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To: FJB who wrote (719355)	6/4/2013 1:27:34 PM
From: joseffy	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583404

Signing a thank you card to the IRS for harassing Americans is proof of progressivism's mental decay.

To: FJB who wrote (719355)	6/4/2013 1:31:43 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583404

GOP Reps: God Told Us to Keep Boehner as Speaker HE NARROWLY SURVIVED JANUARY VOTE AFTER CAUCUS MEMBERS PRAYED OVER IT By Matt Cantor, Newser Staff newser.com Posted Jun 4, 2013 9:11 AM CDT (NEWSER) – In the first days of the year, some House Republicans launched an attempt to ditch John Boehner as speaker—but he survived a vote after a number of colleagues said they'd spent the night praying, and God told them to let Boehner keep the job, notes the Washington Post in a report spotted by the Daily Intelligencer. Rep. Steve Southerland, for instance, looked to the Biblical story of Saul and David, in which David gets two chances to kill the king, but lets him go. The vote, however, was still perilously close for Boehner; had his votes been slightly fewer, the sitting speaker would have faced a second ballot for the first time in almost a century