#ncpol: John Boehner disses Meadows, praises McHenry
Politico has a lengthy profile on the speaker-in-exile. It offers some real insight into the former DC powerbroker-turned-golf-cart-jockey. (Especially about how foul-mouthed he is.)
In the article, Boehner singles out two members of the North Carolina delegation:
[…] Cantor’s loss triggered a leadership shuffle: McCarthy was promoted to majority leader, and Scalise was elected whip. The new chief deputy whip, McHenry—who admits to being “a bomb-thrower” his first three years in Congress and viewing Boehner as a nincompoop—tells me his view changed upon joining the speaker at his daily management meetings. “I’m in there and it’s this realization—Oh, wait a second. Boehner does actually care about policy. He understands the dynamics of the conference. He understands where all these different groups are.” He laughs. “Like, who is this guy?” McHenry wishes other conservatives had his vantage point. “He could see through opportunities without having to make the 50 or 75 phone calls that I made.”
On the golf course in Ohio, Boehner singles out McHenry as an example of how some lawmakers mature after initially acting like “anarchists.” He also makes a prediction: “McHenry’s going to be the speaker one day.” […]
And now for the not-so-happy talk:
[…] But Boehner’s plans were thwarted once again. Mark Meadows, another co-founder of the Freedom Caucus, sent shock waves through Congress on his birthday—July 28—by filing a “motion to vacate.” The idea was to force another floor vote on the speakership, gambling that this time Boehner would either lose or step down to avoid the spectacle.
When news broke of Meadows’ move, Boehner’s allies were furious. They implored him to call up the motion and hold the vote immediately, in a show of strength. Boehner wanted to think. And after meeting the next day with Jordan and four other Freedom Caucus members, the speaker decided against it. They had urged him not to hold the vote before August recess, since the Republicans who supported him would then spend the month getting pummeled back home. Boehner found himself agreeing. “He’s like, ‘I don’t want to make members take that vote,’” Ryan, who urged a same-day vote, recalls Boehner telling him. “Totally selfless. Always thinking about protecting the membership.”[…]
And yet the maneuver didn’t sit well with Boehner—especially since he was dead set on leaving in November anyway. “It would be awful for the institution. We hadn’t gone through this in 100 years,” he says. “All these Republicans were going to get crap at home for supporting me, only to have me leave soon after that.” Boehner is still angry with Meadows, who canceled an interview for this article, for putting him in that position: “He’s an idiot. I can’t tell you what makes him tick.”
Well that is high praise for Meadows if Boner is calling him an idiot. I wish I were in his district so I could vote for him.
I also like how towing the party line is considered “maturity”. I guess you have to be swallowed up by the swamp to be mature.
Boehner was pure poison and it is good that he is GONE. It is appropriate that he is whining to the leftwing “Politico”. No conservative publication would print his crybaby drivel.
McHenry has always been a big government RINO and he has a liberal voting record. He should be a top target for Bannon to take out next year in a primary. McHenry was a Boehner lapdog and now is a pro-amnesty Ryan lapdog. He needs to go.
Boehner’s attacks, on the other hand, should be a badge of honor for Mark Meadows, who hopefully will replace the liberal Tillis as our Senator in 2020.
The other place the Boehner effect should be felt is in the primary in the 3rd Congressional District. There is a huge gulf in that primary between the two candidate’s positions on John Boehner. Incumbent Walter Jones was the ONLY NC Congressman to openly support Mark Meadows effort to bring down Boehner. On the other hand, his challenger, lobbyist Scott Dacey, personally contributed $12,000 to “Boehner for Speaker” during that fight. This is a primary between a Boehner swamp Republican and a grassroots Replublican.
McHenry is as bad as it gets, a career leech. I am pretty certain he has never made a single dime outside of government. he is exactly the class of non-patriotic bureaucrat our Founding Fathers would be embarrassed about. He is the poster child for term limits. With his district, he may well be Speaker one day, because he could be a 70 year old with 40 years in the House having never faced a real primary candidate with the money or an opposition candidate able to overcome the massive R edge in his district.
He has the butt-smoochers ability to find the wind and tack toward the popular cool kids, so to speak, even though he fits like a square peg in a round hole. His convictions are as shallow as a mud puddle.
Heaven help us all. He is distinctly unqualified for any job not in Washington or Raleigh.