Who Do You Trust?

Jonathan Capehart writes today about the latest Republican smokescreen on moving immigration reform forward.  On Thursday, Weeper of the House John "Mr. Tangerine Man" Boehner said, "The President is going to have to rebuild the trust [so] that the American people [and] my colleagues can trust him to enforce the law the way it was written."  We think Capehart speaks for us when he says:

Let me get this straight. Republicans decide before Obama is even inaugurated to not work with him. Despite this, he tries over and over again to find ways to work with them. The numerous concessions he makes (i.e. sequester and other spending cuts) drives his fellow Democrats crazy. That includes deporting more people during his presidency than all those deported between 1892 and 1997, much to the consternation of advocates for comprehensive immigration reform. After five years of losing, bruising battles with an implacable opposition that refuses to take yes for an answer, the president decides to use the authority granted to him by the Constitution to try to follow through on small parts of the agenda the American people reelected him to pursue. And yet OBAMA is the one who has to “rebuild trust”?

Not to mention Congress' approval ratings have consistently been abysmal, far below President Obama's.  Not to mention that time after time after time it's been shown that, if their lips are moving, Republicans are lying, even though it might take awhile for the truth to catch up (thank you, "finding the truth isn't our job" media!).

BONUS:  The once great Washington Post Bezos Bugle has a good editorial on Boehner's lame excuses on immigration reform.

How's That Republican Rebranding Coming Along? Immigration Reform Dept.

Weeper of the House John "Mr. Tangerine Man" Boehner shut the door yesterday on taking up the bipartisan immigration reform bill that was passed by the Senate.  As he told reporters:

“Frankly, I’ll make clear, we have no intention of ever going to conference on the Senate bill."

Even though the bill - even without conferencing - would pass the House (it has 190 Democratic co-sponsors and 23 Republicans vowing to support it), Boehner values his Speakership, which is  being held hostage along with his balls by the Tea Party wing  crackpot caucus of House Republicans, more than doing what is morally right and politically astute.

You know not- so- good- Catholic Boehner's balls are in a hermetically sealed container when he even ignores the appeal of the Catholic Conference of Bishops:

Last week, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York, made an urgent request to House Speaker John Boehner on behalf of the Catholic Conference of Bishops. He asked Boehner, a Catholic, to pass stalled immigration reform legislation, calling the current immigration system “a stain on the nation’s soul.”

Unfortunately, a "stain on the nation's soul" is nothing compared to Boehner's need to hold onto his job, which we think technically makes him a big part of that stain... and a coward, and morally bankrupt, of course.

(Photo:  "Will somebody please tell me where my balls are hidden?  Please!")