Netanyahu this week

Posted: Feb 28, 2015

So, they say Biden and some "top" Democrats will not be attending. I understand the sentiment, and they can always watch on CSPAN and get the info, I suppose, but I do think they should listen, even if they don't believe he should be here, which I agree, he shouldn't. Boehner has made a large error and Republicans supporting him are being very destructive to our country's image in the world, not to mention further fracturing Congress. "For starters, it’s completely unconstitutional. The conservative Roberts Supreme Court ruled as recently as 2012 that Congress cannot pass a law that abrogates the State Department’s primacy in the execution of foreign policy. Only the Executive branch sets foreign policy. That’s not an opinion, that’s a Constitutional fact. Were the White House to justifiably try to stop this dog and pony show, Congress would have set up a dire Constitutional crisis. Republicans are relying on the President being agreeable while they trample the separation of powers. This takes gridlock to a dangerous, scary place. We all know that Washington is dysfunctional, that rancor is the rule. We know Boehner can’t smile during the State of the Union. Fine. But there are supposed to be certain things that are beyond the pale. Behind closed doors, the U.S. government works together on things that are objectively good, like corralling nuclear proliferation. Now that Republicans dominate Congress, giving Obama a noogie is more important than working together to prevent a nuclear showdown between the Shia arc and the Sunni/Israeli coalition? This is not using your media minions to convince half the country that the President is a Muslim. This is something that a responsible party would not mess around with. It makes the U.S. look like a basket case on the world stage. Capitals around the world will be watching this little episode and wondering who’s really in charge. Boehner may want the world to know he rules the roost in Congress now, but when South Korea or Estonia detect troop movements across their border, and they pick up the phone at 3 A.M. Washington time, does Boehner truly believe they’re going to have his office on speed dial? It’s not his job, and I suspect he would be very annoyed to be woken up." ;