House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said today that an earmark-free chamber has made his job more difficult, but claimed both sides of the aisle are “very happy” about the progress made.
“No earmarks, who can imagine?”Boehner said on CNN’s “State of the Union” this morning. “You know, we’ve been through 16 months now, not one earmark.”
“It’s made my job a lot more difficult, in terms of how to pass important legislation, because there’s no grease, I’ve got no grease,” he added. “So, no earmarks. A more open process, allowing Democrats and Republicans to represent their constituency, to bring their ideas onto the floor. We’re making real progress.”
Boehner said it’s been his goal to “rebuild” the House.
“Having watched what’s happened here in this institution over the 21 years that I’ve been here, we’ve made positive steps in the right direction,” he said. “Both Democrats and Republicans are very happy about the progress we’ve made. They want more and so do I.”
The speaker again accused President Obama of “diminishing the presidency by picking fake fights, going after straw men every day.”
“The point I’ve been trying to make here in the last couple of weeks is that the president’s bigger than this,” Boehner said. “The presidency is important. America has big challenges. Big fiscal challenges, and we’ve got big challenges with our economy and the president ought to be working with Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill to address the big issues that affect the American people.”
Rebuild rebuild, without earmarks
Rebuild rebuild, not a walk in the park
Rebuild rebuild, Boehner the House mends
But the President still spends…
—apologies to David Bowie and “Rebel rebel”
Call me a cynic, but I’ll call him a liar. There are STILL earmarks being done. Maybe not in the volume as before and maybe not calling them earmarks, but let’s get real real. Who is bullshitting who?
Boehner is either the greatest liar ever, or the biggest fool.
Perhaps both.
What the hell was he doing on CNN? Trying to score points with the commies and leftist lunatic fringe?
Are they all that stupid?
YES!
Speaker Boehner needs to go back and study his oath of office. His job, like every other member of Congress, is first and foremost to “…support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion….”.
Even though he has an obligation to represent the collective interests of his constituents in Congress, Boehner’s oath of office also promised allegiance to the Constitution above all else. Using “grease” and earmarks to buy votes for his legislative efforts is not exactly “bearing true faith and allegiance” to the Constitution.
One can always be confident that when democrats and republicans are both happy with the situation, America is getting screwed.
Fake fights and straw men, indeed. But what else does Uncle Barry have? Besides attacks on Fox News and Rush Limbaugh? And, oh yeah, potty humor. With the economy in the toilet he can’t run on his record.
No grease; no squeeze; no vigorish; no cumshaw; no kickbacks; no corruption. I hope you are not complaining about that, Mr. Speaker, because that promise to the public by the Republicans is how you got your lofty position.