Ohio tea party activist to challenge Speaker John Boehner in 2012 GOP primary

[bemildred]

Source: WaPo

CINCINNATI — A tea party activist is challenging U.S. House Speaker John Boehner (BAY’-nur) in the 2012 Republican primary.

The Cincinnati Enquirer (http://bit.ly/o5hTXQ) reports that David Lewis announced his candidacy on Friday.

Lewis, the father of a 2-year-old girl, says he plans on running on a single issue — Boehner’s support of a federal budget that provides funding to Planned Parenthood, which he calls “the largest killer of unborn babies in America.”

Lewis tells the newspaper that he plans on running graphic anti-abortion ads against Boehner. He says that people will not reject abortion until they see abortion.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/ohio-tea-party-activist-to-challenge-speaker-john-boehner-in-2012-gop-primary/2011/09/17/gIQAXK2fZK_story.html

[Me.]

1. So Much For Boehner Kissing Tea Party Butts

[OHdem10]

2. Good, the Tea Party will take the GOP down with their constant

overreach.

Riding the Abortion Issue will turn Independents completely
off and make them run from the GOP.

Great the More Radical the Religious Right and, that is
who the Tea Party really is, the better the chances for Democrats.

[Pab Sungenis]

3. So does this allow Boehner

an opening to actually do something that will do the country some good, instead of kowtowing to the teahadists?

[lsewpershad]

10. think

he is that smart????

[oberliner]

4. Thanks for the pronunciation key

John Boehner (BAY’-nur)

Is that standard journalistic practice or is he a special case?

[leftyohiolib]

6. when 2 vowels go walking the 1st one does the talking

[Auntie Bush]

11. So it should be pronounced just what he is: Boh ner or Bo-ner.

I hope that Teabagger looses. I'd much rather have Boener...no matter how you/he pronounces his name. I think he'd be open to compromise once in awhile and the Bagger never will. Boener is the best of two EVILS.

[elleng]

16. Absolutely; Boner has tried to accomplish somethings btwn baggers+WH.

Its CANTOR we should try to get rid of. If Boner goes, Cantor will (likely) get Boner's position, and, believe it or not, it can be worse than it has been.

[No Elephants]

31. What is wrong with trying to replace BOTH of them with Democrats?

It's not as though letting Boehner run unopposed by a Democratic automatically means we'll succeed in challenging Cantor.

We should be recruiting Democrats in every district.

[elleng]

34. Nothing wrong with it at all,

and Dems certainly should recruit in every district. Unfortunately doing so takes lots of resources.

[oberliner]

15. So where does the "a" come from?

His name makes no sense. Much like everything else about him.

[RZM]

17. He's of German descent, so it probably had an umlaut in the old country

My great-grandmother's family name was the same. There was a family event about five years ago and they brought over a relative from the branch that stayed there. His last name is spelled the same, only with an umlaut. Probably umlauts usually got the boot as soon as most German families settled in to life in the US (and certainly by the next generation of Anglophone children).

[oberliner]

18. Thanks for that explanation

Genuinely fascinating and quiet informative!

[RZM]

19. No probs. I love this kind of stuff :) n/t

[Pool Hall Ace]

25. I always crack up when I see this

:rofl:

Unfortunately, this rule does not apply to Germanic surnames.

Does this come from Schoolhouse Rock? :rofl:

[No Elephants]

30. Unless they're neighbors?

[jmowreader]

27. When it's a commonly mispronounced name, it is

I think they still do it with Mike Crapo's (cray-poe's) name. Come on, you know people all across America still pronounce the Speaker's name "boner."

[No Elephants]

28. He is a special case, like the Bucket (Boo-kay) character in one of the British

comedies that PBS runs, Keeping Up Appearances.

Being the RW rag that it is, WAPO would be horrified if the Rethug Speaker of House got called "Boner."

[Auntie Bush]

36. Reminds me that my father used to have a customer named Backhouse. I laughed

out loud when I saw it. He said it was pronounced Bah-hoose. I don't know if that's worse than Boehner or Weiner. If I had one of those names...I change it for the sake of my children if for nothing else.

[BenzoDia]

5. As much as I'd like to see Boehner sweat, he'll wipe the floor with this tea party guy.

[butterfly77]

20. Why don't the Democrats have..

anyone running against him or other candidates. The Dems are just late and sorry.

[jonthebru]

7. Could be an opportunity for a Deomocratic candidate.

[Vinca]

8. Exactly! If the Republican vote is split, we could get rid of the orange one.

[reACTIONary]

26. This is a PRIMARY...

...not a third party challenge. After its over, one rep. will move on to the main election.

[No Elephants]

29. Actually, you don't know that. This could mean that whichever RWer loses the primary

will run as an independent, ala Lieberman.

[reACTIONary]

33. I do know that its...

... a PRIMARY. The post says it. What happens after that IS speculation, but don't get your hopes up. It isn't likely this guy is going to run as an independent, or do any damage even if he does.

[davidwparker]

9. Oh, that's that really bat-crap crazy bagger out of all the

bat-crap crazies.

[annabanana]

12. GREAT news.. . . .n/t

[booksenkatz]

13. Careful, buddy: if it's solely about images....

people will reject birth if they SEE birth!

While the issue is really about a woman's right to privacy, this guy wants to make it about imagery. Fine. But fair's fair. Let's see some photos of women who died in back alley abortions or self-induced ones. Let's see some photos of the families they left behind. Let's see some photos of children who've been abused or killed by women who did not want to have them. Yeah, sure, let's make it alllllll about imagery. Careful what you ask for, Mr. Lewis.
:grr:

[left on green only]

21. +1000 Thank you for your voice of sanity

[ibegurpard]

14. why?

[left on green only]

22. Actually, the correct way to pronounce Boehner is to simply say (Boner)

Fortunately in our English language, individuals are not permitted to invent phonetic pronunciations for their favorite words, just because they fancy the image of themselves that it creates. There are phonetic guides at the beginning of every dictionary that have already determined the way that we use our alphabet and our language. Now, if he just wants to change his name, then that will be his prerogative. But I would think in that case he would prefer to just go with something a little more honest, like say.........Monster.

BTW: I noticed that the asshat from the AP who added the phonetic fantasy to the first line of the story didn't even have the courage to attribute his own name to the piece.

[dimbear]

23. Lewis is just a vanity candidate. DITW.

Doesn't even live in the district.

If he had had actual principles, he would have moved first.

[blueclown]

24. Will Boner have a Dem challenger in his district in 2012?

Let's hope.

[No Elephants]

32. Is Lewis also an Orange American?

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

[left on green only]

35. Actually, I am hoping that they both will turn red...

after they choke on their own words and fall down in the gutter.