How Do You Spell “Irrelevant”? B-O-E-H-N-E-R
Mr. Blunt and Cranky was not surprised at Speaker John Boehners weekend statement announcing that banning abortion was his priority in 2013. Disgusted, yes. But not surprised. Anyone who thought the Republican party had learned thing one from the shellacking they took last fall should now be on notice that their hopes have been dashed.
After riding a tsunami of vituperative, irrational, ill-considered and short-sighted (Mr. Magoo could see farther than these yutzes can) rhetoric and actions for the past 4+ years, the Repubs have clearly decided that they are going to stick with that strategy, even though it has led to failure across the nation. So, what screwed the pooch the hardest in 2012? Culture-war issues. So of course, Johnny Boehner is going there again.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/25/john-boehner-abortion-march-for-life_n_2552597.html
When we have: a resurgent Al-Qaida; millions of people unemployed; starving children; foreign wars; crumbling highways; a shortage of qualified technical workers; a raging deficit; and a host of other issues that the rest of the country agrees are important; indeed, the House GOP is so deluded they think we all agree with them about their latter-day-Mrs.-Mao-Culture-Crusade, never mind that the results of the election proved them wrong
Last cycle, the Elephants thought they could whip the Donkeys by manipulating their base and rigging elections. Didnt work, of course. Any person with half an ounce of objectivity would change things up a bit. But the Boehner Brigade figures they can do the same thing they did before, and maybe B.S. a few Latinos into voting for the GOP, and theyll be back on top. Eedjits.
http://bluntandcranky.wordpress.com/2013/01/29/how-do-you-spell-irrelevant-b-o-e-h-n-e-r/