Tag Archives: John Boehner

Republicans, don’t trust John Boehner

Posted on December 5, 2012 by mesasmiles

Today my two favorite radio talk show hosts, Mark Levin and Rush Limbaugh, were both going after John Boehner. They see through his positioning, and warned against his recent consolidation of power through his purge of tea-party-oriented members of his … Continue reading →

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The Democrats Brer Rabbit negotiating strategy on the fiscal cliff

Posted on December 3, 2012 by mesasmiles

As a Republican, John Boehner scares me when he gets into negotiations with the Democrats. They run circles around him. He acts tough early on in the process, and then he caves and strikes the most horrendous deals. Chris Wallace … Continue reading →

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Charitable deductions in the crosshairs

Posted on November 27, 2012 by mesasmiles

The agonizing over the fiscal cliff would be funny if it weren’t so tragic. Here we have the players including House Speaker John Boehner, the President, and various senators, wringing their hands over dealing with the looming fiscal cliff, when … Continue reading →

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Taking applications for Republican Majority Leader, Speaker of the House

Posted on July 3, 2012 by mesasmiles

Upon personally meeting a Republican candidate for the House of Representatives and having an opportunity to ask some questions, one of the first I wanted to ask was how he felt about John Boehner as Speaker. I was delighted to … Continue reading →

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Jack Lew on a favorite topic of Liberals – shutting down dissent

Posted on July 3, 2012 by mesasmiles

White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew appeared on Fox News Sunday to talk about Obamacare. And he made an interesting statement. After basking in the victory – “When the Supreme Court rules, we have a final answer” – he … Continue reading →

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On John Boehner and spiking the football

Posted on June 23, 2012 by mesasmiles

I sincerely hope that we get some momentum going with the new Republican freshman class in the House of Representatives to get us a new Speaker. We deserve better than John Boehner. His statement this week that, if Obamacare is … Continue reading →

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Matt Salmon at the Mountain View Tea Party

Posted on February 10, 2012 by mesasmiles

Matt Salmon was the guest speaker at our Mountain View Tea Party tonight. I was very impressed. My first clue that this is a man I can trust was his sticking to his word when he first served in Congress. … Continue reading →

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Some advice for Republicans in the House

Posted on December 21, 2011 by mesasmiles

I created a post last Friday in which I said, “Get ready for Republicans to cave on Keystone pipeline.” And it certainly looks like I analyzed it correctly. And now, after correctly predicting the linguini-spined response of Republicans, I have … Continue reading →

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If Government is Gonna Be Shutdown, Own It, GOP!

Posted on April 5, 2011 by mesasmiles

This was Rush’s headline comment for his radio show today, and was his lead comment on his e-mail blast after the show. And it looks like that’s what the Republicans are going to do. I certainly hope so. I was … Continue reading →

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