Liar

Liar

John Boehner was all over the Sunday news shows saying that he didn't have the votes in the House to pass a "clean" CR to fund the government and end the shut down.  (His minions prefer the dirty version which makes routine budgeting insanely contingent upon gutting Obamacare.)  Boehner insisted that unless the President and the Dems made "concessions", the shut down would continue, the debt ceiling deadline would force the government into default, and Obama would be to blame.

The same day, a big front page story in the NY Times explained how this crisis was planned months ago and has been stage-managed throughout by the real leaders of the GOP:   The Koch brothers PAC Americans For Prosperity, the Heritage Foundation, former AG Ed Meese, and other far-right wingnuts.  That's right, all this crap didn't just suddenly appear out of the blue -- these obsessive assholes have intended it, have wanted it.  The shut down is their flimsy blueprint for derailing Obamacare.  It has nothing to do with lack of concessions and compromises and negotiations.  Those are just pre-planned talking points, and there's absolutely nothing to negotiate anyway.

So not only is the Weeper of the House full of shit when he faults Obama for the doomed tactics of the suicidal lemmings in his own party, he doesn't count very well either.  He does have the votes to pass a clean CR.  Somewhere between 17 and 24 House Republicans have publicly stated they would vote for a straight-up funding deal unencumbered by any Tea Party lunacy.  Along with the House D's, that would be enough to pass a CR, and it would pass in the Senate too.  It's not that Boehner doesn't have the votes, he just doesn't want to take the vote.  The puppet-masters are telling him not to.

Boehner, you are a big, fat liar!