et tu Mr. Speaker?

"Was he a good Speaker of the House? Depends who you ask. The establishment, the cartel loved him. Tea Party? Not so much."

Well this one is going to be hung around the neck of the Tea Party. And that is fine with me. Is it true that there are more Republicans in the House under John Boehner? Yes. By the same token however, it has become more and more evident that Speaker was the consummate deal maker. The only problem is that the deals always seem to favor the President.

Even though the "Commie from another Mommy" (aka the cartoonist from the morning fish wrap paper), blamed the Tea Party for Boehner's departure in today's insulting cartoon, there was a modicum of truth contained therein. And I will take the liberty of speaking for some of the Tea Party members. Nobody hated the Speaker - we just wanted him to 1) keep his promises and 2) ensure the Constitution was being followed. It really is all that simple.

There really are some of us blurry eyed optimists who believed when we took over the House things would be much different. I know, I know. The insiders will say there are nuances which most of us peons just don't understand. Well we do understand this much. We have a President who is out of control. Not following the rules. The Constitution. The House of Representative holds the purse strings. That is a very large hammer to use. And yet the House has done nothing. Nothing but cave. Over and over and over again.

We have just a handful of days before the end of the government fiscal year. Many of the more conservative representatives are fed up with our government's support of Planned Parenthood. We could tie funding up in knots if we wanted to. Have all the President's "pet rocks" tied up with it. But no. "What if the the people revolt and vote us out in the next election?" Well then we get voted out. Who cares? Because right now having a RINO House Leadership is not doing anyone any good.

And as pissed off as I am about Planned Parenthood, I am even more ticked about the Iran nuke treaty. Both Boehner and McConnell should have been fired for that one. And Bob Corker should have been fired also. However, because we are a "go along, get along" group, we did not challenge the President. We did not insist this treaty be handled as a treaty. So it became an "agreement" and passed with enough votes to make it veto proof. The status quo won, and Israel lost. Peace in the Middle East lost.

So good-bye Mr. Speaker. Thanks for you service to the country. I know in your heart you believe you done good. But in reality you did not. Hopefully our next Speaker will show us the difference between a conservative and a progressive. We don't need to see the difference between a Republican and a Democrat. Because there really is none. Not even a sliver.