Boehner’s Tantrum : His real gripe is with those pesky voters.

nat review ^ | 4/28/14

[bestintxas]

In his home district, Speaker John Boehner offered an explanation for why the House has not moved an immigration bill. “Here’s the attitude: ‘Ohhhh. Don’t make me do this. Ohhh. This is too hard.’” He continued: “We get elected to make choices. We get elected to solve problems and it’s remarkable to me how many of my colleagues just don’t want to. . . . They’ll take the path of least resistance.”

We do not doubt that some large number of Republican congressmen fit Boehner’s description. They agree in outline with the immigration bill that the Senate passed last year, which offered legal status to many illegal immigrants, created new guest-worker programs, and promised to tighten enforcement of the immigration laws to block new illegal entrants. They would like something along those lines to pass, but fear that voting for such a bill would anger some of their voters.

AdvertisementTo the extent Boehner is right, though, the system is working as it should: Fear of political repercussions is keeping congressmen from voting for unwise legislation. The Senate bill is too flawed to be the basis for useful legislation. By legalizing illegal immigrants before we are sure enforcement is working, it runs the risk of drawing in more illegal immigrants in the future. It dramatically and recklessly increases low-skilled immigration, which is bound to impede assimilation. Its guest-worker programs formalize rather than solve part of the problem of illegal immigration: They invite a large class of people to contribute their labor to the U.S. but not to participate as equals in our culture and politics.

[Georgia Girl 2]

“We get elected to solve problems and it’s remarkable to me how many of my colleagues just don’t want to. . . . They’ll take the path of least resistance.”

Boehnor is right they get elected to solve problems. Illegal immigration is a big problem. They take the path of least resistance. Amnesty. Kicking the illegals out would be too hard. Securing the border would be too hard. Enforcing current immigration laws is too hard.

[skinkinthegrass]

"political calculus"
Sir/Ma'am,
With GOP/e, There's no such thing (think herding cats), it's all about power to coerce,
the serfs/peons/slaves to do Wa$hington (Marxists) E$tabli$hment's bidding..
freedoms?
..we lost that w/ the 0'Toons/0'Muslims.

[skinkinthegrass]

Thank You, for you clarity.

[RetSignman]

Boner has taken the lead as American's most prolific cryers.

[wastoute]

Boner really doesn’t get it. We have had enough of “government solving problems”. Can we just PLEASE have a brief moratorium on government making things worse.

[bfh333]

OH (tea party & conservatives), go to the poles and elect the Democrat to replace Boehner... VA, do the same for Cantor... It’s the only hope...

If these 2 are defeated, they will get NO SUPPORT in a lame duck session... Otherwise, it will get passed with the help of retiring/defeated pols...

[GOPJ]

By legalizing illegal aliens w/out shoring up law enforcement, we hand an engraved invitation to global Third Worlders----all of 'em salivating to ride the US gravy train.....each seperatist group conniving w/ a hidden agenda.

You're right Liz - either our leaders are idiots - or they're being paid off or blackmailed... because what they're doing doesn't make any sense.