BETRAYED AGAIN BY THOSE WHOM WE TRUSTED…

Ya know, I can’t help but feel like I have once again been stabbed in the back by the very ones who were, only a few months ago, asking me, no, begging me, to trust them, to put the fate of my country in their hands.  And I f*cked up, I trusted them.  I believed most too much of what I was told before the last election, that if we would just make sure that the Republicans won control then they would work their hardest to stop Barry, and yet.  In case any of you may not have heard, to was just today that the Republican-led House once again raised the white flag and handed Barry yet another major victory by choosing to back legislation to fund the Homeland Security Department through the end of the budget year, without restrictions on immigration.  Now granted, our limp-wristed leader in the Senate could have helped, but didn’t!

Speaker Boner outlined what he saw as being the dwindling options for his deeply divided GOP caucus just this morning after the Senate left the House with very few options.  Boner pointed out that the issue is now in the hands of the courts.  And it was according to aides that we heard how Boner told his caucus, "I am as outraged and frustrated as you at the lawless and unconstitutional actions of this president."  He then went on to say, "I believe this decision — considering where we are — is the right one for this team, and the right one for this country."  Conservatives had demanded that the funding bill roll back Barry's immigration directives from last fall. Democrats had insisted on legislation to fund the department, which shares responsibility for anti-terrorism operations, without any conditions.

The GOP leadership's decision to cave angered more than a few conservatives. Steve King of Iowa said, "This is the signal of capitulation!"  He added, "The mood of this thing is such that to bring it back from the abyss is very difficult."  But more pragmatic, ‘establishment’, Republicans, or those whom we generally refer to as being RINOs, seemed to welcome Boner's move.  One of the leading voices in that crowd was well-known RINO Peter King of New York.  It was he who said, "Sanity is prevailing. I do give John Boehner credit."  Let’s face it, Boner, as well as McConnell in Senate, are nothing more than a pair of gutless wonders who are far too cowardly to play the game the way the Democrats play it.  And until they do that, we will only continue to lose more ground in our effort to save the country.

So it was then that Congress will now be sending to Barry’s desk a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security through the end of the budget year, without overturning so much as one of his illegal immigration policies. The House earlier today voted 257-167 for the measure that Barry is expected to sign. Without action, funding for the department would have expired Friday at midnight.  It goes without saying that the outcome was a tremendous victory for Barry and Democrats, and another defeat for the GOP.  Republicans were unable to overcome united opposition from Senate Democrats to their strategy.  I’m afraid these day I’m getting nearly to the point where I’m ready to become a Democrat, if no other than to just once experience what it feels like to win.  I’m tired of losing.

Much has been talked about how it was that Prime Minister Netanyahu gave speech to a joint session of Congress today, and how it was than more than a few Democrats chose not to attend.  And while I have no desire to lessen the importance of the speech or the arrogance of the Democrats, we must also make sure to take note that today we became just that much less of a Constitutional Republic.  We who genuinely love our country have yet one more time been abandoned by those who profess to be our leaders.  They once again chose to take the coward’s way out, instead of standing up to he who hates this country and all that it stands for, while being backed up by a political party which is well-known for being instrument in some of the darkest periods in this nation’s history.  I would seem today that we have no way to counter it. 

ANOTHER DISAPPOINTMENT ON WHAT HAS BECOME A LONG LIST OF MANY…

I must confess that in looking back at how I felt right after the 2014 election, about how confident I felt about Republicans taking control of the Senate, I’m now feeling more than just a little embarrassed.  Call me naive, but the next day I actually felt certain that with Republicans coming into complete control of Congress, Barry’s agenda to destroy America would soon be derailed.  But once again I’ve been proven wrong.  Because, it would seem, that while our numbers may have increased, and rather dramatically, the collective size of our gonads has not.  And thus there can be expected to take place very little change in the direction our country.  The most recent example of this comes to us in the form of yet another surrender by our congressional leaders, this rather odd assortment of spineless eunuchs. 

Because, you see, with the Homeland Security Department having arrived on the verge of set shutting down come this coming Saturday, our esteemed Senate Majority Leader, the very hapless Mitch McConnell, just yesterday, caved completely on his previous threat to put a stop to Barry’s patently illegal move on immigration, and instead chose to hand to the Senate Democrats virtually everything they wanted.  And then the Democrats proceeded to ask for even more.  McConnell told reporters that after two months of begging, he would finally agree to give Democrats a clean vote to fund DHS through the end of the fiscal year. The funding, based on an agreement between Democrat and Republican appropriators last year, would come with no strings attached.  I don’t know why we should be surprised.

And it was in sounding so very proud of himself that, just yesterday, when talking to the press, McConnell said, "I've indicated to the Democratic leader that I'd be happy to have his cooperation to advance the consideration of a clean DHS bill which would carry us through till September 30th."  And so it was then that the Republicans offered earlier today to permit a Senate vote on Homeland Security funding without the immigration provisions strongly opposed by Barry “Almighty” and his fellow Democrats.  And in sounding as if he was talking about some grand accomplishment McConnell said, "We could have that vote very quickly," just days before a threatened partial shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security.  I can only think that he’s under the impression that none of are paying attention.

McConnell also said that he didn’t know how the Republican-controlled House would respond if a stand-alone spending bill passed and that the next step was up to the House.  But let’s face it, knowing our spineless Speaker of the House, as I’m sure we all do, I think we all know with some degree of certainty how that ‘battle’ is likely to turn out.  And then we heard from Senate Democrat leader ‘Dingy Harry’ Reid who said that he wouldn't agree to any proposal unless it had the backing of the Speaker.  And with many House Republicans just now returning to Washington after a weeklong vacation, it was Boehner's office, in what already appears to be an attempt to somehow try to have it both ways, issued a statement that neither accepted nor rejected the proposal that McConnell outlined after weeks of gridlock.

Conservatives, especially in the Republican-controlled House, are sure to oppose such a move as this cave-in to Barry. The House has already passed a budget that blocks DHS from complying with Barry's November order to issue work permits and visas to several million immigrants here illegally.  Critics of the sweeping amnesty measure have called it an unconstitutional abuse of executive authority that Barry himself had previously said, over 20 times, he lacked, and an incentive for more migrants to cross into the United States illegally and drive down American workers' wages in the process.  Michael Steel, a spokesmoron for Boehner, said, "The speaker has been clear: The House has acted, and now Senate Democrats need to stop hiding. Will they continue to block funding for the Department of Homeland Security or not?" 

But, let’s face it, we’ve heard all manner of tough talk from Boehner before, and it rarely amounts to anything more than just talk.  I have little doubt that Boehner will very quickly wilt under what is sure to be the coming pressure, and cave on this very important issue just as quickly as McConnell caved. Neither of these men possess the necessary courage or, for the matter, skills to actually lead.  They enjoy their titles as well as all of the associated perks that go with them, but neither are, in the very least, up to the crucial tasks at hand. The current stand-off dates to last fall, when Boehner told fellow Republicans they should allow the funding of Homeland Security without conditions until after the elections. By then, he said, Republicans would have more leverage to force a rollback in the president's immigration policy.

Republicans won control of the Senate in the last election, but still lack the 60 votes needed to overcome Democrat blocking actions.  As a result, they have been unable to force a vote on House-passed DHS funding legislation that includes the repeal of the immigration policies Barry put into effect in 2012 and last fall.  Among some Republicans, there was a recognition that McConnell was offering as graceful a way out as possible.  One those being RINO Lindsey Graham, who said, "I just don't know how we do it any other way."  Fellow RINO, Susan Collins said, "I've always thought the judicial system was an alternative way to deal with the president’s overreach last November, and now that one court has ruled to put a stay on his executive order, perhaps that frees us to go forward and get the department fully funded.”

With DHS funding set to run out on Friday, a Communist News Network (CNN) poll, not exactly the most reliable source, showed that most Americans would blame Republicans for the agency shutting down, several Republicans are rethinking the use of DHS funding to block amnesty.  Tom Cole, an Oklahoma Republican said, “I don’t think shutdowns and showdowns are the way to win the presidency in 2016.”  But some conservatives have questioned whether Republicans being blamed for a DHS shutdown would hurt them in 2016, noting the GOP trounced Democrats in the November midterm election despite a much larger government shutdown the year before.  Paul Gosar, an Arizona Republican said, "Hey listen, the government was slowed down … in 2013, and who lost? The president and the Democratic Party.”

At the end of the day with McConnell now having essentially thrown in the towel, the only question that remains is whether Speaker Boehner will follow suit, and how quickly. Boehner has previously said that House members did their part with a DHS funding bill that blocks amnesty, and that it's Senate Democrats who are holding up the government.  But it’s now being reported that ‘Dingy Harry’ Reid is actually spurning McConnell's offer of a clean DHS funding vote for now because Reid’s betting that Boehner will surrender first.  And if history shows us anything, it’s that that is probably a pretty safe bet.  Ya know, just once I wish our guys would play the game the same way that the Democrats do.  But nope, instead we’ve saddled ourselves with some real loser.  So I guess it’s our own fault.