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Alternet The Republicans' incompetence in government is inextricably connected with their ideological extremism, as the latest events demonstrate. Hogtied by the craziness of the ultra-right Tea Party faction, the House GOP leadership cannot even cooperate with other Republicans in the Senate -- who overwhelmingly voted for the "cliff" deal negotiated with Vice President Joe Biden -- let alone conduct serious discussions with the White House.
Having refused to support the leadership's "Plan B" scheme to raise taxes only on households making $1 million or more annually -- despite confident claims by Boehner and Cantor that they had counted the necessary votes -- the Republican caucus made both themselves and their leaders look ridiculous. It was a dreadful right-wing plan, but still much too liberal for too many of them. Tacitly acknowledging that he could no longer manage his restless wingnuts, Boehner insisted that the Senate and White House should come up with an emergency measure on their own. I love this imagery: Observing the Congressional Republicans repeatedly stumble in and out of their caucus clown car, blowing loud kazoos and muttering angry threats...
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Boehner really messed up this time:
The bill they passed is essentially the same bill Obama last proposed, except it contains no spending cuts! He could have let the former measure come to a floor vote and it would have passed. But he had to grandstand, just to fall from a much greater height.
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Care to place a bet on whether he resigns due to health issues or to spend more time with his family?
Will he do it right after the new members are sworn in later this month, or wait a bit to make it look good?
You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it. Malcolm X
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What a nice surprise to see greypanther posting!  Care to place a bet on whether he resigns due to health issues or to spend more time with his family?
Will he do it right after the new members are sworn in later this month, or wait a bit to make it look good? Speaker Boehner doesn't show any inkling of having morales or scruples - he'll remain defiant to the naysayers and remain as Speaker. The only person who could remotely challenge Boehner's Speakership is Canter and there are not enough T-publicans to get the job done.
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