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Because for some people, they get emotional when they talk about their love of their country. Bush does too. It scares me that a politician doesn't have emotions or feelings when talking about 3,000 dead Americans from 9/11 or why we need to protect our country or fund the troops.

It scares me when people like Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama can cast a vote like they did with the only intention being to excite the far left of their party.

he'd be doing the last call "I love you man". "there's a lot of colleagues up here me"

Is foreign to you, I know. Try doing it once and you may understand how Boehner felt.

Good luck on your senior trip.

But I don't think we're ready to come out of the wilderness just yet.

Boehner is apparently making steps in the right direction with his apparent views on the immigration bill and fighting to fully fund our troops, but there's still a long way to go.

We'll see. I hope for the best, but I don't want to get too optimistic just yet.

But the only way to rock a boat is to have someone with enough courage to stand up.
It's a start.
... and maybe there are a lot of people out there getting tired of bad news and having the loudest voices being those that never seem to have anything positive to say.
Maybe the reason why so many polls show so many Americans feeling discouraged is because most of what they hear is negative. It's hard to stay up-beat when everything you're told says, "don't bother".
All I know is how good it feels to watch that little clip. Hell... I've watched it 6 times already... and I've e-mailed it to everyone I know.
Like my grandma use to say, "Don't keep the faith... share it with everyone you meet."

"Faith"...
It's one of the hardest things to hold on to and one of the hardest things to stop.

"Even when you fall on your face, you're still moving forward."

I still have the faith, but my point is that while John Boehner is right on this and on immigration, he's still missing the point about intra-party corruption (i.e., Calvert). I want him to get it; I seriously do. But if those in Congress don't get it together fast, we're in a heap of trouble in 2008.

In order to share the faith, there has to be a package worth selling, you know?

One bad apple makes the whole bunch rotten... and covering it up don't hide the stink.

Can you imagine how much MORE effective Boehner's message would be if he also stood up and said, "By the way... Calvert?
We've got some serious work to do... and I'd like to start with you. Get lost!"

That would disarm the democrats and showing voters that while "they" give America lip service... we give them action.

Time to lock and load!

"Even when you fall on your face, you're still moving forward."

Are you suggesting that we leave Iraq and go to Iran (their neighbor and our enemy), or bring the troops home to deal with our neighbor to the south?

Soldier's Mom - Golfer's Wife - Home alone a lot

I'm asking why we are not aggressively going after OBL for the atrocities of 9/11 instead of remaining in a country(Iraq)that has no connection. I'm assuming that Congressman Boehner was referring to defending ourselves and taking a stand against the perpetrators of 9/11. I absolutely agree. So, let's get out of Iraq and do so.

I guess I suspected the depth of your ignorance regarding the war in Iraq before I asked for your position. Once again I must remind you why we went to war:

"Almost no one disagrees with these basic facts: that Saddam Hussein is a tyrant and a menace; that he has weapons of mass destruction and that he is doing everything in his power to get nuclear weapons; that he has supported terrorists; that he is a grave threat to the region, to vital allies like Israel, and to the United States; and that he is thwarting the will of the international community and undermining the United Nations' credibility."

We went to war to stem the above mentioned threats, Iraq is NOT stable yet, and we don't leave our work before the job is done. My son and his fellow troops are committed to staying until we can leave Iraq a better place.

Oh, by the way, the above quote was taken from the Senate's 2003 war resolution written by John Edwards - yes the same one vainly attempting to become your next president.

Soldier's Mom - Golfer's Wife - Home alone a lot

I'll not engage in battle of talking points or cut and pasted quotes out of context. I too felt the same as Mr Edwards did in 2003. That doesn't apply, at least not to me today, as other facts have materialized. In addition to my prayers that Mr Edwards doesn't become our next president, I pray for your son and fellow troops as well.

Some people have the courage to stick with their convictions when things get tough. Others don't.

The quote could not be more in context, or more applicable. However, you showed more than a little sense and class in your closing sentence. We don't see that much.