John Boehner, the Orange man from Ohio, the aging Oompah Loompah, the weeper of the House, is in a pretty bad situation. Oh, sure, he’s Speaker of the House of Representatives, it’s better than most office jobs as far as salary and perks, but once people get to that level, they want a bit more.
Even When He’s Right, He’s Wrong
They want a place in history and John Boehner knows that his place in history is going to suck. Everybody hates congress, and a clear majority of people who have an IQ greater than Calista Flockhart’s weight are aware that the problem with congress is Republicans, and their leader is John Boehner.
So, today, John Boehner tried to reframe the debate. “Congress should not be judged on how many laws we pass, but on how many we repeal.” How many laws have they repealed? Zero. Poor John, even when he tries to change the rules for the game, he can’t win.
They have tried, of course. The House of Representatives, where JB is the big man, has voted to repeal Obamacare 37 times. Doesn’t mean shit, and he knows it. From there, it goes to Harry Reid’s Senate and if, by some miracle, it should pass there, it would just be vetoed by Obama. You need 2/3rds to override a veto, and he doesn’t have that.
Actually, if the man wasn’t a Republican, an anti-human, I would give him the benefit of the doubt on this. The federal government does have way too many laws. There are probably thousands of them that could be repealed. All the laws against marijuana, for one thing. The laws that allow for unlimited campaign donations. Laws that give subsidies and tax breaks to people who are already millionaires. Laws against buying Cuban cigars. Nobody would miss those laws.
Of course, no congress is ever going to be remembered for the number of bills they passed or the number of bills they repealed. It’s a question of which ones. The orange dude knows that. He’s just talking shit.
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