The retired US Speaker of the House gave a presentation to Stanford University students that confirmed our worst fears: we’re all doomed.

On Wednesday, the recently-retired US Speaker of the House gave a current-political-affairs speech to students at Stanford University. Political science students who signed up for the event expected the usual poll-tested blather about how “big government needs to get off of our backs” and how the Republican Party is paving a pathway to prosperity. Instead, Boehner showed that even career bureaucrats are human.

On Ted Cruz

“He is Lucifer in the flesh,” said Boehner. "I have Democrat friends and Republican friends. I get along with almost everyone, but I have never worked with a more miserable son of a bitch in my life."

On Thursday, Congressman Peter King (R-NY) upped the ante on Boehner’s statements, saying that "Maybe [Boehner] gives Lucifer a bad name by comparing him [Lucifer] to Ted Cruz. Listen; what John Boehner was most concerned about was Ted Cruz perpetrated a fraud and a hoax when he brought the shutdown of the government on some kind of a vague promise that he was going to be able to end Obamacare."

Giving a remark that the Stanford audience may have expected from Boehner, current House Speaker Paul Ryan said on Thursday, "I have a very good relationship with both of these men and I’m going to keep it that way."

White House spokesperson Josh Earnest could not help but weigh in. "I think Boehner was just being honest," he said, in the former Speaker’s reference to Cruz as Lucifer.

On Donald Trump

Boehner refused to comment on the Republican frontrunner’s policies or his increasingly tendentious relationship with the Republican establishment, but did acknowledge he intended on voting for the billionaire candidate in November.

Boehner made no secret that maintains a friendly relationship with Trump, acknowledging that the two are regular golf partners and calling the likely Republican nominee his “texting buddy.”

On Bernie Sanders

Surprisingly, the nicest words from the former Speaker of the House were reserved for insurgent Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders, who has electrified crowds and inspired millions across the country with the hope of government that serves the common interest.

Boehner stated that the Vermont Senator is a likable guy, and the most honest politician in the race.

On Hillary Clinton

Expressing his opinion of former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Boehner impersonated Clinton, saying "Oh, I’m a woman, vote for me," suggesting that the candidate has relied on identity politics.

Boehner predicted that Clinton would be indicted for mishandling top-secret and confidential documents, including storing the documents on a private email server.

In predicting Clinton’s downfall, Boehner suggested that Americans may see the resurgence of Vice President Joe Biden.

"Don’t be shocked if two weeks before the convention, here comes Joe Biden parachuting in and Barack Obama fanning the flames to make it happen," said Boehner.

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The day Hillary Clinton moves to the White House, if she gets elected, would be a happy one for both neocons and liberal interventionists since the former secretary of state will likely push for a significantly more assertive US policy that could ultimately lead to a conflict with Russia and Iran, political writer Diana Johnstone warns.

The Democratic frontrunner, according to the author of "Queen of Chaos: The Misadventures of Hillary Clinton," has always favored the military approach to diplomacy. Yet the issue has been absent from the primaries.

 

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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is the frontrunner to win the US Democratic Party's presidential nomination. However, her triumphant march to the White House might be overshadowed by her email scandal.

Here are some controversial facts we've learned from emails addressed to and sent by US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton:

Revelation 1: Google and Al-Jazeera interfered in the Syrian events and collaborated with each other in an attempt to overthrow Syrian President Bashar-al-Assad.

According to an email from the head of "Google Ideas" Jared Cohen, received by the US State Department in 2012, the company was trying to support insurgents by urging representatives of Syrian power structures to take the side of the opposition.

"Given how hard it is to get information into Syria right now, we are partnering with Al-Jazeera who will take primary ownership over the tool we have built, track the data, verify it, and broadcast it back into Syria," Cohen wrote in the e-mail.

Revelation 2: Following the 2011 Libyan intervention, France decided to seize the country's oil industry and "reassert itself as a military power".
An e-mail on the issue was written by Clinton family friend Sidney Blumenthal. He wrote that France was trying to establish control over Libyan oil immediately after the coup in 2011. Moreover, France was exerting pressure on the new Libyan government and demanding exclusive rights to 35% of the country's oil industry in exchange for political support.

"In return for this assistance, the DGSE officers indicated that they expected the new government of Libya to favor French firms and national interests, particularly regarding the oil industry in Libya," the email said.

Revelation 3: The US tried to conceal the fact that it helped Turkey to fight the Kurdistan Workers' Party.

An email addressed to Clinton said that the US government tried to exert pressure on the Washington Post to amend an article on cooperation between American and Turkish intelligence in the fight against Kurdish rebels.

"Despite our efforts, WaPo will proceed with its story on US-Turkey intel cooperation against PKK," the message said, referring to the Kurdistan Workers' Party. "They will not make redactions we requested so expect the Wikileaks cables to be published in full."

Revelation 4: The last revelation is more of a personal nature and concerns Clinton's poor knowledge of modern technology. Thus, her email correspondence shows that she frequently needed assistance with daily activities such as faxing, charging her iPad or searching for a Wi-Fi network.

Read more: http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160529/1040452420/hillary-secrets.html#ixzz4AEBdS2xx

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