Republican leader John Boehner has a new
scheme plan to try to become Speaker of the House-------
Checkbook Access. The more money a special interest group contributes, the more access they'll have to Boehner and his staff.
Politico:
....John Boehner of Ohio is putting his own face on the GOP’s drive to take back the House by quietly launching a “Boehner for Speaker” committee that aims to boost the party’s lagging fundraising, in part by introducing him as a “regular guy” from Ohio.
But while the effort plays up Boehner’s modest roots, the going rate to participate is pricey: According to materials distributed by Boehner’s camp and obtained by POLITICO, lobbyists and other major donors across the country who give the maximum or help raise $100,000 will get meetings with Boehner, calls from senior aides with updates on the campaign and “VIP access to all events, including roundtables, briefings, breakout discussions and interactive panel discussions.”
Boehner is certainly milking those lobbyists. He has represented them well by opposing everything that has been proposed by President Obama. I'm sure that the banking lobbyists, oil lobbyists, coal lobbyists, and corporate lobbyists, are all so proud to have their money stopping progress. While Boehner and his lobbyist pals drink fine wines and liquors, golf, and party, Americans wonder when the Republican Party will start caring about human beings instead of corporations.
That line about Boehner being a "regular guy" is hilarious! Boehner is such as regular guy that he lives in a gated golf community, has golfed on the most elite golf courses around the world, has stayed in only the best luxurious hotels, and has people in his home district wondering why they never see him. Now if he can just do something about that "orange glow" people might take him seriously.
