| By Dave Harding, ProgressOhio - Aug 6th, 2008 at 6:38 pm EDT |
Boehner Golfing, McCain Absent During GOP Revolt
During the ongoing saga of the House's "Phantom Session," two items have caught Capitol Briefing's eye:
Item 1: On Monday, John McCain joined the party by declaring "Congress should come back into session," for an energy vote. "I am willing to come back off the campaign trail," he said.
Item 2: On Tuesday, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) issued a release commending McCain for his call, trashing Barack Obama and adding: "While Democrats left town for a month-long break, House Republicans have stayed behind and continued to demand a vote on the American Energy Act, which will help lower energy prices and liberate America from its dependence on foreign oil."
Boehner was around for the start of the fake House session Friday but then left town and hasn't been back since. Even former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) showed up today to rally with his GOP comrades, but the current party leader was nowhere to be seen.
Where is John Boehner the Republican House Leader?
Big John has been doing a lot of golfing leaving his Republican Troops behind to carry on the faux session.
Scores reported by Boehner himself to a United States Golf Association site show that he posted an 85 sometime this week at his home course, Wetherington Golf & Country Club in West Chester, Ohio.
And The Sleuth passes along a tip that Boehner was spotted yesterday at the lovely Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio. Muirfield was designed by Jack Nicklaus and is the home of the Golden Bear's annual memorial tournament. Here's a nice shot of Boehner and Nicklaus together at the 2005 tournament.
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Send out your crack staff and see what she's been doing.
Perhaps she's working on that energy plan she CLAIMED to have TWO YEARS AGO.
Any minute now, she'll have all our energy problems solved.
The Republicans are holding a "Phantom House Session" trying to build support of their latest "Wedge Issue" for the upcoming election and their leader is playing golf instead of standing with his minions in their cause.
and Corwin, framing your response to be about Nancy Pelosi for something John Boehner does would be what???
Nothing more than a Right Wing Talking Point.
Maybe this would be an easier question for you to answer:
Where is Nancy's Energy Plan she 'claimed' to have two years ago?
“The market is responding to the fact that we are here talking,” said Republican Rep. John Shadegg.
In other news, Republicans credited their speeches for the fact that the sun rose today."
Hehe!