House Speaker John Boehner cryingJohn Boehner Crying on "60 Minutes"
Potential Presidential Candidate Herman Cain Interviewed by Juan Williams on the O'Reilly Factor
It's been nearly three months since the Republicans took control of the House and so far they're proving to be very disappointing when it comes to making major reductions in the national debt. Republicans ran on the mantra of reducing government spending ($100 billion) from the budget ending in September, reducing the size of government, and repealing Obamacare. House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) spoke of defunding Obamacare following the November 2010 midterm elections. He said that if repeal efforts weren't successful (since the Democrats retain control of the Senate and the White House), he would pursue other options such as defunding or choking off funding for Obamacare or the new Affordable Healthcare Act of 2010. (I don't know if this is the correct title of the bill passed last March but I know this is close.) As of yet the Republicans haven't come close to passing a budget ending in September. Instead, they have twice passed continuing resolutions to keep the government funded for another few weeks. This second spending resolution will last until April. I wonder if the next round of resolutions will result in a permanent budget until September or are they just going to passing resolutions to continue the same spending patterns as the 111th Congress? It's pathetic. The Republicans don't have any backbone to do what's right to set the government's financial house in order.
I was afraid the Republicans weren't going to accomplish anything when it comes to the budget deficit. The only thing they're concerned about is winning the re-election, not making decisions that will put the government's fiscal house in order. They're no better than the past Republican-controlled Congresses. The Republicans in the House have debated over the size of the spending cuts. They made a pledge to cut at least $100 billion. The Republicans last month approved a plan to cut the deficit to at least $61 billion. Tea Party Nation founder Judson Phillips is a vocal critic of the GOP leadership. He wants a Republican candidate to challenge House Speaker John Boehner in the primary. John Boehner, Eric Cantor, Kevin McCarthy, and other House leadership members need to be contested in the primaries. These RINO's need to be voted out in the next election. I can recall back in December when then Speaker-elect John Boehner was interviewed by Leslie Stahl on CBS's "60 Minutes." He started crying and made the statement that he hopes today's youth have the same chance of obtaining the American Dream as Boehner did growing up. I never was very excited over his crying. Boehner doesn't impress me. He's part of the problem in Washington. If Boehner is so concerned about today's youth having a chance at the American Dream, he would immediately have the House to defund Obamacare. Instead, he's playing politics like he he always has in the past. He's the go-along, get-along type a Congressman that we don't need. He's not going to make the House vote for the tough choices that's needed when it comes to controlling spending.
The House has the constitutional authority to defund bills. Obamacare has been ruled by lower courts as unconstitutional. There's no excuse for the Republicans to not refuse to choke off funding for Obamacare. I believe the Republicans are aligned with the Democrats on this national healthcare bill. The Republicans could've filibustered this healthcare bill in the Senate in December 2010 if they so desired. It's much easier to prevent the passage of a bill than to repeal it once it's made into law. They just want the issue. They have no intention on solving the problem. They're just as much traitors as the Democrats are. The Republicans are unpredictable on what they're going to do. They've been co-opted and compromised. One thing positive that I can say about the Democrats and that is they are honest about what they believe in and what they're going to do. The Republicans will campaign like they uphold conservative values like their base does but they will betray those voters that have elected them once they are sworn into office.
I was listening to potential presidential candidate Herman Cain on the O'Reilly Factor the other week. Juan Williams was the substitute host for that Friday's program. Williams was speaking about how both the Democrats and the Republicans are not being serious about reducing the national debt. Cain's reply was that President Obama needs to take the lead when it comes to reducing government spending since he's the president. That is true that the president should take the lead when it comes to promoting policy such as reducing the size of government and government spending. However, the Republican leadership knows that President is a hard-core socialist. President Obama isn't going to push for reducing spending. Instead, the president will continue advocating more government spending for more government programs. The Republicans in Congress need to take charge and make the tough decisions to reduce wasteful spending in government. The Republicans are going to have to take the mantle of change and provide the necessary leadership to follow the constitution. The Republicans campaigned on controlling federal spending last year. Therefore, they need to lead the way when it comes to making the proper choices on establishing a budget. It's important that Americans elect a president in 2012 that will be an overt patriot, follow the Constitution, and veto any spending bill that's unconstitutional. Until we elect a president that will stand for the constitution, the Republicans in the House will have to take charge. They control the purse strings. They campaigned on the subject of the national debt. It's time they come together when they debate again and pass a bill that will cut billions of dollars from the government's budget. $61 billion isn't much money when you consider the national debt is in the trillions. Why does the Republicans tend to be so timid? They've been bought out themselves.
Where are the Republicans who campaigned on defunding Obamacare and slashing spending in Washington? They're nowhere to be found. It was just a dog-and-pony show. They want the issue but have no intention in solving the problem. Next November we need to vote out these incumbents. That's the only chance we may have in saving the republic if there's a chance that it can be saved. We can't continue re-electing politicians that break their campaign promises and forget why they were elected in the first place. There's too much at stake!
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