Thursday, June 26, 2014

Empty Suit



The announcement by Weeper of the House and Congressional circus ringmaster John "Mr. Tangerine Man" Boehner that he would sue the President for misuse of Executive Orders was as hypocritical as it was inevitable.  Hypocritical because under Dumbya, hundreds of Executive Orders were issued without any objection from Congressional Rethugs.  (In fact, Obama has signed fewer Executive Orders than any President since Grover Cleveland in the latter part of the 19th Century.)  Inevitable because, given the Rethugs' failure to obstruct the President's signature achievement (Affordable Care Act) or extort damaging concessions (Government shutdown), a sure-to-flop suit in Federal court against the President also helps rally the demoralized base, after teabagger losses in Senate primaries in Mississippi and Oklahoma.

Even the Fux Bidness Channel's lockstep support of Rethug tactics is showing cracks:  host Neil Cavuto ridiculed retiring Congresswoman and certifiable loon Michele "Crazy Eyes" Bachmann for pushing a "silly" lawsuit instead of trying to chip away at the President legislatively.  The way they talk past each other in this video captures the division in the Rethuglican Party perfectly:

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