Dems seek to intensify efforts against Boehner

[Clio the Leo]

Dems seek to intensify efforts against Boehner

By Michael O'Brien - 09/30/10 06:00 AM ET
Democrats ramped up their efforts against House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio), releasing a new video on Thursday and promising to intensify their efforts to target the GOP leader.

Democrats sought to highlight alleged relationships between Boehner and lobbyists, attacks Republicans dismissed as another tired dig at the top House Republican.

In a bid to undercut the Ohio Republican's rhetoric about congressional reform, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) released a new TV ad accusing Boehner of doing the bidding of the tobacco industry and lobbyists.

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Democrats released the ad as part of a campaign to double down on their effort to elevate the would-be House Speaker in the election.

A Democratic strategist said that the party would begin on Thursday to "starkly and specifically define John Boehner as the symbol" of the GOP. The effort comes as the Republican leader is set to give a speech on congressional reform before the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank.

The effort will dig into Boehner's time as a House leader in the 1990s and as chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee.

"It'll be full-throated but not with the intention of hurting John Boehner politically, but demonstrating what the public will get out of Washington if they put Republicans in charge," the Democratic strategist said.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/121777-dems-seek-to-intensify-efforts-against-boehner

[Dirigo]

1. GOP Gone To The Dogs This Time, Plumb Crazy, Whacked Out

It appears the Republicons have gone over the side, down that slippery slope, plumb crazy to the dark side. It's all about FEAR they say! Fear of Obama, Pelosi & Reid. Reichwing Crazies are just not doing well in the minority after destroying the USA with 8 years of Bush/Cheney.

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Please help get the word out.......PASS THIS ALONG TO OTHERS!


Chilling News from Ohio :


Just thought I would share with you a little bit of what we heard at last night's Republican dinner here in Crawford County, Ohio. John Kasich (running for Gov. of Ohio) was the keynote speaker. Also present were many politicians, most notably, Bob Latta, our U.S. Congressman. My husband and I walked up to Bob and thanked him for his conservative voting record and voiced our concern about what is going on in Washington. He made some funny botox remarks about Pelosi and then agreed with us that we have every reason to be concerned.


As there were others waiting to talk to him, our time was brief. Although what took place later that evening should make chills run up and down everyone's spine to hear. He asked to speak a few words at the end of the night and went up on stage. He proceeded to tell the crowd how bad things really are in Washington. He said if he could tell us even half of what the agenda is and what this administration plans to do to our country we couldn't sleep at night. He said he only gets 4 to 4-1/2 hours of sleep a night and worries constantly about what they want to do to this country.



He said that Pelosi, Reid and Obama have to be stopped. He said, "You know, you always hear this is the most important election blah blah blah, but I am telling you people...whatever you have to do to wake people up you need to do! We have got to vote them out in 2010 or with the things they have planned for this country we won't even be a country by 2020! Ten years."


You could see the look of almost desperation on his face.


He talked about the huge debt. He talked about how the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) gets their "figures". He sits on the finance committee and listens to the ramblings of Geithner and Bernanke. He said, "If you think that the Chinese won't hold this over us with all our debt you have another thought coming. Our children will have nothing."


"I don't care if you have to go out door to door, tell at least 10 people who will then tell 10 people. We have to do this. This is the single most important election ever in the history of this country. The change that Obama promised us is NOT the change people thought he meant."


WE CAN GET RID OF MOST OF THE BAD GUYS IN CONGRESS THIS NOVEMBER, INCLUDING “FANCY NANCY”. LET’S DO IT RIGHT THIS TIME.


"A Nation of Sheep will beget a Government of Wolves." --- Edward R. Murrow