Fri Sep 25, 2015, 08:33 AM

Gothmog (92,013 posts)

Boehner Will Resign from Congress

Source: New York Times

WASHINGTON — Speaker John A. Boehner will resign from Congress and give up his House seat at the end of October, according to aides in his office.

Speaker John A. Boehner in Washington on Thursday. He is under pressure to stand up to the president on Planned Parenthood.

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Boehner Will Resign from Congress (Original post)	Gothmog	Sep 2015	OP
The shutdown is getting to boehner	Gothmog	Sep 2015	#1
As a federal employee	Le Taz Hot	Sep 2015	#27
I feel for you	UCmeNdc	Sep 2015	#57
No,	Delphinus	Sep 2015	#89
This is what some folks forget when their initial response is "it is good, that Boehner is resigning".	still_one	Sep 2015	#75
I was wondering that too.	RoccoR5955	Sep 2015	#91
I hope there is a shutdown	Keep-Left	Sep 2015	#142
Gerrymandering will prevent that.	Turbineguy	Sep 2015	#144
Indeed, and when your agenda is to destroy the country and government, well... ...	randys1	Sep 2015	#151
Not zo fast, not zo fast. I don't zink zo. Der plan ish not vitout flass.	Major Hogwash	Sep 2015	#169
yes i think many will remember this day as	questionseverything	Sep 2015	#145
There may be a chance that Boehner will push a clean funding bill through	Gothmog	Sep 2015	#137
Boehner resignation changes the shutdown calculus	Gothmog	Sep 2015	#149
Wow!	Le Taz Hot	Sep 2015	#153
While this may be bad for the party-I am hoping that Boehner crams a full year funding bill through	Gothmog	Sep 2015	#155
This message was self-deleted by its author	BigDemVoter	Sep 2015	#178
Wow...he's leaving Congress.	SpankMe	Sep 2015	#88
His district is gerrymandered conservative.	yardwork	Sep 2015	#93
Wow. The inmates are running the asylum.	DCBob	Sep 2015	#2
Holy shit!	BumRushDaShow	Sep 2015	#3
I think he was crying because one part of him agreed with the Pope.	blm	Sep 2015	#7
I think there is a side of him that is disgusted with the new modern insane republican	RKP5637	Sep 2015	#15
If that is the case...	kracer20	Sep 2015	#34
While that would be fun for us, it would have zero effect on the GOP	apnu	Sep 2015	#40
That's, of course, just my guess. ... but if he does feel that way, I bet he never calls them	RKP5637	Sep 2015	#49
My take	llmart	Sep 2015	#158
He was the drum major for that crew of insanity.	peace13	Sep 2015	#59
I would like to feel compassionate here.	peace13	Sep 2015	#63
And the cushy lifetime benefits he will receive on our tab.	CrispyQ	Sep 2015	#154
Yep, quite true. Some smile as they pull the trigger, he weeps. Same! n/t	RKP5637	Sep 2015	#120
I would like to believe that,	Qutzupalotl	Sep 2015	#22
Remember, Obama was able to make deals w/ Boehner…till the neanderthals	blm	Sep 2015	#30
I grew up Catholic in Dayton Ohio. I moved to	upaloopa	Sep 2015	#152
heheh….Cleveland suburbs to LA for me.	blm	Sep 2015	#156
Cleveland suburbs for me too.....	llmart	Sep 2015	#159
Nah...	awoke_in_2003	Sep 2015	#160
he finally cracked. Now who will take his place?	wordpix	Sep 2015	#8
someone much, much worse	Skittles	Sep 2015	#174
He must be sick	alcibiades_mystery	Sep 2015	#4
guessing with all his chain smoking and drinking he has health probs	wordpix	Sep 2015	#9
I think verge of breakdown	tavernier	Sep 2015	#33
That's what I think too. He's been badgered by the nutballs in his party	napi21	Sep 2015	#79
I have a hunch if he were away from that herd he's likely different, maybe. He's IMO an	RKP5637	Sep 2015	#126
That's the first thing that came to my mind when I heard him on the radio.	AngryOldDem	Sep 2015	#148
Or maybe rehab?	MissDeeds	Sep 2015	#38
maybe all the above. Certainly appears in bad health all over	wordpix	Sep 2015	#47
Ever wonder if	tawadi	Sep 2015	#69
more likely gray	wordpix	Sep 2015	#71
And yellow skin in a white person often indicates liver failure.	jwirr	Sep 2015	#97
people who are sick turn gray	wordpix	Sep 2015	#182
He's a Catholic.	snort	Sep 2015	#98
Yes, I, too am suspicious that it's health related	rocktivity	Sep 2015	#166
Met again with the Pope and he resigns.	Sunlei	Sep 2015	#5
Did the Pope advise him	mainstreetonce	Sep 2015	#42
He adviced us all to get more out of life	Sunlei	Sep 2015	#45
Maybe he's moving to the Vatican?	darkangel218	Sep 2015	#106
He was the one who invited the Pope to speak to Congress.	Sunlei	Sep 2015	#107
All it took was a visit from the pope? n/t	jtuck004	Sep 2015	#6
I think he's really fed up with how F'ed up and crazy the modern republican party	RKP5637	Sep 2015	#10
This would be my guess as well.	bunnies	Sep 2015	#74
Yep, he's always looks like a beaten down downtrodden person, now worse than ever. He needs	RKP5637	Sep 2015	#125
Good riddance	Zorro	Sep 2015	#11
He's definitely been a problem, but I'm quite sure we haven't seen nothing yet in comparison	onecaliberal	Sep 2015	#124
That's a shock!	greatauntoftriplets	Sep 2015	#12
Will he be checking into rehab?	Kotya	Sep 2015	#13
Boehner sucked. Whoever replaces him is going to suck much, much, MUCH more.	Drunken Irishman	Sep 2015	#14
I fear so	liberal N proud	Sep 2015	#17
but...there will be a long protracted fight first	wordpix	Sep 2015	#19
Yep, my concern too. He still seemed human, these others that might replace him are really	RKP5637	Sep 2015	#20
Rubio appeared giddy when announcing this to Value Voters Conf	wordpix	Sep 2015	#50
It will likely go from bad to worse! n/t	RKP5637	Sep 2015	#54
now Cruz is addressing the group, "Help is on the way!" He's on a huge high	wordpix	Sep 2015	#66
A Speaker can be a Senator, Sanitation worker, or even unimployed	Reter	Sep 2015	#87
Oh Noooooz!	maddiemom	Sep 2015	#162
Yes, but the House always picks one of their own, so no need to worry about Trump or Cruz	Reter	Sep 2015	#163
Some things are really fortunate. Yep, if congressman, likely they would vote him in. n/t	RKP5637	Sep 2015	#121
No question the extremists have effectively moved the goalpost	Iceberg Louie	Sep 2015	#134
What are the chances of a Dem taking that spot in the next election?	Myrina	Sep 2015	#16
Pretty remote.	Qutzupalotl	Sep 2015	#28
Thanks for the reply!	Myrina	Sep 2015	#128
news conference "shortly"	wordpix	Sep 2015	#18
Oh there are going to be some waterworks	underpants	Sep 2015	#37
The Rude Pundit's last work must have got to him.	Botany	Sep 2015	#21
Dead girl or live boy?	briv1016	Sep 2015	#23
even worse. A tea party rep.	ChairmanAgnostic	Sep 2015	#24
or runinng car into the pool at west side Capitol	wordpix	Sep 2015	#46
The odds of winning the House back on Hillary's coattails just went up.	onehandle	Sep 2015	#25
Have to disagree, IF she wins the nomination....	daleanime	Sep 2015	#43
Good news for America. Bad news for comedy.	47of74	Sep 2015	#26
It really isn't.	Le Taz Hot	Sep 2015	#29
agree -	rurallib	Sep 2015	#31
Boehner is freed from the need to placate his caucus now and can do whatever he wants.	PoliticAverse	Sep 2015	#39
I'm not seeing it.	Le Taz Hot	Sep 2015	#44
It doesn't matter what the majority of Republicans in the House want. All there needs to be	PoliticAverse	Sep 2015	#48
I don't know if there are 30 Republicans	Le Taz Hot	Sep 2015	#60
He's leaving by October 1. He's gone.	yardwork	Sep 2015	#96
Every article I've seen on the issue says "end of October". Source for "October 1"? n/t	PoliticAverse	Sep 2015	#101
Sorry. You're right.	yardwork	Sep 2015	#115
I'm surprised heis leaving Congress	underpants	Sep 2015	#32
YIPPPPPPPPPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!	onecent	Sep 2015	#35
Be careful	yeoman6987	Sep 2015	#157
Thanks for the good advice yeoman6987, and I am sure you are right..BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA	onecent	Sep 2015	#173
Thanks for your reply	yeoman6987	Sep 2015	#175
loud applause from Value Voters Conf. when Rubio announced it	wordpix	Sep 2015	#36
So the R's will fight	mainstreetonce	Sep 2015	#41
No, because a crazy Republican will win that fight.	jeff47	Sep 2015	#65
But the fighting about it	mainstreetonce	Sep 2015	#77
And that fight requires proving just how crazy you are.	jeff47	Sep 2015	#84
Watch out for Lou Gohmert and his teabaggin' friends. They are smelling the blood for the new power.	TRoN33	Sep 2015	#51
And this is what is scary.	Delphinus	Sep 2015	#95
Cruz and Rubio were positively giddy at the Value Voters conf	wordpix	Sep 2015	#112
Translation: Fuck this shit	BeyondGeography	Sep 2015	#52
Boehner Initiated the Papal Visit	bucolic_frolic	Sep 2015	#53
More accurately, he piggy-backed on something already initiated	BumRushDaShow	Sep 2015	#92
Ya gotta love it	SmittynMo	Sep 2015	#55
I think he's resigning because it has become all-too-obvious	truebluegreen	Sep 2015	#56
Kevin McCarthy a likely shoo-in, says CNBC	wordpix	Sep 2015	#70
Don't know that much about him.	truebluegreen	Sep 2015	#73
never heard of him, myself	wordpix	Sep 2015	#78
The only possible good that comes of this	truebluegreen	Sep 2015	#102
He Realized His Lifelong Dream?	NonMetro	Sep 2015	#58
This means the Tea Baggers are going to make their move.	UCmeNdc	Sep 2015	#61
+1	harun	Sep 2015	#180
I am open to giving him respect for this move. It deends on what he says and does next	Tom Rinaldo	Sep 2015	#62
The weakest Speaker I can ever recall.	WI_DEM	Sep 2015	#64
So someone crazier can take his place?	abelenkpe	Sep 2015	#67
Threat or a promise?	Babel_17	Sep 2015	#68
Let's hope in Democratic parents are still alive.	jwirr	Sep 2015	#105
It's a little like when Dick Armey left....	sofa king	Sep 2015	#72
so far Boner hasn't been accused of molesting kids like Hastert	wordpix	Sep 2015	#80
Actually it is worse, because the house republicans today are even more extreme to the right, and	still_one	Sep 2015	#83
Good link, thanks!	dixiegrrrrl	Sep 2015	#118
I'm okay with this guy McCarthy.	sofa king	Sep 2015	#161
Tom Delay leaving was a cause for celebration too....	Spitfire of ATJ	Sep 2015	#104
just look at this list of bad actors/criminals---these are repuke leaders	wordpix	Sep 2015	#109
Maybe he sees an opening ...	freebrew	Sep 2015	#76
He accomplished nothing	fbc	Sep 2015	#81
From the Senate to the ----	packman	Sep 2015	#82
It's too bad that he never had an ounce of courage to act in the best interests of his	world wide wally	Sep 2015	#85
I hope he's not having a nervous breakdown or something, I agree with the posters	Uncle Joe	Sep 2015	#86
And who said the Pope couldn't get anything done?	jwirr	Sep 2015	#90
Good bye...good riddance.	SoapBox	Sep 2015	#94
Backfired on you, didn't it John?	snort	Sep 2015	#99
Maybe he met the Pope and got religion	DFW	Sep 2015	#100
House can go full Tea Bagger now, they will quickly see how that works out for them.	harun	Sep 2015	#181
Badly in the long term for sure, maybe not so badly in the short term.	DFW	Sep 2015	#187
The Pope Effect? nt	TeamPooka	Sep 2015	#103
he'll drink to that!	unblock	Sep 2015	#108
I bet hearing the Pope speak	romanic	Sep 2015	#110
Uncanny how just 24 hours after bawling as the Pope spoke of nobility in public service	Iceberg Louie	Sep 2015	#136
rumors are rife that there is going to be a coup against him.	roguevalley	Sep 2015	#141
As much as I dislike Boehner, this is not a good thing.	drm604	Sep 2015	#111
reports are Boner wants to work with Dems to keep gov running	wordpix	Sep 2015	#114
That's right	m night shanahan	Sep 2015	#123
"the Pope must gotten to him!"	AlbertCat	Sep 2015	#113
Good. He wasn't getting anything accomplished besides obstructing everything anyway	perdita9	Sep 2015	#116
What actually is the ratio between teabags to just repubs??? eom	a kennedy	Sep 2015	#117
NY Times article says	dixiegrrrrl	Sep 2015	#119
Congress is going to lose it's glow!	Gregorian	Sep 2015	#122
Tea party radicals will burn down the house	workinclasszero	Sep 2015	#127
Remember that when the government shut down...	sofa king	Sep 2015	#176
The republicans are in full bark at the moon lunacy mode now	workinclasszero	Sep 2015	#183
No doubt, they're set back by years.	sofa king	Sep 2015	#185
The GOP oligarchy must be really pissed at Boner for inviting the liberal pope to Congress.	Dont call me Shirley	Sep 2015	#129
I'm guessing whichever teabagger replaces him (probably McCarthy) will make us miss Boehner.	SunSeeker	Sep 2015	#130
The (Hue and) Cry...	xocet	Sep 2015	#131
I guess the shame of having to enlist Democrats to keep the government running was a bridge too far	Demeter	Sep 2015	#132
The Nation Mourns	rizlaplus	Sep 2015	#133
I heard on MSNBC that Boehner rented a place in Florida	Gothmog	Sep 2015	#135
Well, he doesn't have to worry about sunburn ... he's got a nice base "tan" sprayed on.	Myrina	Sep 2015	#140
He can go live with ex-Governor Palin!	joanbarnes	Sep 2015	#138
Maybe Boehner announced his resignation so that he will be free to do some actual governing	Gothmog	Sep 2015	#139
Na na na na... Na na na na... Hey hey hey...	jmondine	Sep 2015	#143
Holy shit! I thought he was just quitting the Speaker gig! n/t	arcane1	Sep 2015	#146
Bye Felicia! nt	LaydeeBug	Sep 2015	#147
Boehner resignation changes the shutdown calculus	Gothmog	Sep 2015	#150
And some people here say republicans don't hear from God when they pray.	rwsanders	Sep 2015	#164
Surreal	colsohlibgal	Sep 2015	#165
Heard he got a gig as a wine taster n/t	Kennah	Sep 2015	#167
Well, hell. Does that mean unemployment checks stop?	Liberty Belle	Sep 2015	#168
The Pope was asking for good thoughts	polynomial	Sep 2015	#170
Don't believe	bucolic_frolic	Sep 2015	#171
The pubic didn't buy the republican lie before	workinclasszero	Sep 2015	#186
Is there a pool open yet as to what information will be disclosed after he leaves office like?	Hestia	Sep 2015	#172
my bet is a string of drunk driving incidents + health probs, emotional + physical	wordpix	Sep 2015	#184
This message was self-deleted by its author	BigDemVoter	Sep 2015	#177
Na na na na, na na na na hey hey hey goodbye!!!!	Initech	Sep 2015	#179
Good luck to a classy guy.	Mary Mac	Mar 2016	#188

Response to Gothmog (Original post)

Fri Sep 25, 2015, 08:36 AM

Gothmog (92,013 posts)

1. The shutdown is getting to boehner

This will be fun to watch but it appears that this may increase the chances of a shutdown

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Boehner Will Resign from Congress

1. The shutdown is getting to boehner

27. As a federal employee

57. I feel for you

89. No,

75. This is what some folks forget when their initial response is "it is good, that Boehner is resigning".

91. I was wondering that too.

142. I hope there is a shutdown

144. Gerrymandering will prevent that.

151. Indeed, and when your agenda is to destroy the country and government, well... ...

169. Not zo fast, not zo fast. I don't zink zo. Der plan ish not vitout flass.

145. yes i think many will remember this day as

137. There may be a chance that Boehner will push a clean funding bill through

149. Boehner resignation changes the shutdown calculus

153. Wow!

155. While this may be bad for the party-I am hoping that Boehner crams a full year funding bill through

88. Wow...he's leaving Congress.

93. His district is gerrymandered conservative.

2. Wow. The inmates are running the asylum.

3. Holy shit!

7. I think he was crying because one part of him agreed with the Pope.

15. I think there is a side of him that is disgusted with the new modern insane republican

34. If that is the case...

40. While that would be fun for us, it would have zero effect on the GOP

49. That's, of course, just my guess. ... but if he does feel that way, I bet he never calls them

158. My take

59. He was the drum major for that crew of insanity.

63. I would like to feel compassionate here.

154. And the cushy lifetime benefits he will receive on our tab.

120. Yep, quite true. Some smile as they pull the trigger, he weeps. Same! n/t

22. I would like to believe that,

30. Remember, Obama was able to make deals w/ Boehner…till the neanderthals

152. I grew up Catholic in Dayton Ohio. I moved to

156. heheh….Cleveland suburbs to LA for me.

159. Cleveland suburbs for me too.....

160. Nah...

8. he finally cracked. Now who will take his place?

174. someone much, much worse

4. He must be sick

9. guessing with all his chain smoking and drinking he has health probs

33. I think verge of breakdown

79. That's what I think too. He's been badgered by the nutballs in his party

126. I have a hunch if he were away from that herd he's likely different, maybe. He's IMO an

148. That's the first thing that came to my mind when I heard him on the radio.

38. Or maybe rehab?

47. maybe all the above. Certainly appears in bad health all over

69. Ever wonder if

71. more likely gray

97. And yellow skin in a white person often indicates liver failure.

182. people who are sick turn gray

98. He's a Catholic.

166. Yes, I, too am suspicious that it's health related

5. Met again with the Pope and he resigns.

42. Did the Pope advise him

45. He adviced us all to get more out of life

106. Maybe he's moving to the Vatican?

107. He was the one who invited the Pope to speak to Congress.

6. All it took was a visit from the pope? n/t

10. I think he's really fed up with how F'ed up and crazy the modern republican party

74. This would be my guess as well.

125. Yep, he's always looks like a beaten down downtrodden person, now worse than ever. He needs

11. Good riddance

124. He's definitely been a problem, but I'm quite sure we haven't seen nothing yet in comparison

12. That's a shock!

13. Will he be checking into rehab?

14. Boehner sucked. Whoever replaces him is going to suck much, much, MUCH more.

17. I fear so

19. but...there will be a long protracted fight first

20. Yep, my concern too. He still seemed human, these others that might replace him are really

50. Rubio appeared giddy when announcing this to Value Voters Conf

54. It will likely go from bad to worse! n/t

66. now Cruz is addressing the group, "Help is on the way!" He's on a huge high

87. A Speaker can be a Senator, Sanitation worker, or even unimployed

162. Oh Noooooz!

163. Yes, but the House always picks one of their own, so no need to worry about Trump or Cruz

121. Some things are really fortunate. Yep, if congressman, likely they would vote him in. n/t

134. No question the extremists have effectively moved the goalpost

16. What are the chances of a Dem taking that spot in the next election?

28. Pretty remote.

128. Thanks for the reply!