Thursday, July 01, 2010

The Party In Government (PIG): Boehner & Cantor Edition

Erickson shouldn't be surprised.

Eric Cantor and John Boehner — particularly Eric Cantor — have decided they don’t need or want conservatives and, more troubling, do not have any intention of trying to win at the polls by forcing Democrat hands on Obamacare.

...Today, Eric Cantor and John Boehner are announcing that they’ll sign King’s discharge petition, but they’re also going to go with one by Congressman Wally Herger that would repeal Obamacare and replace it with a Republican alternative.

Notice that Cantor and Boehner were absolutely silent on Rep. King’s efforts until they had Wally Herger’s discharge petition ready to go. Why? Because they want to bully Republican House members into signing the Herger petition and undercut the repeal effort with a “replace and replace with lame legislation” effort. In effect, this undercuts a unified repeal effort and muddies the waters.

Frankly, I had some hope for Cantor up until now; but Boehner always struck me as a Very Nicely Tanned Iago.

Repeal. Do Not Replace.

1 comment:

Billiam said...

Democrats/Republicans. A snake with 2 heads. It's past time we dealt with this.