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.