like the “little guy” he claims to represent.
The sludge starts backing up in the Obama White House.

Obama wants to work with people who will be straight with him, not tell him what they think he wants to hear. Emanuel will do that.

I can’t wait for all the books to start coming out in 2009-2010 from people in Obama’s past going to cash in on their dealings with Obama.
The Rev. Wright book entitled: “He Sat in my Church for 20 Years”
or the Bill Ayers book, “1984-2008; My years with the 44th President”.

On the contrary, Lindsay Graham (R-SC), one of John McCain’s right hand men, praised the pick. Emanuel and Graham worked to set the date for the presidential debates, and completed the process in record time.

Oh, that hurtful partisanship! How will the delicate Republicans survive?
The real irony is that Boehner thinks this is irnoic. You can’t make this stuff up.

Boehner is the House minority leader not whip

Everything bad that happens is because of Jesus and the republicans, yay!!!
Everything bad that happens is because the democrats and the devil, boo!!
Seriously red state tards, why do we bother trying to explain? I mean if you didn’t catch any clues during that year or two of eighth grade, it’s probably not going to happen here.

RobK
re: Since when did we become a 1 party system?
year 2000, Bush administration…until 2007
your welcome, glad to help….

How pitiful that someone here would write that we are a conservative nation. The conservative movement has led us to no where other than war and a failed economy. You conservatives is EXACTLY why John McCain got smoked in this election, because he decided to pander the narrow minded and short sighted philosophies of the right. Thank God the GOP has thoughtful moderate representatives like Lindsay Graham and Chuck Hagel. Sadly, Hagel is gone but Graham and hopefully John McCain will leave the pathetic conservative snipers like John Boehner in their dust and work to get our nation back on track. US a conservative nation….how sad are you anyway????

Hey Chuck!
Obama back down?? Putin?? PLEASE!!!
Have you conservatives learned nothing from getting tossed out on your ? You’ve FAILED this nation, you’ve led us to war and disaster and divisiveness and let the biggest mass murderer in our nations history slide off into the mountains with his dialysis machine in tow. The best thing for you all to do is to sit quietly in the corner and watch forward thinking moderates from both party put us back on track. You have utterly no postive record over the last 15 years to be proud of.
I for one and more than a little tired of your sniping, fear tactics and deciding who is a “good” american and who isn’t. From my perspective YOU are the subversives that needs to be eliminated.

Boehner affirms the minority’s proclivity to engage in the politics of personal destruction, to elevate style over substance and to waste opportunity to make thoughtful contribution. And yet Republicans appear dumbfounded by their losses. Psst. Republicans, you may want to consider whether your leader has ever heard that discretion is the better part of valor, or the more vulgar rendition of the same thought: “Take care, for the ass you chew today may be the ass you have to kiss tomorrow.” Mr. Boehner, do you have anything useful to say?

To Rep. John Boehner:
What did you EXPECT Mr. Obama to do, now that he’s won the election? Surround himself with wimps who will get pushed around every time they want to get something done in the new Administration?
Time to figure out two things, mister: One: you’re not in any position to tell President-Elect Obama what he should and shouldn’t be doing. And two: no one cares if you don’t approve of Mr. Obama’s choice of a Chief of Staff.
The days are gone when you, John Boehner, hand out checks to your fellow Republicans from Big Tobacco on the House floor. And lest we forget: Bush’s former Deputy Chief of Staff was one of the biggest criminals in the history of this country- and I didn’t hear you complaining of Karl Rove when he was utterly shaming this Nation in front of entire civilized world.

This comment section has gone well beyond discussing Emanuel’s appointment. “Off with his head?” “Right wingers are ignorant of history?” Here’s a bit of history that “you” (collectively, dems it would seem) probably don’t know b/c your liberal media doesn’t spoon-feed it to you: The Republican party was founded and actually divided from the Democratic party on the basis of freedom, slavery abolition and an emphasis on education and the modernization of this beautiful country! The terrorist attacks began the 8 years of inadequate governing (which, admittedly, includes the most recent governing by the liberal majority House and Senate), and led the Grand Old Party to focus away from other important issues facing the US. As a result, the party, its supporters and the Country are paying the price. Repubs need to reflect on that and totally re-focus, and they will. But, are you libs even serious? Your immature and negative statements, continuing POST-election, reflect a LACK of civility which will become the platform of your party if you insist. Yeah, way to do your part in bringing about a unified country (that, btw, is STILL divided, with Sen. McCain having amassed almost 50% of the popular vote!!). You see, not all of us can look to the future and see what you see in your crystal ball… so, what will it be? Will the now-majority lib citizenry actually be willing and able to work to bring about good morale and unity in the US instead of the same, old, tired negativity, name-calling and egotism that divides? Sigh. We shall see and HOPE for purple.

Tell him to get over it. Need to work together. America has economic crisis!! Besides this gentleman is sort of an attack dog himself! He will not be able to push his way around so easily.

I expect Boehner is afraid that he might actually get rolled by an Obama administration after perhaps assuming that he would get a repeat of the supine Carter presidency or the first two years of the Clinton presidency.