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(36,281 posts)Did you make that up-- -- or did he really say that ?
hlthe2b
(102,217 posts)something to joke about. WAAAAAY too serious.
Provide a link if there is one or say so if this is sarcasm.
pnwmom
(108,974 posts)I thought this OP was a welcome relief.
hlthe2b
(102,217 posts)WCGreen
(45,558 posts)Control-Z
(15,682 posts)It wouldn't surprise me, though, if that were really the case. God damn republicans.
NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)The Magistrate
(95,244 posts)In regard to the Congress and its Constitutional authorities and duties, we are in about the position of a monarchy when the King is stricken with imbecility or insanity. Divine right and all be as it may, he is incapable of ruling, and must be ruled around by one expedient or another. Congress at present is barely competent to name a Federal building, or designate a commemorative day for corn muffins or hummingbirds. Its present leadership and members, taken as a body, are no more competent to pass on matters of state than a seven year old is to sign a hire-purchase contract.
LittleBlue
(10,362 posts)Until today.
Hope this gets bogged down in the endless congressional Obamacare clusterfuck. They'll be ready for a vote in 2058. Assuming Obama doesn't claim that congress is passing and he's going to war anyway, this could effectively end the Syria war talk.
MannyGoldstein
(34,589 posts)And here we are.
winter is coming
(11,785 posts)krispos42
(49,445 posts)And the fact that Congress is this crazy, so that such a headline could easily be true, makes me sad.
pnwmom
(108,974 posts)And a funny one, too, IMHO.
krispos42
(49,445 posts)I'd love to see a reporter ask him that question, though...
"Speaker Boehner, will you approve military strikes in Syria if the President agrees to repeal ObamaCare?"
pnwmom
(108,974 posts)Chan790
(20,176 posts)"Without a blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of extremism or fundamentalism that someone won't mistake for the real thing."
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)davidpdx
(22,000 posts)On second thought let him drink himself to death.
kentuck
(111,078 posts)Your bottom-sucking carp ass will be gone after the next election.
fadedrose
(10,044 posts)I admit he looks like a great drinking partner (I remember from my younger days what a good drinking partner looks like).
But you gotta get hm sobered up before the Congress votes on 9/9...
UTUSN
(70,675 posts)tblue
(16,350 posts)What a twisted gnarly little gnome.
iandhr
(6,852 posts)But it wouldn't surprise me if he said that.
tblue37
(65,307 posts)City Lights
(25,171 posts)_|_
yodermon
(6,143 posts)gopiscrap
(23,747 posts)needs to be impeached...so much for doing your constitutional duty.
Billy Love
(117 posts)So the Syrian war resolution will be DOA.
thelordofhell
(4,569 posts)golfguru
(4,987 posts)http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/un-inspectors-leave-syria-as-us-pushes-forward-with-plans-for-military-action/2013/08/31/9d79d88a-121b-11e3-a2b3-5e107edf9897_story.html
Obama leaving door open to Syria strike, even if Congress votes no
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/08/31/obama-leaving-door-open-to-syria-strike-even-if-congress-votes-no/#ixzz2dbunIJlK
oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)B Calm
(28,762 posts)krispos42
(49,445 posts)[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]Syria debate gives John Boehner an escape hatch
By Greg Sargent, Published: September 3 at 12:00 pm
House Speaker John Boehner just announced that he will support Obamas request for Congressional authorization for the use of force in Syria. Im going to support the presidents call to action, Boehner said. Eric Cantor agrees. It remains unclear whether majorities in Congress will go along, but thats a big step forward for the President.
Boehners announcement brings up another element to all of this: The war debate actually gives the House Speaker a way out of the big mess hed expected to find himself in this fall, thanks to conservative demands for a series of epic confrontations over Obamacare and the debt limit.
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Meanwhile, Ornstein suggested another possibility, though it seems unlikely at best: what if some Republicans inject the debate over Obamacare and funding the government into the argument over Syria?
Its not likely that anyone will do that, Ornstein said. But is it beyond imagining that in some of these negotiations, someone says, `We really want to go with you on the war issue, but our constituents are against it, You want your resolution on Syria? How about {delaying or defunding} Obamacare?
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2013/09/03/syria-debate-gives-john-boehner-an-escape-hatch/
D'oh!