Boehner: 'We Will Not Stand Idly By As President Undermines The Rule Of Law'

[Eugene]

Source: NPR

Boehner: 'We Will Not Stand Idly By As President Undermines The Rule Of Law'

November 21, 2014 9:26 AM ET

"We will not stand idle as the president undermines the rule of law and places lives at risk."

That's what Speaker John Boehner, a Republican from Ohio, had to say this morning about President Obama's unilateral action on immigration.

In a press conference at the Capitol, Boehner used harsh language to describe the executive actions intended to defer the deportation of up to 5 million immigrants.

With his actions, Boehner said, Obama "deliberately sabotaged" any chance of comprehensive immigration legislation and by acting "like a king" he is also "damaging the presidency."

"We have a broken immigration system and the American people expect us to work together to fix it and we ought to do that through the democratic process," Boehner said.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/11/21/365684952/boehner-we-will-not-stand-idly-by-as-president-undermines-the-rule-of-law

[Cha]

1. NFTG.

[gordianot]

2. Of course immigration has never come up with President Obama.

When you do negotiate and agree with Republicans they walk it back.

[msanthrope]

3. They are gonna get right on this....after holiday break. nt

[tanyev]

4. You mean that 'law' where the Republicans are supposed to get everything they want at all times?

[malaise]

6. Ding ding we have a winner

That law

[madokie]

5. Might help matters if bonehead

would sober up. I'm not holding my breath on either happening though

[C_U_L8R]

7. They forgot to add the °hiccup

Isn't it a bit early to be drinking?

[LondonReign2]

8. 'We Will Not Stand Idly By As President Undermines The Rule Of Law'

"unless that President is a Republican."

[Fred Sanders]

10. The Rule of Law is the one thing keeping these fascists outside the gates.

[Fred Sanders]

9. 511 days since the Senate passed a comprehensive immigration bill. Vote on it in the House! How do

they get away with their fucking lies and deflections?

And what is wrong and Imperialistic about this:

[City Lights]

11. Blow it out your ass, Boner. nt

[BlueStater]

12. No, of course not.

Rather, you'll go to a bar and drink your orange ass off, you worthless sack of shit.

[tridim]

13. Please proceed, idiot. nt

[spanone]

14. they keep hammering this 'lawless' bullshit lie and the media never calls them on it.

[Blanks]

15. It's a shame really. Standing idly by seems to be what they're best at. eom

[a kennedy]

16. The Rule Of Law' WTHell is this law anyway......the repubs have been blubbering about this since

the POTUS was first elected. Ugh..... I'm so sick of hearing about it. The Rule of Law my arse.

[MurrayDelph]

17. You mean like

the international laws against torture?

[True Blue Door]

18. Such an arrogant chode.

He was happy as a clam while King George and Reichsmarschall Cheney dismantled the Bill of Rights, tortured thousands, and waged a treasonous war of aggression in Iraq.

That orange sonofabitch knows as much about "rule of law" as he knows about natural tans.

[Cha]

19. You always stand idly by, boner. you lying pos..

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[Avalux]

20. yada yada yada....

[Thav]

21. When they figure out

they're actually doing something, I suspect they'll stop immediately and go back to doing nothing.

If the democrats where up on PR, they'd take this "will not stand idly by" comment and run with it.

"republicans have sat idly by while millions of unemployed americans waited on a jobs bill that went no where."
"republicans have sat idly by while important american infrastructure crumbled, and they didn't want to do anything about it."
"Republicans have sat idly by while unresolved issues in american society remained unresolved."
"republicans only take action when someone else tries to move america forward, and then they only try to stop anything from happening."

[MohRokTah]

22. Bohener clarrified: "But we WILL NOT interrupt our vacation to do so." eom

[Vinca]

23. Republicans are breathtakingly stoooooooopid.

They had the perfect opportunity to get "demon Obama" and they blew it. Yesterday morning the House could have brought the Senate bill up for a vote and it would have passed. Boner could have held a news conference proclaiming how much the GOP loves minorities, loves keeping families together and how the Republican-led House has now proven it. That would have caused some to stop in their tracks and give the GOP a second look. It would probably have gotten them some voters in the next election. But, alas, they took the bait and have continued on their mission of "hate Obama." Fools.

[lancer78]

28. I agree

now they look like the party that wants to tear Hispanic families apart. Even Steve Schmidt (sp), who has been trying to make the republican party reach out to Hispanics, screwed up last night with his comments on msnbc. Now him and the republican party has guaranteed GOP losses among the Hispanic population for a generation, just like they did in California. I wonder if this was PBO's plan after all. Put the republicans in a political box.

[underpants]

29. Outward shout

Read your post earlier today. Spot on


http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025851189

[morningfog]

24. How's that lawsuit coming Boner?

[Orsino]

25. The rule of some law mot yet passed? n/t

[samsingh]

26. he must be talking about bush - 6 years too late

[underpants]

27. Yeah I was going to say- standing idly by seems to be the only thing they do

That stood idly by during the W fiasco. They stand idly by so nothing gets done during the Obama recovery. Hell they did actually do something last week - they voted against stopping the illegal spying that slipped right by them after 9/11.