John Boehner's Misplaced Tears

I've come to believe that to be a Republican nowadays, one has to have a very misplaced sense of Christ's Gospel message (assuming one is Christian, of course) and a huge helping on callousness towards one's fellow man. Among the examples of this phenomenon are the GOP efforts to kill health care reform that would give more Americans access to preventive health care, make cuts in social programs that aid the poor, homeless and hungry, and perhaps kill Medicare and Social Security as well. And instead of such programs, the GOP offers tax cuts to the rich and an increasing wealth disparity in this country that now looks like something out of the bad old days of Central and South American banana republics. So much for the Gospel message of feeding the hungry, clothing the naked and selling all that one has and giving it to the needy. Yet, it is precisely these cold, callous and utterly uncaring Republicans who love to wrap themselves and religion and describe themselves as champions of "family values" - but apparently only for rich and heterosexual families and children.

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Then there's cry baby John Boehner who seems to me to appear increasingly mentally disturbed. He crys at the drop of a pin, yet champions programs that do the opposite of what he claims to want for every Americans. I don't get it. Neither does Gail Collins in a New York Times op-ed. Here are some highlights:
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We’ve had to adjust to so many strange developments lately. I’m sure we’ll get used to having a speaker of the House who weeps a lot. That would be John Boehner, the new guy.
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Boehner is a gravel-voiced Ohioan who wears snazzy suits and hangs out a lot with lobbyists. One of the few cheery prospects the new year holds for Democrats is his upcoming demonization, since there is no such thing in 21st-century America as a loveable leader of the House of Representatives. Unless America is totally won over by the idea of a Sobbing Speaker.
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The American Dream has had such a bad year. During the campaign, it was tossed around by billionaire candidates who insisted on telling groups of underprivileged children that they, too, could someday own a mega-yacht or run a slimy but extremely profitable health care corporation. Now, John Boehner is blaming the Dream for making him howl like an abandoned puppy. It’s what my friend Rebecca Traister calls “Boehner doing Masterpiece Theater on the hard life of John Boehner.”
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Boehner is opposed to extending unemployment benefits for the jobless, and he wants to kill off the law that guarantees health coverage to all Americans. So you know when he starts weeping when his wife says she’s “real proud” of him, it’s not a sign of softness.
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Then this year, he voted against providing money to take care of our fellow citizens who became ill while doing rescue and reclamation work at ground zero after the terrorist attack. Twice.
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Boehner and his horrible Christianist supporters truly are the Pharisees of the Bible brought back to life in our times. They talk alot about God and piety, but then do the exact opposite of what Jesus would do. Frankly, it makes me sick and feel the word "hypocrites" on my lips.