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Wow!
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Wow! asked in Politics & GovernmentGovernment · 8 years ago

Why does John Boehner even want to be Speaker of the House? He gets nothing but flak, and from what I heard...?

he doesn't like to work that hard, anyway; he prefers to hang out on the golf course. So what's in it for him? Prestige? Higher salary? Notoriety? (Will be in the history books.) He has to deal with huge amounts of pressure and no one is ever happy.

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  • BShaps
    Lv 6
    8 years ago
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    He wants the power, you'll notice how he cried when he first became Speaker of the House. Tears of joy not because he wants to help people, but because he earned a lot of power.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Power. Prestige.

    He's the worst Speaker in my lifetime.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    Maybe he likes being two heartbeats away from the presidency? Who knows.

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