Plunderbund

John Boehner (R-OH), oft lauded among conservative bloggers in our state, is asking his party to “make sacrifices” in order to “sell” the Republican agenda in the fall elections. What sacrifices is John asking his party mates to make?
one-year moratorium on earmarks for all Republicans
Republicans use earmarks? I am SHOCKED! Shocked, I […]

What a friggin’ waste of time. Senate Republicans (and possibly House Republicans as well, if Mr. Boehner gets his way) would rather waste everyone’s time passing resolutions condemning MoveOn rather than discussing stuff that’s, you know, important.
The US Senate has voted to condemn an advertisement attacking the country’s top commander in Iraq as […]

Jonathan over at MYDD.com has a good post up today discussing the fight in congress over expansion of the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
House Republican leader, Representative John A. Boehner of Ohio has threatened that “Republicans will fight these proposals”.
And the Democrats have accused Boehner and the Republicans of trying to deny the Democrats a political […]

When does this guy realize he’s become a caricature of himself?
Rep. Heather Wilson (R-N.M.) called for comity Wednesday during a meeting of the Republican Conference after House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) referred to Senate colleagues who have begun to favor a change in course in Iraq as “wimps.”
A spokesman for Boehner said his comments […]

…that’s what we always have to do with our kids when it gets late in the day and they get crabby: make sure they get a nap. John was all crabby yesterday and began whining and crying about Iraq War funding:

[Translation: Not having enough money to kill ragheads makes me sad!]
Now, […]

You know? I sometimes feel the CoC (Culture of Corruption - the prevailing political climate in Ohio and beyond due to GOP control) label gets a bit tired. I know my friends on the right wish it would just go away. But they make it so easy sometimes! Latest is John […]

Typical of these partisan hypocrite hacks. The uproar over Pelosi’s trip to Syria was well documented - and Republicans making the trip was conveniently ignored by most of the press, as noted here. Think Progress notes that David Hobson (A Republican from Ohio like Boehner) never got a call from Boehner criticizing his […]