Mega Boehner leadership fail on birthers

[Babylonsister]

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpar..._boeh.html

Weasel words from Speaker Boehner
By Jonathan Capehart


I interrupt my swoon over House Speaker John Boehner's statesman-like mien of late to rap his knuckles over his answers about President Obama's faith and citizenship on "Meet the Press" Sunday. When it comes to Obama's citizenship, Boehner was consistent with what he told NBC last month: "The state of Hawaii has said that he was born there. That's good enough for me."

Well, what's not good enough for me were his next two sentences:

Video at link~

"The president says he's a Christian," Boehner said. "I accept him at his word."

The obvious implication is that there's a possibility the president might be lying. This is offensive and an insult.

NBC's David Gregory opened this line of questioning after showing a disturbing clip of a focus group Republican pollster Frank Luntz conducted in Iowa last week. When a woman said that she thought the president's religious beliefs "govern his foreign policy," Luntz asked her what she thought Obama's religious beliefs were. "I believe that he is a Muslim," she said. Then Luntz asked how many shared that opinion. "Wow!" Luntz exclaimed as more than a few hands were thrust skyward.

Gregory asked Boehner the only reasonable question to such lunacy: "As the speaker of the House, as the leader, do you not think it's your responsibility to stand up to that kind of ignorance?" But the speaker begged to differ. "It's not my job to tell the American people what to think."

Right -- but in the face of a persistent lie that has ensnared way too many in his party, it is incumbent upon those who know better to tell the uneducated or the mistaken what the truth is. In the parlance of Twitter, Boehner's resistance to do so was a #leadershipfail.

[Treestar]

Someone ought to ask Boner if he is a Christian, if he's having an affair, and demand to see the long form of his birth certificate. He is third in line, he should have to prove his eligibility.

[jaxx]

I wonder what Boner thinks his job is.....besides bawling his eyes out. This guy doesn't belong in the speakers position, he's a zero. It was wise to keep Pelosi in power for the Dems, she can run rings around him when it comes to procedure and politics.

[NJMaverick]

Well it just goes to show when push comes to shove the GOP will pick theirs and their party's self interests over doing the right thing.

[Cha]

Of course that fuckhead mediawhore, David Gregory, showed a disturbing clip from the asshole Frank Luntz because he's too damn lazy to have any real interesting pertinent news on press the meat.