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LuckyTheDog

(6,837 posts)
Wed Aug 13, 2014, 01:34 PM Aug 2014

Jim Hightower: The kabuki dancing of John Boehner

If John Boehner is so worried about the president’s executive orders, why didn’t he sue George W. Bush?

What a hoot to see House Speaker John Boehner up on his hind legs, braying like a goofy mule as he declares that by golly he’s filing a lawsuit against President Barack Obama for “aggressive unilateralism.” Or, was it unilateral aggressivism?

Whatever.

The Ohio Republican says it’s an outrage that a president would issue executive orders to set policy without the approval of Congress — at least on things that Boehner doesn’t approve of.

MORE HERE: http://wonkynewsnerd.com/jim-hightower-john-boehners-kabuki-dance/


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