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'There appear to be no rules anymore.' What Boehner's invitation to Netanyahu says about DC mess.
The Politico ^ | January 25, 2015 | David Rogers

Posted on 01/25/2015 12:26:35 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: DanielRedfoot

Boehner should ask the pResident to play a round of golf.


41 posted on 01/25/2015 2:11:40 PM PST by sanjuanbob
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The republican congress has decided to dump Obama....he’s no longer part of the equation. It’s cheaper this way. Impeachment takes too long and costs the taxpayers too much money.
Congress can also declare war on Islamists w/o Obama.
Obama is a traitor, a muslim and a danger to the constitution so he has now been factored out of congressional decisions.


42 posted on 01/25/2015 2:14:44 PM PST by doc maverick
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Let's just say Obamas is an historic presidency.

Politico does pirouettes around the elephant in DC, Obama, to avoid laying blame with the anti-American President. This is part of Obama's transformation of the country and Politico acts the innocent.

Pah!

43 posted on 01/25/2015 2:16:40 PM PST by Jabba the Nutt (You can have freedom or government schools. Choose one.)
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To: blackdog

There is simply no point in even acknowledging Obastard any longer.

I refuse to even look at him, not hear the sound of his voice. When I read what he has said in print, I do the exact opposite.

I will not even address him as president, it is now Mullah Obastard.


44 posted on 01/25/2015 2:25:52 PM PST by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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Meanwhile, the Tenth Amendment Center disagrees, calls Boehner’s actions unconstitutional:

http://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2015/01/boehners-plan-for-netanyahu-to-address-congress-is-unconstitutional/


45 posted on 01/25/2015 2:26:21 PM PST by Big Giant Head
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Fairly well balanced, for Politico. Which is to say, it's pro-Obama, for the most part.

Yeah, I don't care. It's still Propagandico, therefore, this piece is meaningless to me.

You cannot pick good fruit from a poisoned tree.

46 posted on 01/25/2015 2:28:45 PM PST by Lazamataz (With friends like Boehner, we don't need Democrats. -- Laz A. Mataz, 2015)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), herself a former speaker who oversaw similar joint meetings for foreign guests, said the management of the invitation was “inappropriate” and Boehner risks squandering his power in a fit of “hubris.”

A fit of hubris?

OK.

And I didn't see Mitt, Chrisco, Huckster, Juan or any of the other "acceptable" GOPe candidates fighting little bammys temper tantrum.

This is what I saw.

Sara Palin, Ted Cruz, Mike Lee...

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47 posted on 01/25/2015 2:46:41 PM PST by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Barack Obama is NOT the boss of the Congress.
48 posted on 01/25/2015 3:05:16 PM PST by Slyfox (To put on the mind of George Washington read ALL of Deuteronomy 28, then read his Farewell Address)
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To: faithhopecharity

There are not any rules. The House as a part of the three coequal branches of government, can invite anyone including heads of state to speak and they don’t have to have the permission of the president.

Pelosi met with Assad without any request being made. Tell the National Socialist Democrats to piss off. If they attempt retaliation, cut off the funding to the State Department in the next budget bill.


49 posted on 01/25/2015 3:34:40 PM PST by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Payback is a dish best served cold. (Hey it was warm, what’s a few degrees matter?)


50 posted on 01/25/2015 3:39:16 PM PST by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I am a rules follower. Perhaps more so than anyone I know.

I don’t generally believe in payback via rule-breaking. On this sort of thing, I don’t believe in fighting fire with fire.

And yet, I can’t get worked up over this. Why the heck shouldn’t Boehner invite our staunch ally Israel in at this crucial time to address a joint session of Congress? Forget everything else. It just strikes me as the right thing to do!!!!

Obama is complaining not because this is a bad idea, but because all he has is bad ideas, one of which is to treat Israel like ca ca. He is furious because his voter base is comprised disproportionately of Jews, and this is another nail in that coffin. Obama loathes Israel ... not Netanyahu personally. And this forces Obama to admit it.

Every objection I read about why Boehner should not have done this is foolish. The proximaty to the elections nonsense, just for example, does not hold up.


51 posted on 01/25/2015 3:41:00 PM PST by drellberg
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To: aquila48

You wrote the exact words I was about to write. Whose rules are being questioned here? Certainly Obama does not follow any rules, especially constitutional rules.


52 posted on 01/25/2015 3:52:00 PM PST by Gumdrop
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
There appear to be no rules anymore.

There are rules but there are also three branches of the government, each one not having to account to the others for their actions...........

For Obama to think that he needs to control what goes on in the Legislative branch shows his narcissistic arrogance and obvious ignorance of our Constitution.......

Congress has the sole right to invite Netanyahu to speak in their hall without any approval from the president.

53 posted on 01/25/2015 3:52:07 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (Man of "non-color" and proud of it)
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To: Cowboy Bob
...The Libs need to grow up.


54 posted on 01/25/2015 3:58:16 PM PST by opentalk
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To: TLI; 2ndDivisionVet
And I didn't see Mitt, Chrisco, Huckster, Juan or any of the other "acceptable" GOPe candidates fighting little bammys temper tantrum. This is what I saw. Sara Palin, Ted Cruz, Mike Lee...

Thank you. Thats what I saw too.

Fighters fight. Leaders lead. GOPe phonies like Romney and Jeb wait by the phone while their flacks and hacks arrange the coronation. GOPe phonies have their flacks and hacks out attacking conservatives and taking them down one by one while letting O's outrages go unremarked and unopposed.

We already know who our fighters and leaders are, they are the one in the mosh pit taking punches and throwing them right back.

Add Walker to your list and you have the only acceptable names for 2016.

55 posted on 01/25/2015 4:04:08 PM PST by marron
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Well, essentially all of the rules pertaining to the separation of powers are now void, the complex structure authorized by the People of the united States of America and designed by convention has collapsed, and the statement “there are no rules” is, basically, correct.

The Presidency is not a representative institution. Making it one has had catastrophic consequences.

“All legislative powers herein granted” were not meant to be delegated to unelected persons.

The Supreme Court, and inferior courts CREATED BY AND SUBJECT TO Congress, were not meant to redesign the Peoples’ domestic institutions EXCEPT as provided for through the amendment process.

All of these safeguards have fallen. The structure is now a house of cards, waiting for a strong wind - or a strong hand - to knock it over.

And once down, they will never, never allow it to be re-created.


56 posted on 01/25/2015 4:11:22 PM PST by Jim Noble (When strong, avoid them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.)
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To: marron; 2ndDivisionVet
Add Walker to your list and you have the only acceptable names for 2016.

I'm there...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3250098/posts?page=32#32

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57 posted on 01/25/2015 5:09:25 PM PST by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: aquila48

If I understand correctly, the liberals have their panties in a twist over what amounts to a lack of professional courtesy. Yet their hero, 0vomit, has committed numerous unconstitutional acts, and this goes by unremarked.

Liberal Motto: Rules for thee, but not for me.


58 posted on 01/25/2015 10:14:40 PM PST by generally (Don't be stupid. We have politicians for that.)
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To: Southack
Poor Politico doesnt even know that Democrats invited Cameron to interfere in UK elections, or that Pelosi visited Assad to spite Bush in 2006.

Or that, in advance of Gulf War II, then Senator Kerry met with Assad and filled him in on the Bush administration's Iraq invasion plans -- so that Assad could warn his fellow Ba'athist Saddam Hussein and "counsel him to comply with the UN sanctions."

59 posted on 01/25/2015 10:33:10 PM PST by okie01 (THE MAINSTEAM MEDIA: Ignorance on Parade)
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