John Boehner Was Allowed To Remain House Speaker Because God Spoke To Republicans, They Claim
Source: Huffington Post
The U.S. government was spared from going over the fiscal cliff earlier this year because God spoke to a group of Republicans and told them not to turn against House Speaker John Boehner -- at least, that's what they've told the Washington Post.
In a detailed piece about in-fighting among House Republicans, this gem stood out:
Barely 36 hours after the caustic New Years Day vote, Boehner faced a coup attempt from a clutch of renegade conservatives. The cabal quickly fell apart when several Republicans, after a night of prayer, said God told them to spare the speaker. Still, Boehner came within a few votes of failing to secure his speakership on the initial vote, an outcome that would have forced a second ballot for the first time in nearly a century.
The speaker apparently knew at the time that he would need divine intervention. Shortly after House Republicans rejected his "Plan B" fiscal cliff bill in December, Boehner expressed his dismay about ever reaching a deal with Obama that would satisfy his party's demands for spending cuts. "How we get there, God only knows," he said.
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/04/john-boehner-god_n_3381883.html
Mopar151
(9,992 posts)Loup Garou
(99 posts)bunnies
(15,859 posts)Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)I rather doubt that God has the slightest interest in what happens to Boehner. Sounds to me like Boehner worships a bottle of hooch.
Botany
(70,567 posts)Ohio @ least 9 or 10 Dems in Congress but has only 4 out of 16
because of Gerrymandering.
Laelth
(32,017 posts)Seriously. Boehner's job is no fun in the current political climate. He's taking flack from both sides, and he can't unite his caucus to do anything except useless gestures (like approving the Keystone XL pipeline for the 8th time or voting to repeal the ACA for the umpteenth time). He knows the House is useless at the moment, and yet it's his responsibility to get something done. His dogmatic tea-partiers won't let him.
I wouldn't want his job, and I don't think there are many who would.
-Laelth
Cross-posted response from duplicate thread.
Bucky
(54,041 posts)Orrex
(63,220 posts)Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)but told Romney to piss off!
Berlum
(7,044 posts)As usual. Did they 'test' the spirits? Or, were they deceived by a Faux "Godlike Entity" uttering generic Satanic Mind Warp baBBlings? As usual? Will Republicans continue to be led down the pernicious PATH OF PLANETARY SUICIDE by these OCCULT mutterings?
LibertyLover
(4,788 posts)could say with a straight face that God had spoken to him or her about a strictly political decision is, to me, a frightening turn of events. And that it could be reported in a major American newspaper as a valid news item is almost worse. I am sick to death of the GOP shoving, stuffing, pushing and cramming the Christian god down the throats of American citizens.
CanonRay
(14,112 posts)+1000 for saying it. We've crossed some nutzoid boundary.
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)michele bachmann said it often enough.
Bucky
(54,041 posts)Since God's advice was to put the continued operation of the national government first and their whacko anti-tax, save-the-rich philosophy in the back seat, it seems that the "voice of God" in their heads is a tug toward acting responsibly. Maybe they could tackle good stewardship of the Earth next on the prayer agenda. They might find they start acting a good deal less like Repubilcan Koch-heads.
Berlum
(7,044 posts)niyad
(113,533 posts)Bucky
(54,041 posts)AndyA
(16,993 posts)"SCHMUCKS" doesn't mean keep John Boehner as Speaker!
SCVDem
(5,103 posts)you're insane!
Resign!
heaven05
(18,124 posts)hypocrisy and insanity of these people, so called christians, drives me into a rage. The ignorance, bigotry, racism, stupidity and downright deceit of politicians and lawyers is contemptible. over.
santamargarita
(3,170 posts)a month bar bill.
Bucky
(54,041 posts)santamargarita
(3,170 posts)Kingofalldems
(38,469 posts)Pryderi
(6,772 posts)Orrex
(63,220 posts)Oh, wait a minute.