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onehandle

(51,122 posts)
Tue Jun 4, 2013, 08:09 AM Jun 2013

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 Year’s 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

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John Boehner Was Allowed To Remain House Speaker Because God Spoke To Republicans, They Claim (Original Post) onehandle Jun 2013 OP
If you were drinkin' with Boehner, you'd see God too.........n/t Mopar151 Jun 2013 #1
When you talk to God, we call it prayer, but when God talks to you, we call it schizophrenia. Loup Garou Jun 2013 #2
^^ this ^^ bunnies Jun 2013 #6
If that is true, hit your knees and do some praying of your own! Frustratedlady Jun 2013 #3
So God is good w/gerrymandering districts? Botany Jun 2013 #4
Nobody wanted the job. Laelth Jun 2013 #5
This is the funniest thing I've heard all morning! Bucky Jun 2013 #7
Yeah, it's proof that God loves a good joke as much as the next person. Orrex Jun 2013 #22
So "God" stepped up for Boehner Kelvin Mace Jun 2013 #8
Republican "Cabal" - there you have it: Republican occultism Berlum Jun 2013 #9
That any American congresscritter LibertyLover Jun 2013 #10
Hear, Hear! CanonRay Jun 2013 #11
I am pretty sure that AsahinaKimi Jun 2013 #13
Actually, I'm thinking they ought to listen to God more often. Bucky Jun 2013 #25
How the Repubbies "talk" to teh sPiriTs: their Occult device revealed Berlum Jun 2013 #12
so THAT is where my 8-ball went!! niyad Jun 2013 #17
Pat Robertson may use an 8-ball, but I'm pretty sure Boehner uses a highball to hear God's words Bucky Jun 2013 #24
Note to House Republicans AndyA Jun 2013 #14
If you hear voices SCVDem Jun 2013 #15
the heaven05 Jun 2013 #16
What does God have to say about his $3000.00 santamargarita Jun 2013 #18
God doesn't have bar bills Bucky Jun 2013 #23
Ignored means ignored santamargarita Jun 2013 #27
God told the republicans to eliminate overtime. Kingofalldems Jun 2013 #19
God loves incompetent boobs? n/t Pryderi Jun 2013 #20
Everybody loves boobs. Orrex Jun 2013 #21
Proof that God has a sense of humor. nt lumberjack_jeff Jun 2013 #26

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
3. If that is true, hit your knees and do some praying of your own!
Tue Jun 4, 2013, 08:28 AM
Jun 2013

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)
4. So God is good w/gerrymandering districts?
Tue Jun 4, 2013, 08:29 AM
Jun 2013

Ohio @ least 9 or 10 Dems in Congress but has only 4 out of 16
because of Gerrymandering.


Laelth

(32,017 posts)
5. Nobody wanted the job.
Tue Jun 4, 2013, 08:46 AM
Jun 2013

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.

Berlum

(7,044 posts)
9. Republican "Cabal" - there you have it: Republican occultism
Tue Jun 4, 2013, 09:15 AM
Jun 2013

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)
10. That any American congresscritter
Tue Jun 4, 2013, 09:22 AM
Jun 2013

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.

Bucky

(54,041 posts)
25. Actually, I'm thinking they ought to listen to God more often.
Tue Jun 4, 2013, 10:48 AM
Jun 2013

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.

Bucky

(54,041 posts)
24. Pat Robertson may use an 8-ball, but I'm pretty sure Boehner uses a highball to hear God's words
Tue Jun 4, 2013, 10:43 AM
Jun 2013
 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
16. the
Tue Jun 4, 2013, 10:11 AM
Jun 2013

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.

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