PG22: Republican Quitters, China Talks, VW Cheating, Popeamania in D.C., and Monkey Selfies

The Politics Guys

Michael Baranowski

News, Education, Politics

4.4 • 783 Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2015

⏱️ 48 minutes

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This week, The Politics Guys talk about how John Boehner was hounded out of office by the radical Republicans in his caucus and why it matters, using football *and* baseball analogies. The second big Republican quitter of the week was Scott Walker, an early favorite for the GOP presidential nomination whose campaign ran out of … Continue reading "PG22: Republican Quitters, China Talks, VW Cheating, Popeamania in D.C., and Monkey Selfies"Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politics-guys/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:48.2	Hello and welcome to the politics guys. I'm Michael Baranowski, a political scientist at Northern Kentucky University. My host this week is,
0:56.3	as always, Cleveland Attorney and sometime Republican strategist Jay Carson, the man to see for all
1:02.2	your commercial litigation needs. Well, we've got a lot of quitters to talk about this week.
1:07.6	There was, of course, the Kentucky clerk, Kim Davis, who quit the Democrats for the
1:12.6	Republican Party. Then there was Scott Walker who quit the presidential race. And finally, and most
1:17.5	shockingly, I think, John Boehner, who quit his job as Speaker, or at least who will be quitting.
1:23.7	On Friday, he announced that he would resign his Speaker of the House and leave his congressional seat at the end of October.
1:29.9	So what do you think about this, Jay?
1:31.5	Take this job and shove it.
1:33.2	I ain't working here no more.
1:34.6	No kidding. What an awful job it is.
1:36.5	The immortal, Immortal song.
1:39.8	No, you know, there were rumblings about this about a year ago. And I don't remember if we talked about it, but there was all this sort of, you know, there were rumblings about this, about a year ago, and I don't remember if we talked about it, but there was all this sort of, you know, John Boehner's buying a condo in Florida and there's all this since he's going to retire.
1:54.0	So, I mean, I think there's been a little bit of this vibe that's been out there for a while, and I think you have to agree it's probably sort of a,
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