Thursday
Oct222009
Boehner: Obama Administration Using Chicago Style Politics
Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 3:31PM
Travis Martinez, University of New Mexico/ Talk Radio News Service
House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) Thursday accused the Obama administration of using “Chicago-style politics."
“The White House and Congressional Democrats know their liberal special interest agenda is not very popular," said Boehner during his weekly press conference. "This Chicago-style politics is shutting the American people out and demonizing opponents [by] launching vicious political attacks demonizing opponents.”
Boehner also invoked promises made during the election, wherein the Obama campaign promised to keep the creation of legislation transparent.
“The administration promised they were going to usher in an era of post-partisanship,” said Boehner.
The Leader also spoke on the recently released state by state unemployment figures from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, which showed that 49 of the 50 states have lost jobs. Boehner decried a claim made by Speaker Pelosi in which she said the stimulus has created 2 million jobs. Boehner reminded the Speaker that California alone had lost 300,000 jobs.
Boehner went on to argue that the Speaker was “out of touch with what’s going on."
The Minority Leader also answered questions regarding hate crime legislation which is coming through the Senate, describing the measures as unnecessary.
“Sufficient laws are already in place," said Boehner. "The Civil Rights Act of 1968 provides ample protection."
House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) Thursday accused the Obama administration of using “Chicago-style politics."
“The White House and Congressional Democrats know their liberal special interest agenda is not very popular," said Boehner during his weekly press conference. "This Chicago-style politics is shutting the American people out and demonizing opponents [by] launching vicious political attacks demonizing opponents.”
Boehner also invoked promises made during the election, wherein the Obama campaign promised to keep the creation of legislation transparent.
“The administration promised they were going to usher in an era of post-partisanship,” said Boehner.
The Leader also spoke on the recently released state by state unemployment figures from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, which showed that 49 of the 50 states have lost jobs. Boehner decried a claim made by Speaker Pelosi in which she said the stimulus has created 2 million jobs. Boehner reminded the Speaker that California alone had lost 300,000 jobs.
Boehner went on to argue that the Speaker was “out of touch with what’s going on."
The Minority Leader also answered questions regarding hate crime legislation which is coming through the Senate, describing the measures as unnecessary.
“Sufficient laws are already in place," said Boehner. "The Civil Rights Act of 1968 provides ample protection."
Reader Comments (1)
So HML John "Bonehead" Boehner is whining about the "vicious political attacks" by the WH because the President referred to Fox News as "talk radio". And the best analogy that Boehner could come up with was another disparaging attack on the Windy City by calling the 'vicious attacks' "Chicago-style politics"? When will these idiots learn to stop marginalizing parts of the country for cute sound bites? This is the UNITED STATES of AMERICA which includes the beautiful city of Chicago, Illinois. Can the GOP please pick another target for their vitriol hatred and stop demonizing Chicago. They have already endured the Right-wing's degrading and divisive theatrics regarding the 2016 Olympic games. Grow-up GOP! Find the gumption to use some other tactic for forwarding your (non) agenda other than name-calling.