Boehner threw a tantrum
during his press conference because President Obama refused to give repugicans any advantage before he issued his veto threats.
Boehner signaled his unhappiness early in his
remarks, “These measures would also provide President Obama a chance to
begin the final years of his presidency by taking some steps to build a
stronger economy, Unfortunately, the president’s been taking steps
towards more confrontation rather than bipartisan cooperation on jobs.
Earlier in the week, literally as we were taking our oaths of office,
for this new Congress the White House threatened to veto two of these
bipartisan bills. Given the chance to start with a burst of bipartisan
productivity, the president turned his back on the American people’s
priorities.”
Later, the moron was asked if the
Democrats where really obstructing because he already knew where the
president stood on Keystone XL and Obamacare. Boehner responded with a
tantrum, “Well, the president, you know, at a minimum, he could have
waited a few hours, or even a few days. We were taking our oaths of
office when they were issuing veto threats. C’mon.”
Boehner was tantruming because reality is starting
to set in. Boehner and McConnell believed that
President Obama and the Democrats were going to roll over and let them
do whatever they wanted. It was ironic of Boehner to complain that Obama
issued his veto threats quickly when it was repugicans who met on inauguration night in 2009 to discuss how they could gridlock the Congress and obstruct President Obama.
The truth is that everyone knew where the president
and Democrats stood on these issues. Boehner’s shock that Obama would
quickly issue veto threats is nothing more than a ploy in an attempt to
blame Democrats for the kind of obstructionist tactics that repugicans
have been using for years. President Obama use of his veto power is not a
form of obstruction.
Boehner’s tantrum is the biggest sign yet that
the repugican fantasy of controlling Congress has already been slapped
in the face by the realities of real world politics.
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