Comments on: After Ney Admits To Crimes, Boehner Refuses To Call For His Resignation

By: An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens « The Long Goodbye

Fri, 03 Nov 2006 07:09:58 +0000

[...] As the Conservative Chorus of Hypocrites try to milk this little incident for all its worth we have House Majority Leader John Boehner blaming the military for losing in Iraq. he doesn’t sound like he’s mangling a joke either. Boehner himself is a walking joke. After Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH) pled guilty to federal corruption charges, Boehner (R-OH) still refused to ask for his immediate resignation. For Boehner as always throughout his Congressional career political power and party alliance has always trumped ethics. [...]

By: Rhombus Blog

Rhombus Blog — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 18:46:49 +0000

[...] Wednesday, 20 September 2006 Ney It seems that the GOP leadership expected Ney to resign immediately, but he hasn’t taken them up on the hint. Sunday on Fox News (I’m sure you all caught it) John Boehner balked at calling for him to resign, I would think that he thought Ney was going to do so anyway, so he could get away with punting on the issue. Now its wednesday and Ney hasn’t stepped up (down) and the GOP leadership can’t punt anymore. It would be great if he sticks in and the Dems get to bring his expulsion to the floor. Unlikely though. Anyway Boehner has a lot of balls saying Ney has to decide for him self if he should resign. The video is here: http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/18/boehner-ney/ – Brendan 09/20/2006 14:51:04 (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00) Comments [0] [...]

By: Kenneth E. Tucker

Kenneth E. Tucker — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 17:57:36 +0000

Say Hey Ney !!!

Just because a guy is a drunk and a criminal doesn’t mean he can’t STILL be do his party/Herr Shrub a ’solid’ and cast a few more votes before adjournment…

good old Re-pugnant-can ‘values’

By: nikolai

nikolai — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 17:10:37 +0000

Further proof (as if we need any more) that we are already sinking into police state status. Since when is it ok for a corrupt, guilty congressman to stay in power??? Since NOW, that’s when!!

By: Rocket

Rocket — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:54:36 +0000

20. 12. Werenâ€™t the Repubs demanding the resignation from McKinney when she went off the deep end and attacked a capital guard?
Comment by hellinabucket â€” September 18, 2006 @ 1:17 pm

Hello? She didnâ€™t â€œattackâ€ a guard, she over-reacted and popped him one when he grabbed her from behind without warning. Factsâ€¦

Representative McKinney was doing a fine job holding meetings to determine the truth about “9-11″. As a result, it is not unreasonable to suspect she may have been set up. It is a shame that she was such an easy target. McKinney was working diligently for our country and not just for herself and/or her party. She was definitely a better Representative than Ney. Would that McKinney were still there and Ney gone!

By: W.D.Russell

W.D.Russell — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:05:51 +0000

Unfortunately the only problem the GOP can find with Ney, is getting caught.
We need real reform in Washington, not some feel good bill.

By: dfong63

dfong63 — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 11:02:20 +0000

if an ordinary citizen committed a comparable crime, how long do you think it’d take for that person to be fired by their employer?

By: CyraBrown

CyraBrown — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 06:36:10 +0000

Rather ironic that it was DeLay resigning from Congress that allowed ‘Boner’ to take over as House Majority Leader. But ‘Boner’ thinks a covicted felon should get to decide if he stays in Congress or not. Yep, that’s the Republican way. DeLay should ask for his job back. Sheesh.

By: JPark

JPark — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 01:47:27 +0000

We know that the Pubbies are led by the little head.

By: wmd

wmd — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 01:04:02 +0000

I suspect Boehner has agreed to allow him to keep his pension by running out his term… Of course, that alone should be reason enough to dump Boehner as well.

By: bones

bones — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 22:38:35 +0000

Ney pled guilty last week to federal corruption charges, admitting to prosecutors that â€œhe had accepted tens of thousands of dollars in illegal favors from Abramoff and from a Syrian businessman nicknamed â€˜the Fat Man.â€™â€

Oh they were favors not bribes, not paying a whore for services rendered, just favors

By: Wayne A. Schneider

Wayne A. Schneider — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 22:35:25 +0000

De Lay was not forced to resign his seat, he chose to do that. He was forced to step down as Majority Leader a year ago but he retained his seat in the house after he was indicted.

Comment by mroom

Let’s also remember that he was forced to step down by rules put in place by the Republicans when they took over the House in 1995 because of their displeasure with how Democrats ran things. Then, when it became apparent that DeLay’s illegal activities were catching up to him and that he might be indicted (thus triggering the forced resignation as Majority Leader), they tried unsuccessfully to change that rule so he could stay in his position. I guess they didn’t mean it after all.

By: Jake

Jake — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 22:25:46 +0000

They share the same taint.

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 21:22:18 +0000

Republicans have a long history of providing exemptions of accountability for other republicans. McCain has said several times that he believes Rumsfeld should resign, but that the president should have the team he wants. This is an abdication of Congress’ responsibility, most likely so that McCain can have it both ways. If presidents were meant to have the teams they wanted regardless of the qualifications and competence of the people on that team, the Senate would not have the duty to “advise and consent” and Congress would not have the power to impeach.

By: osage

osage — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 20:44:47 +0000

Ney should fight to remain with the biggest group of failure enabling political whores in American history. While, I certainly believe that Bush should be impeached, the Republican congress are at least eqaully responsible. They have prevented oversight and accountability. They have supported and conspired to coverup failure after failure after failure. If Republicans are stupid enough to allow an admited felon back into their club, they are making it clear to Americans exactly what their values are. I hope Boehner hosts a welcome back Bob party!

By: Jebus loves me

Jebus loves me — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 20:13:25 +0000

Faux said Boehner :)

By: mroom

mroom — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 19:53:03 +0000

42. De Lay was not forced to resign his seat, he chose to do that. He was forced to step down as Majority Leader a year ago but he retained his seat in the house after he was indicted. Granted, his choice to resign a few months ago was based on his legal troubles compounded by the realization that he might not win the election in November. I’m not defending DeLay. I’m glad he’s gone. i just wanted to clarify the facts.

It boggles the mind that Ney isn’t forced to resign.

By: Unholy Moses

Unholy Moses — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 19:31:02 +0000

Whatever happened to that “personal responsibility” the right was always bleating about? Wasn’t that their main gripe about Clinton?

By: SherAn

SherAn — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 19:25:22 +0000

Whoa, what does Ney have on Boehner? Me thinks there has to be some big time skeletons in Boehner’s closet!

Both from Ohio. Both in the pocket of the K Street lobbying crowd. Boehner has gone to the mattresses for lobbyists in the past. Boehner has his own share of ethical dust ups (that the House Ethics Committee chose to ignore or paper over).

DeLay was forced to resign for indictments in the Texas state court system, but Ney is not being forced out for pleading guilty to federal felonies? Come on, folks. I repeat, what dirt does Ney have on Boehner? Who is going to start digging into Boehner’s doings?

By: Wayne A. Schneider

Wayne A. Schneider — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 19:18:52 +0000

#37 Tobey,

This may shock you about our political system (though I know you understand it better than most of our own citizens), but our Constitution sets three, and only three, requirements to be a US Representative: that you be at least 25 years old; that you be an inhabitant of the state you will represent in Congress (note that it says “inhabitant” not “resident”); and you have to have been a citizen of the US for seven years. Constitutionally speaking, it doesn’t matter if you have a criminal record longer than both your arms, you cannot be kicked out of Congress just for that. It is the responsibility of the other Members of Congress to deal with Ney’s behavior and punish him by expelling him. The Democratics in the House would need some Republican support; they can’t do it themselves. The Republicans must be the ones who vote to expel Bob Ney. That they refuse to do it shows just how little respect they have for the rule of law and the rules of the House of Representatives. I mean, we’re talking about a guy whose criminal behavior directly involved his work as a US Representative. Why they think he should make up his own mind about leaving is beyond me.

There are times when I agree with Kent Brockman of The Simpsons, “I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Democracy just doesn’t work.”