A Tale Of Two Editorial Boards

The execrable once great Washington Post Bezos Bugle editorial board on President Obama's pledge to act on immigration:

Mr. Obama may find a constitutional way to rewrite the nation’s immigration laws. But in his frustration with democracy, he is likely to prove his point: Unilateralism will not make the system work.   [snip]

Mr. Obama may find a constitutional way to rewrite the nation’s immigration laws. But in his frustration with democracy, he is likely to prove his point: Unilateralism will not make the system work.  (our emphasis)

"Unilateralism will not make the system work."  There's no end to the stupid in that line.  It just sits there like a deaf,  blind, thing. (What was that Shakespeare quote?  Oh yeah: "You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things."  He must've met the once great Washington Post's Bezos Bugle's editorial board.)  What do these frightened ninnies think will "make the system work?"  Golf with John Boehner?  Tea with Mitch McConnell?

The Miami Herald, whose editorial board is nearly a thousand miles away from Washington, yet has more perspective on what's going on right under the once great Washington Post's Bezos Bugle's nose:

We hope it’s soon and that he does everything he can within the law to provide a strong measure of relief to immigrant communities in Florida and throughout the nation. They’ve waited patiently and for too long for the president to act. [...] Mr. Boehner and other Republicans have not been shy about threatening the president if he decides to go ahead, saying any relaxation of immigration rules would “poison the atmosphere” in Washington. Really? At this stage — after years of demonizing the president, blocking his agenda, voting to repeal the Affordable Care Act some 50 times, and so on — now they’re saying No More Mr. Nice Guy?  (our emphasis)

Mr. Obama would be wise to ignore the posturing by his adversaries on The Hill. They’ve been in “No” mode for so long they apparently don’t know how else to behave. If they’re serious about wanting to pass a bill to supersede his executive action, they have the votes to do it whenever they’re ready.

The once great Washington Post's Bezos Bugle's own Eugene Robinson has an opposite page riposte to the unteachable numbnuts on his own editorial board (Fred Hiatt?  Ruth Marcus?  The smell of faux centrism leads back in their direction.):

The president has not just the right but also the obligation to “use all the lawful authority that I possess,” as he promised last week in a long-deferred effort to repair an immigration system that both parties agree is broken. Law and precedent give Obama wide latitude, and at this point he can hardly be accused of acting rashly.  (our emphasis)

Except by the once great Washington Post's Bezos Bugle's editorial board.