5 Big Changes John Boehner Brings to Speakership

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Like a character out of Mad Men, likely incoming House Speaker John Boehner is about to bring old-school cool and political wrangling back into fashion. "He's so cool, every man should hate him," says Tea Party organizer Dick Armey, who calls Boehner the "Dean Martin of politics."

When, as expected, House Republicans elect him to be speaker of the next Congress, Boehner will usher in stylistic and procedural changes. We quizzed his posse about what the biggest switches from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will be and this is their top five list:

1. He promises to be less authoritarian. He will relegate more power.

2. Boehner will allow the other side to meddle more than before. He likes legislators.

3. Smokers will be welcome again. He will not give up his cigarettes.

4. More tears. Boehner is a big, and easy, crier.

5. Golf tees will replace Nancy Pelosi's chocolates in the office bowl. He gets his tan from golfing.

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angellight of PA,

You are so right....those nasty Repubs.... if they would just support aborting millions of babies, they could "act Godly", just like the Dems.

What a brilliant post you have made. It is enlightened thinking like yours that will show us the way.

Robert of CA 4:27PM November 11, 2010

Correct me if I am wrong, but, wasnt Boehner the man who actually complained to Wall Street CEOs that they hadn’t given him and his party enough campaign cash after all he had done trying to kill financial reform in the wake of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression? And you think Republicans are smart?

Gary of MO 7:03PM November 10, 2010

"So has run the tale from earliest days. As [a] civilization waxes to its height, the power for Righteousness and for Integrity of character fails amid luxrious living [greed]. The seeds of selfish indulgence are sown, which in time reap a harvest of disaster [and ruin], and a nation falls." Mary Gray

For the sake of the Health and Soul of the nation, I hope that the Democratic Party will continue to fight with Joy, Courage, Faith, Hope and confidence. The dark ones want you to exist in a state of anger and hopelessness. So let your armour be Joy and Confidence that truth and justice, always wins out in the end! They must also do a better job at countering the lies with the truth!

The GOP Party frequently Invokes the name of God but Acts Un-Godly. The Democratic Party rarely invokes the name of God yet Acts Godly...

It was Death Panels, and a cloud of fear that surrounded the Health Care issue that skewed voters' minds and hearts -- The dark ones love to create an atmosphere of fear, for they cannot thrive or survive long in an atmosphere of love and harmony.

America, we must begin to take our country back from the Money Changers -- time to get off the "yellow-brick road" because we have been on one since the Regan era. Do you Realize that every time corporations and smaller businesses get tax breaks --, taxes rise locally and at state levels. The cold-hearted fact is that Everyday, average Americans shoulder the tax burden in this country, due to tax loopholes, tax cuts and tax breaks for wealthy Americans and Corporations who do not need it. Why in the world would Wealthy Americans need more tax breaks when they pay very little taxes anyway, they need to pay their fair share and take the burden off those who can least afford it. These tax-cuts will cost the country $700 Billion, twice the cost of the Healthcare bill. Ironically, GOP hate to extend unemployment benefits to Americans who desperately need them, while violently fighting to extend tax cuts for the wealthy, who do not need them.

The Party of No's mantra: cut, cut, and more cuts for the middleclass and poor and extend helping hand to the military machine and the wealth merchants. Have we lost our common sense: to create jobs, one must invest in America, her infa-structure, technology and innovations, and most importantly -- her children, through proper education, but Party of No only wants to invest in the rich and well connected.

Think about it, if we had Universal Healthhcare Reform, premiums would be a LOT LESS for everyone -- but that would be too much like doing the right thing -- such as being our Brothers' keeper and treating your neighbor as you would want to be treated yourself!

angellight of PA 9:30AM November 10, 2010

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