“Remarkably Inept”

It would be easy for me to say John Boehner is the worst Speaker of the House the Republic has ever had, but that would be inaccurate. Dennis Hastert, in my opinion, is the worst modern Speaker of the House, pure and simple. As Speaker for 8 years, Hastert allowed the “worst”President of the United States, George Bush to go to war and then implement an occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan without declarations.

Speaker Hastert gave the Bush administration a blank check as they infected the country with their anti-Constitutional assaults on civil liberties. In addition to his failure in serving the citizenry, the most diabolical act as Speaker of the House was Hastert creating an office that was nothing more than an extended mouthpiece for the executive branch of our cherished government.

From stalwart Speaker’s like Thomas Brackett Reed, John McCormack, Tip O'Neil and Nancy Pelosi--we now have John Boehner. A man that has proven that he cannot lead and no matter what happens regarding the outcome of the debt ceiling debate--he is one of the “truly remarkable inept” Speaker’s of the House.



"Progressives will bring balance to the Republic"
Anthony P. Johnson, Candidate for State Representative 180th District, 2012