Matt Taibbi: The Crying Shame of John Boehner

[Seedersandleechers]

John Boehner is the ultimate Beltway hack, a man whose unmatched and self-serving skill at political survival has made him, after two decades in Washington, the hairy blue mold on the American congressional sandwich. The biographer who somewhere down the line tackles the question of Boehner's legacy will do well to simply throw out any references to party affiliation, because the thing that has made Boehner who he is — the thing that has finally lifted him to the apex of legislative power in America — has almost nothing to do with his being a Republican.


As for what that job is, here's the thing: In this age of greed-enabling bailouts and rampaging Tea Parties and coast-to-coast voter rage toward the entire political process, Congress in particular now ranks as one of the single most unpopular political entities on earth. Recent polls show that only 13 percent of Americans approve of the job performance of their national legislature — which makes our elected representatives even less popular here at home than, say, Al Qaeda is in Pakistan. (Bin Laden and Co. scored an 18 percent approval rating not long ago.)


http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/matt-taibbi-the-crying-shame-of-john-boehner-20110105



Another great insightful article by Matt Taibbi. Rolling Stone Magazine

[upi402]

1. Great article

Always enjoy Matt on MSNBC

[Seedersandleechers]

2. Just got my RS magazine today

and they have a full page pic of Boner with tears running down his face. The caption: Tears of a clown...

[LiberalEsto]

3. I have one quibble with Taibbi

He likens Boehner to a"hairy blue mold",
but the Weeper of the House is actually orange.
:hi:

[Manifestor_of_Light]

4. Congress is less popular than monkey vomit and painful rectal itch.

:rofl:


I stole those terms from FARK.

[DCKit]

5. I may be losing my mind, but this isn't the first time lately I've seen different words:

"The biographer who somewhere down the line tackles the question of Boehner's legitimacy...."