Comments on: Boehner: ‘I think the Congress is still a center-right Congress.’

By: NOLIESPLEASE

NOLIESPLEASE — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:59:21 +0000

Didn’t anyone tell Bonner they lost the election by over 6million votes?????? How is that centre right???? Can anyone answer that question because it’s really sad to see such idiots still on the Hill. Just Sad!!

By: Gaia

Gaia — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:06:32 +0000

Just goes to show that these guys NEVER let facts get in the way. They are sitting out in the rain fighting with each other over a broken umbrella, meanwhile telling us to “come on out here, the weather is fine”.
Astonishing!

By: bentley1

bentley1 — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:52:05 +0000

hope for ….

By: bentley1

bentley1 — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:51:44 +0000

Why or why did this fool win election again?
I guess there’s no help for Cincinnati voters.
Oh, and Boener, I still think you’re a nut.
tony and lido

By: konchster

konchster — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:49:09 +0000

Was Boehner weeping like a baby when he said this. If ever he had a reason to cry,and he seems to find many, this would look like the best reason of all

By: mauro7inf

mauro7inf — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:07:48 +0000

I could be satisfied with a center-right country and Congress, especially since apparently, center-right includes universal healthcare, sensible foreign policy, non-disastrous economic policy, values independent of religion, and so on. We ARE a center-right nation. The Democrats are a center-right party, for the most part. I would love to live in a country where the leadership governs in a center-right way — perhaps less center-right than Clinton, but certainly MUCH, MUCH, MUCH more center-right than Bush. (That didn’t make any sense, mathematically. But you know what I mean. To the left of Clinton, and to the center from Bush, overtaking Clinton and ending up to his left. Anyway.)

Center-right nation? Bring on the healthcare.

By: Robt

Robt — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:40:19 +0000

Center right and way further to the left of center. maybe.?

Has Boehner made that appointment for rehab yet?

By: motorfingaz

motorfingaz — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:14:55 +0000

And frankly, I think the Congress is still a center-right Congress.

This is why these bastards fail at governing. Everything to them is ideology. Republicans stifle progress and are a threat to the advancement of America.

By: clarkorwell

clarkorwell — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:48:40 +0000

Denial, denial, denial!!! Mr. Boner needs to just let this all go. I know it’s sad that his party is in the minority but they deserve it. Look at us! Oh well, this should be fun to watch them come to terms, with us of course.

By: Musk

Musk — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:41:22 +0000

I don’t call you want I want to call you, BOEHNER, because I know how emotional you get, and I hate it when you cry.

By: Tim Vaculik

Tim Vaculik — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:19:43 +0000

MapleStreet,

Well that’s the problem isn’t it – how do you measure it?

I’m not suggesting that Nancy Pelosi and her ilk have the same opinion of where the political center lies in this country as I do. In fact, what most Democrats consider to be “mainstream” American thought is pretty far left in my opinion!

By: MapleStreet

MapleStreet — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:14:44 +0000

Center Right OF WHAT???

Admittedly, it is to the right of the 99th percentile. It is to the Center Right of the National Anarchist Society.

By: pax

pax — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:12:23 +0000

Too much tanning bed for boner.

By: Tim Vaculik

Tim Vaculik — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:59:46 +0000

So, Nancy Pelosi and company are wrong about the need to govern from the political center?

Mr. Boehner was correct when he stated that we are still a “center-right” nation. The post-election research clearly shows that there was no fundamental shift in how people perceive their core beliefs. In fact, the movement in the various categories of the questions asked was only ONE percentage point.

So what explains Obama’s victory? It was a “perfect storm” consisting in no small part of the following factors:

1. The financial meltdown, which came just in the nick of time
2. The mainstream media who totally abdicated their duty (see http://www.howobamagotelected.com for a great example.
3. A weak Republican candidate who is not a conservative.
4. Massive infusions of illegal campaign contributions to Obama’s campaign ($200 Mil buys a lot of air time!)

Finally, if you really want to know the inspiration for Obama’s highly successful tactics, just read Saul Alinsky’s book.

By: RUCerious

RUCerious — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:49:06 +0000

Got crying towel?

By: questioneverything

questioneverything — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:18:45 +0000

Funny thing about averages. Paul Krugman once put it best. If 5 regular guys are in a bar (making average salaries) and Bill Gates walks in, the average salary of the five rises disproportionately. That is a bad statistic. And the Boner knows nothing about statistics. Neither does he read anything but menus. Wouldn’t put too much stock in anything he says.

By: Game of Life

Game of Life — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:06:07 +0000

As long as the repugs shove their agenda down the msm throats their party will never change. It’s their core fiber that’s wrong.

repugs are the only ones believing their bs.

By: Pete Tagliani

Pete Tagliani — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:31:18 +0000

I think you could drop one of these guys in to a big hippie jam session and they would rationalize that it was “a center-right hippie jam session”.

By: Dirty Hippie

Dirty Hippie — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:21:34 +0000

Enjoy your Kool-Aid, Boner.

By: jb

jb — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:43:47 +0000

B0oner must be on viagra to keep pushing that kind of wood.