In an attempt to steal the spotlight away from the Pope on his American holiday, Speaker of the House John Boehner announced his resignation from the position on Sept. 25, effective Oct. 30.

All jokes aside, his resignation may stop the government from once again shutting down this year because of standstill in lawmaker debate, according to the New York Times. Thanks, Johnny!

But hold your applause because it seems that Boehner took the easy way out by resigning, seeing as he was under a lot of pressure from his party – as well as almost everyone in the government – to make things go their way, which is pretty much inevitable for most authority figures with that kind of power.

He saw that the political tide wasn’t turning the way he wanted, and no amount of whining could change that, so he took this opportunity to swiftly resign.

He also went on to openly throw out a lot of contempt for his fellow party members, slandering several of them in his post-announcement interviews.

His resignation announcement was only one of the ways he annoyed America with his self-praising.

Over the years of his reign as Speaker of the House, Boehner, who considers himself a moderate Republican, fought against almost the entire Democratic Party to the radical members of the Tea Party Movement.

As questionable as his claims about the way his last name is pronounced may be, Boehner does kind of the match the typical idea of the stonewalled Republican, who votes to instigate arguments and spark controversy at every turn.

Looking at his positions on “the issues” is like reading an antagonist’s resume: voting to authorize military force in Iraq in 2002, voting against Obamacare, opposing equal opportunities for women and minorities, opposing same-sex marriage and against several more modern issues that would oppose a typical college kid’s worldview.

Alas, even though Boehner’s views and his oh-so winning personality are really up to the beholder’s eye to judge, he can’t really be blamed for what is going on in the government right now.

He was kind of a pain to listen to though, and there is no limit to how long a Speaker can serve, so maybe he’s doing us all a favor in that regard. (Although it’s tough to say it was an eloquent favor.)

Stepping down could really be thought of as the lesser of two evils, as now the government probably won’t shut down, and we’ll have a new Speaker to blame problems on when Obama’s not around.

These are hard times, Boehner, and you definitely made the most of your time in office. Even though the things you made the most of were probably enemies, now’s the time for you to get what you came for: retirement.

Thanks for putting us and yourself out of our collective misery, and remember to continue supporting your party in 2016 by voting for their presidential candidate nominee, which will most likely, sadly, be Trump.