Boehner Used ‘Catholic Guilt’ To Get Ryan To Run For Speaker

Posted by | November 1, 2015 20:30 | Filed under: Politics

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John Boehner used the Catholic guilt card to get Paul Ryan to seek the House speakership.

Asked by CNN’s Dana Bash what he told Ryan, Boehner was frank: “Well first, I laid every ounce of Catholic guilt I could on him.” In other words, Boehner said, God wanted Ryan to run for Speaker.

“Listen, Paul was the right guy at the right time,” Boehner added. “I knew he didn’t want to do it. … But it was obvious to me that he was the right person for the job. And I had to do everything I could to convince him.”

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11 responses to Boehner Used ‘Catholic Guilt’ To Get Ryan To Run For Speaker

  1. whatthe46 November 1st, 2015 at 21:21

    this is so disturbing on every level.

  2. Mike November 1st, 2015 at 21:27

    What does it say about congress when no one wants to be the speaker and you can only get someone to serve through guilt or threats…???

  3. MyDogsAreSmarterThanYou November 1st, 2015 at 21:31

    I knew he didn’t want to do it.

    And by his own admission, he’s not going to do it. He’s going to collect almost a quarter million dollars a year of taxpayer money to not do his f*cking job.

  4. robert November 1st, 2015 at 21:40

    the right guy at the right time ?

    just no resume to speak of

    • allison1050 November 2nd, 2015 at 04:14

      It wouldn’t have mattered if he did have one Ryan wanted the gavel.

  5. Buford2k11 November 2nd, 2015 at 06:59

    Get Religion Out of Our Government…especially the republican kind of religion…the hate and fear of their christian sects is pure evil…

  6. rg9rts November 2nd, 2015 at 11:35

    Whats the difference between catholic and jewish guilt??? One is priest driven the other mother driven

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