Posted on 07/28/2014 6:07:34 PM PDT by jimbo123
President Obama is practically shouting from the rooftops that he's about to grant a new unilateral amnesty to as many as six million illegal aliens, but the topic of immigration does not come up in a new op-ed from Speaker John Boehner explaining his lawsuit against Obama for lawlessness.
In the op-ed, Boehner explains why he chose to focus the lawsuit only on Obamacare.
“On the advice of legal experts, the House action will focus on his decision to extend--twice--the deadline to institute the employer mandate in his healthcare law,” Boehner wrote. “We believe this targeted lawsuit offers the best chance of success.”
In the op-ed, Boehner mentioned other issues in which he thinks Obama has acted outside the bounds of the law--but he ignored immigration, and specifically the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
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You mean the PLANNED INVASION of our country by our PINO and his collaborators? I would have 10 separate lawsuits going against this tyrannical lawless regime, but that’s just me, and I would have done it long ago.
What good will lawsuits do in the illegal immigration situation? They’ll take a year or better to implement, and the outcome would be highly uncertain anyway.
This is a political situation that the GOP had better get a handle on, and fast. The American public is on the side of closing the border tight, but unfortunately the GOP leaders of the House and Senate are two of the GOP’s weakest leaders when it comes to making political hay.
But make no mistake, there’s political hay to be made right now, if the GOP can find anyone capable of making it. On that, I have my doubts.
Obama has delayed several parts of Obamacare for one reason only: those provisions are politically toxic.
Forcing their implementation is the best way to build public pressure to bring down the law altogether. Otherwise, he can pick and choose the provisions to implement and as time passes repeal becomes more and more difficult.
Furthermore, if Halbig holds, the Employer Mandate will only be triggered in those states that have established their own exchanges, meaning that the people in mostly Democrat-run states will be yelling the loudest, telling their governors/legislators to dump their state-run exchanges so they, too, can keep their employer-provided insurance.
Forcing their implementation is the best way to build public pressure to bring down the law altogether.
I understand what you're saying.
But, if these politically toxic provisions are implemented because of the suit, who is likely to be blamed? And who is likely to bear the onus for the chaos that will then ensue?
I know, I know. It's not only unfair, it's inaccurate. But you know damn good and well that the Democrat media machine is going to pin the blame on the Republicans -- who will be unable to defend themselves.
On the other hand, had they picked an issue where the desired legal outcome would also produce a desirable political outcome, they would clearly get credit for their actions.
I agree with what you say - for some odd reason unbeknownst to me, the Repub Establishment has no desire to play to win or to make any political hay out of so much to choose from - just unbelievable. There is no need for any new immigration laws - just enforce what we already have and close the dang border like any other sovereign nation would do.
No it’s not. A specific, targeted suit is the only way to deal with this. The rest is just gestures and the true kabuki theater.
Sessions and all the rest should get behind the lawsuit.
If the GOP gets enough seats to take the Senate - which I increasingly doubt - then it will be time to talk impeachment.
But frankly, I’m not even sure we’re going to keep the House majority, in which case all bets are off. But if the lawsuit is proceeding, that can’t be stopped.
Spoken like a true amnesty pimp.
>>...the Democrat media machine is going to pin the blame on the Republicans — who will be unable to defend themselves.<<
I think even the present GOP leadership will be able to come up with the following defenses:
1) We don’t like the law either. In fact, not one Republican in either the House or Senate voted for it.
2) We do respect the Constitution, however, and sued to prevent the President from violating it, which he was doing, according to the court.
3) We stand ready to take up a reconsideration of the law that is causing all these problems.
4) The more Republicans you re-elect, and the more Democrats you turn out of office, the better the chances that this law will be repealed so we can start over and design a plan that addresses the real weaknesses of our health system.
Not eloquent, I’ll grant you, but factual.
And beyond the ability of the current Republican leadership to articulate.
I don’t have much confidence in either Boehner or McConnell when it comes to making a convincing case in public, although I do think they’re a hell of a lot smarter about politics than people in here are willing to grant.
That said, the GOP has better candidates this year than it did prior to the 2012 elections, and I suspect some of them will be making very convincing cases, so I’m not nearly as pessimistic as others are.
This president, with his truly miserable performance across most fronts, is offering the GOP the chance of a lifetime to make long-term gains and I think some candidates will be able to take advantage of that. I suspect a great many traditional Democrats are disturbed with the direction their party has taken recently, and many Independents have got to be reconsidering their prior support for Obama and his team.
Consequently, they become the party's spokesmen by default. And, as a rule, presenting a case to the public isn't their strong suit. As you note, their skills are political and best practiced on the "inside".
That said, Boehner and McConnell are among the worst ever at this act -- incapable of inspiring confidence among the party faithful
We won't regain an effective public voice until we have a candidate in 2016. And he damn well better be the best candidate we can put forward.
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