Boehner Disses Obama: It’s Only Words
[su_center_ad]John Boehner has decided that Barack Obama gave a meaningless speech.
“An effective speech is not the same thing as an effective strategy,” he said. “While the president presented a compelling case for action, many questions remain about the way in which the president intends to act.”
In the short term, Boehner asked whether Obama’s proposal to “train and equip” the Iraqi and opposition forces could be effectively done quickly, “at a time when ISIL’s momentum and territorial gains need to be immediately halted and reversed.”
On a grander scale, however, Boehner questioned whether the president was viewing the situation properly. “It is also a cause for concern that the president appears to view the effort against ISIL as an isolated counterterrorism campaign,” he wrote, “rather than as what it must be: an all-out effort to destroy an enemy that has declared a holy war against America and the principles for which we stand.”
In other words, nothing Obama could have said would have impressed John Boehner.[su_csky_ad]
NW10 September 11th, 2014 at 9:12 am
What happened to coming together and supporting the President Mr. Speaker, from ten years ago?
Roctuna September 11th, 2014 at 9:21 am
The prez wasn’t brown 10 years ago.
granpa.usthai September 11th, 2014 at 11:02 am
at least now it’s possible to offer comfort and aid to the enemies of the US without having your patriotism questioned !
(maybe the US needs a POTUS like Mitt Romney to lose our war with China while US patriotic Americans hem, haw and laugh our asses off at his complete failure and unconditional surrender?).
William September 11th, 2014 at 9:27 am
“While the president presented a compelling case for action, many questions remain about the way in which the president intends to act.”
Says the guy who leads a congress that will be in session for 9 days this month.
Larry Schmitt September 11th, 2014 at 9:43 am
But what an action packed 9 days they will be. Visiting Travelocity to make campaign travel plans, setting up PAC’s, it’s a lot of work keeping your seat in congress.
tiredoftea September 11th, 2014 at 1:00 pm
Lot’s of #benghazi tweets, too. They take up a lot of time.
crc3 September 11th, 2014 at 10:46 am
That’s a lot of hours for cocktails and schmoozing lobbyists. In the meantime the country continues to crumble and the world heads for who knows what…
granpa.usthai September 11th, 2014 at 10:48 am
at least Speaker Boehner knows the right war strategy to immediately stop ISIS in their tracks and reverse their taking over the world to destroy it.
Issue a color coded Terrorist Alert every 15 minutes!
code yellow – well, forget yellow ’cause terrorist can still attack on yellow alert days.
code orange only allows terrorist to sometimes attack if you don’t stay on full alert.
code RED! – terrorist cannot attack on code red alert days because everyone is on full alert!
great words that create great results, Speaker Boehner! Terrorist won’t stand a chance as long as we stay on full alert ALL the time!!!
ChrisVosburg September 11th, 2014 at 2:58 pm
Agent Orange sniffles: While the president presented a compelling case for action, many questions remain about the way in which the president intends to act.
I know! Roosevelt should have announced the upcoming Normandy Invasion at a press conference first, right?
Denise September 11th, 2014 at 9:33 am
smh. they want war, the gop are always hawkish. but as usual, when the prez is on their side, they find any excuse they can do disagree with him. nov 4 can’t get here fast enough
crc3 September 11th, 2014 at 9:35 am
Then what happens? What if the Repulsives take control of the House and Senate? Think things are bad now? It may be much worse in the coming months…
NW10 September 11th, 2014 at 9:37 am
I’m doing my best to get rid of my GOP Congressman here in Colorado’s Fifth and get Udall re-elected.
crc3 September 11th, 2014 at 9:33 am
No surprise here folks. Boner has the backbone of a SNAKE because he is one…
Larry Schmitt September 11th, 2014 at 9:45 am
Actually snakes have a backbone, it’s just flexible. (sorry for taking you so literally) A worm would have been a better comparison. Similar personality too.
edmeyer_able September 11th, 2014 at 12:08 pm
Perhaps the type of worm one would find in a bottle of cheap tequila?
Maxx44 September 11th, 2014 at 9:48 am
John’s been hitting the bottle again.
tiredoftea September 11th, 2014 at 12:59 pm
Yeah, he’s changed to spray tans now.
jasperjava September 11th, 2014 at 9:51 am
Just more proof that no matter what the President does or says, the right-wing piranhas will savage him.
rg9rts September 11th, 2014 at 10:18 am
You can’t win with this crowd….include them and you are indecisive, exclude them and you are abusing powers that belong to congress
William September 11th, 2014 at 11:18 am
“You can’t win with this crowd”.
You can’t even break even. The right wing agenda is simple “If destroying the country is the price of discrediting the black guy, then so be it”.
tiredoftea September 11th, 2014 at 12:58 pm
Forcing them to vote makes them a bit peevish.
rg9rts September 11th, 2014 at 2:46 pm
Have to take a stand instead of fence straddling
granpa.usthai September 11th, 2014 at 10:30 am
wow! – it’s almost exactly the same words used by war expert Cheney. So, the only way to immediately stop ISIS in their tracks before the situation is declared hopeless by the ‘war experts’ is to….?
ps: thanks for the patriotic ‘war expert’ advice, Speaker Boehner, even if it is ‘only words’ without any proposed solutions.
mea_mark September 11th, 2014 at 10:38 am
And the Boehner strategy that is sure to work is … I can’t hear you … what?
granpa.usthai September 11th, 2014 at 10:54 am
DAILY COLOR CODED TERRORIST ALERTS POSTED EVERY 15 MINUTES!
terrorist don’t stand a chance when we’re on FULL CODE RED ALERTS!
granpa.usthai September 11th, 2014 at 11:39 am
wow! – just got a flyer from Concerned Veterans for America. Don’t know where this group is getting their info from, but: “NC’s VA facilities are now some of the worst in the nation and have gotten worse under Kay Hagan’s watch in the US Senate”.?
Being that I was recently at the VA facility in Durham, NC to visit a relative -and was quite impressed by the staff, cleanliness, organization, knowledge and friendliness,- I would like to request an investigation by the US Department of Justice into what I personally know to be misleading, knowingly false and inaccurate and from what I’m now finding out to be purely partisan politics. Using FALSE VA conditions of treatment of Veterans to spread fear and anger just for the gain of a political office should not be tolerated by ANY MEMBER of THE US GOVERNMENT and if in fact it is not a criminal act, damn well should be!
Larry Schmitt September 11th, 2014 at 12:32 pm
Unfortunately, I don’t think there is any law preventing any person or group from flat-out lying in a campaign ad. They do it all the time, with no consequences, and once the lie is out there, it’s very difficult to counter.
edmeyer_able September 11th, 2014 at 12:04 pm
And he has the gall to tweet this today……
Speaker John Boehner @SpeakerBoehner 39m
It’s moments like #September11 that pull us together when we otherwise might not have: http://j.mp/1lXXwjY
ChrisVosburg September 11th, 2014 at 2:47 pm
From the link provided, the Speaker speaks: It is one of many such moments, silent or otherwise. They come by instinct now. We stand taller for the colors. The hand is steadier on the heart. A prayer is felt, not just said. We pull together when we might not have.
Dude, get a writer– and a teleprompter.
fahvel September 11th, 2014 at 1:04 pm
when is this hardon going to shrivel away, get tucked into his nappies and go far far away – he embarrasses an already embarrassed congress as it is.
tiredoftea September 11th, 2014 at 1:05 pm
Yes, Orange John is a man of action! Presides, or doesn’t, over the two most ineffective sessions of Congress in our country’s history! Guaranteed that no government shutdown’s would happen on his watch, except for the two that did. Brought close to fifty votes on repealing the ACA to the House floor. Forged a deal with POTUS for budgets that didn’t pass. Yes, Orange John is a man of action!
juicyfruityyy September 11th, 2014 at 1:09 pm
Chain-Knee briefed BoNERD. Enough said.