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11. Boehner wasnt

Thu Feb 23, 2017, 11:36 AM

Feb 2017

Nearly as bad. He saw the evil direction his party was heading and got out. I still think how emotional he was when the Pope addressed congress and shortly thereafter he left. Clearly I didn't agree with him but our country as far better off when he was there compared to the sleazy
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Boehner: Republicans won't repeal and replace Obamacare [View all] brooklynite Feb 2017 OP

After getting constantly attacked from the right, Boehner feels vindicated. Skinner Feb 2017 #1

+1 Raine1967 Feb 2017 #32

Just what the hell are they going to "fix"? CottonBear Feb 2017 #2

Attention Scarsdale Feb 2017 #22

So Hatch's son is a pharma lobbyist. Follow the money. CottonBear Feb 2017 #23

both in pharma pockets. pansypoo53219 Feb 2017 #33

"Hey, this gov program is working! We gotta FIX that!" Beartracks Feb 2017 #37

Exactly. CottonBear Feb 2017 #41

They already destroyed it Beakybird Feb 2017 #3

There are ways for them to bring it back - that's what the Cassidy-Collins plan does kiranerys Feb 2017 #12

Democrats should STOP calling it Obamacare. --- 'Republicare' keithbvadu2 Feb 2017 #19

Post removed Post removed Feb 2017 #39

ACA bocaharv Feb 2017 #42

No... call it republicare, a name that will outlast trumpuncare. keithbvadu2 Feb 2017 #43

So true LOL Lib Feb 2017 #30

Politico just posted a leaked scan of their proposal, and..... kiranerys Feb 2017 #40

There's still time....! Grins Feb 2017 #4

I wish he was right, but he isnt. Fuckface hates Obama for making fun of him at a dinner, period. Eliot Rosewater Feb 2017 #5

and they will never win an election again Hamlette Feb 2017 #24

"Obamacare is dead!" yallerdawg Feb 2017 #6

As bad as Boehner was, he wasn't as diabolical as those in control of the House and still_one Feb 2017 #7

Boehner wasnt Lefthacker Feb 2017 #11

Anyone who calls Ted Cruz a miserable son of a bitch harun Feb 2017 #15

Boehner could have been a quite decent Speaker for the country, moonscape Feb 2017 #28

"As bad as Boehner was,..." Yeah, he was a weasel. And compared to what's there now mpcamb Feb 2017 #16

just when you thought they couldn't get worse, they did still_one Feb 2017 #17

Sure. They'll repeal it and call it a day. Orrex Feb 2017 #8

Not if they want to stay in office kiranerys Feb 2017 #13

I hope that's true Orrex Feb 2017 #14

+1 putitinD Feb 2017 #26

It's analogous to when Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act and said charlyvi Feb 2017 #21

Nobody expected the ACA to be perfect right from the start. Rorey Feb 2017 #9

Boehner played hardball, but he was a realist bucolic_frolic Feb 2017 #10

High deductible definitely kiranerys Feb 2017 #34

If they screw up their base's health care, those in office are screwed themselves. Ligyron Feb 2017 #18

Alternate headline: flamin lib Feb 2017 #20

20 Million people got health care under ACA, if as many as 5 million were republican voters Hamlette Feb 2017 #25

I don't think we can know party affiliation, but we can look at states kiranerys Feb 2017 #35

consevatives could have ALWAYS helped to FIX ACA Skittles Feb 2017 #27

Precisely. paleotn Feb 2017 #29

It was a Republican design from the start... Rollo Feb 2017 #31

"Fix"? They will try to sabotage, ... and then point "oh, look it failed." . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2017 #36

Boehner doesn't know the evil that is Bannon. sarcasmo Feb 2017 #38

If the GOP were smart they would pass a resolution that said usaf-vet Feb 2017 #44