John Boehner is an a******

[El Kabong]

OK, fair enough allow me to retort....

The topic is about Boehner being an "asshole". Why? Because he invited Netanyahu to speak to Congress without the President's approval. Netanyahu is the Prime Minister of Israel, Israel is one of the closest Allies of the United States. So "we" (by "we" I mean Brockton, and whoever else is offended by Boehner's move) are up in arms because the Majority Leader of the House wanted the leader of a nation closely allied with us to speak to a joint session of Congress.


So when we get down to brass tacks the headline is: "Prime Minister of national ally speaks to Congress without Presidential approval." That is why Boehner is an asshole? That seems rather miniscule in comparison to what Boehner's predecessor did does it not? Inviting the leader of an allied nation over to speak to Congress doesn't seem like it would cause such a great stir....it's not as though Boehner took the President's political legs out from under him, it's not as though Boehner told the nation (nay the WORLD) that "The war is lost" during an actual war is it?


Why is it divisive to have the leader of an Allied nation speak to Congress? Because he doesn't get along with our current President? Well I'm sorry I thought that President Barack Obama was going to IMPROVE the way leaders of other nations thought of the United States, he was going to improve the standing of the United States in the world, he was going to undo the evil which President George W. Bush had done....those WERE his promises were they not?


CANDIDATE Obama even promised to hold talks with despots without so much as batting an eye, no preconditions


But to allow Netanyahu to speak to Congress was such a bad thing that he wouldn't even say yes to that....he wouldn't say yes to an ALLY regardless of whether or not he agreed with them or vice versa. Seems to me that CANDIDATE Obama would have allowed the Prime Minister to make his points, make his speech, and then given a thoughtful, friendly response even if that response was explaining why President Obama disagreed with the Prime Minister.

I hate to be difficult here but were we as Americans not told during the tenure of President George W. Bush that "Dissent is the highest form of patriotism"? ....I yield the floor to the Senator from New York



....but to each their own. If it's offensive to you, fine be offended, offensive stuff has happened in the past and it'll happen in the future but IMO President Obama who swore up and down he'd talk to and work with anyone and then turned around and told Congress "I won, deal with it" has 0 room for complaint, he didn't even allow a bridge to be built between him and the Republican party so he could later burn it. President George W. Bush not only worked with Democrats, he HAPPILY worked with them, and they turned on him right quick nevertheless.