It probably comes as no surprise that John Boehner has won re-election as Speaker of the House of Representatives. I, for one, was not in favor of his re-election and I know that many of my readers share my views on that subject.
Speaker Boehner has shown time and time again that he is unwilling to stand up and fight for Conservative principles. His latest failure was the fiscal cliff "compromise". In reality, it was no compromise at all.
Webster's Dictionary defines compromise as follows:
1
a : settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
b : something intermediate between or blending qualities of two different things
2 a : concession to something derogatory or prejudicial <a compromise of principles>
In the case of the fiscal cliff negotiations there was no compromise at all. It was a lopsided deal in favor of Barack Obama, Harry Reid and their socialist agenda.
The left has proven time and again that they are not willing to compromise. John Boehner has proven time and again that he is willing to talk a good game until the 11th hour, then he caves and gives the Dems everything they want. To make matters worse, when everything goes wrong, who gets the blame? The blame always falls on the GOP because the media will not report the truth. They just regurgitate the lies propagated by Obama and his minions ... and the beat goes on.