Speaker of the House John Boehner of Ohio has penned an editorial for CNN explaining why he feels compelled to sue the president in an effort to get him to uphold the law. But, if you were looking for specific complaints, you’ll be disappointed. This is as close as he came to naming anything the president has done wrong:
In the end, the Constitution makes it clear that the President’s job is to faithfully execute the laws. And, in my view, the President has not faithfully executed the laws when it comes to a range of issues, including his health care law, energy regulations, foreign policy and education.
I guess we are supposed to know what the hell John Boehner is talking about, but since most of us don’t watch Fox News or listen to hate radio, we’re left clueless as to what the president has done that is inconsistent with the law.
“I guess we are supposed to know what the hell John Boehner is talking about, but since most of don’t watch Fox News or listen to hate radio, we’re left clueless as to what the president has done that is inconsistent with the law.”
Simple: being President while black.
Pretty obvious, ain’t it?
Muslim socialist Kenyan or black democratic Hawaiian, either way he’s an uppity ni-clang trashing the white Christianist place.
Well, I think we can all agree that Clinton, besides being the “first black President”, faced the same delusional outrage. Hence, I’d change your original argument to:
Being a Democratic President while black.
Absolutely correct diagnosis.
I laughed while reading The Orange Man’s Op-Ed, knowing even before I read the conclusion that, many weeks after he first advertised his lawsuit, that he still hasn’t decided what the President did that broke the law. Guess Boehner will just pick randomly from the basket of red-meat GOP issues he has lined up on the street here. Very respectful!
Remember when we were admonished during W.’s Clown Shoe Presidency that we needed to show more deference and respect for his office? Yeah, me too.
What a eunuch. If you’re the Speaker of the House, you don’t sue the President. You fucking impeach him.
He will never sue him because he’d have to spell out for a judge just what he’s talking about and pretty much any judge would throw it out on the merits.
But he CAN run it through a few news cycles over a few months to keep the 25-35% of Americans who hate any and everything Obama happy that Boehner is actually DOING something (even if he isn’t).
For some this shit is their idea of governing.
Yes, that makes sense. Even from the perspective of throwing red meat to the barbarians, though, it doesn’t seem like a good idea. It’s just so weak. The hordes want Obama’s head on a pike, and Boehner’s basically saying he’s going to go tell Dad that Barack is a big mean meanie. Who is impressed?
About 25-35% of Americans required to hold their gerrymandered districts.
If they actually had to govern and answer to the majority of American to maintain their votes and contributions, they wouldn’t know what to do.
“It’s just so weak.”
Wasn’t it the GOP that mocked Democrats after 9/11, saying that “They’d file a lawsuit against bin Laden”?
Between the drones and the spying and the invasions, shouldn’t we be calling for this too?
It’s all part of the Kabuki. Attack a DEM POTUS for spurious reasons to rile up the DEM base to rush to the DEM President’s defense which makes them too busy to notice all the wretched things that DEM President is doing. Wretched things that makes it so much easier for Republicans to do more of what they like and cross into some new territory of wretchedness that Congressional Democrats dare not object to for fear of looking as unhinged as Congressional Republicans do in their attempts to unseat a DEM POTUS for stupid reasons.
Boehner penned an editorial? Doesn’t he have staff to do these sorts of things for him? Not that a smart staffer that’s also a good writer could have put lipstick on this pig. But somehow doubt he’d hire anyone smarter than himself.
Maybe straight-out saying, “He delayed implementation of a couple of provisions of the law I have forced my House to try to repeal 40-odd times, partly because I object so much to those particular provisions,” is a little embarrassing even for Boehner.
Barack Obama is guilty of being President While Black. That is his crime.
Boehner is scared to impeach President Obama. He is scared to death that if impeachment happens President Obama’s ratings will improve. He also is scared that it will light a massive fire under the ASSES of many Democratic Party members. See the GOP is counting on Democratic party voters to stay home in November. You know like in 2010. Get the big picture folks? VOTE, do not just post moaning and groaning about the RW. Vote ALL of their ASSES out. VOTE!!!
Bingo.
Impeaching Obama ruins 2014 for Republicans. Not only do they lose any chance of the Senate, but they lose House seats. Easily.
The lawsuit itself is frivolous on its face. Trying to make an argument that the Executive Branch is supposed to do what the Legislative Branch wants gets thrown out of court. Period. Political issue. Impeach, or the voters throw Obama out (at least his party).
This is only way that this extremely weak Speaker of the House is able to saber-rattle to the authoritarian base of the Republican party without having to actually commit to anything that is going to get slapped down.
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The GOP is celebrating anything that limits the power of the Presidency. Perhaps they’ve figured out that the office isn’t going to be theirs for a very long time.
Boehner will come up with a lawsuit the same way he hasn’t came up with a replacement for the affordable care act. It might take until November 2016 to fail and produce the actual lawsuit. It is nothing less than a political lynching.
You’ll have to forgive Boner, he was probably high when one of his staffers wrote that editorial. He’s always high.
High? Hammered!
Shorter Boehner: Obama did something illegal, right?