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John Boehner Invites Israeli Prime Minister to Address Congress Next Month
« on: January 21, 2015, 03:46:34 PM »
Guess who was not consulted? :whistling:

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John Boehner Invites Israeli Prime Minister to Address Congress Next Month

The speaker requested in a letter Wednesday that Benjamin Netanyahu speak before a joint meeting of Congress in February.

By Marina Koren
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President Obama warned Congress last night that he would veto any sanctions legislation on Iran, saying it would derail U.S. negotiations in the Middle East. But John Boehner isn't ready to sit out the battle over Iran's nuclear program, and on Wednesday, he invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress next month.

"[Obama's] exact message to us was: 'Hold your fire.' He expects us to stand idly by and do nothing while he cuts a bad deal with Iran. Two words: 'Hell no!'" Boehner said during his weekly press briefing on Wednesday. "We're going to do no such thing."



Boehner said that he did not consult with the White House before extending the invitation to Netanyahu. A State Department spokesperson told The Washington Post's Jason Ukman that U.S. officials learned about the invitation from the speaker's office, not from Israel. And the White House is not happy. Press secretary Josh Earnest said Wednesday afternoon that Boehner's invitation is a breach of normal diplomatic protocol, the Associated Press reported. Typically, a country's leader would contact the White House before planning a visit to the United States, he said.

Earnest said the White House is reserving judgment about the invite until it finds out from Israeli officials what Netanyahu would say. Boehner's office confirmed that Netanyahu has accepted, and will give a speech to a joint session of Congress on Feb. 11. The date is significant: It's the 36th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution.

The Boehner decision is fairly unprecedented, especially if the bigger breach of protocol is not that the White House didn't know, but that the White House wasn't involved in the invitation.

Good!  Screw 'em (the WH). :whistling:

The rest is here:  http://www.nationaljournal.com/congress/john-boehner-invites-israeli-prime-minister-to-address-congress-next-month-20150121
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Re: John Boehner Invites Israeli Prime Minister to Address Congress Next Month
« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2015, 03:56:32 PM »
Did someone loan Boner a set of balls or just slap the sack his had come in originally?
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Re: John Boehner Invites Israeli Prime Minister to Address Congress Next Month
« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2015, 04:06:25 PM »
Quote from: BlueStateSaint on January 21, 2015, 03:46:34 PM
Guess who was not consulted? :whistling:

And just wait for the DUmmies to call Boehner racist for not consulting with the emperor.
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Re: John Boehner Invites Israeli Prime Minister to Address Congress Next Month
« Reply #3 on: January 21, 2015, 04:24:04 PM »
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(CNN) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is in Afghanistan on a multistop overseas trip for meetings with international leaders but with an eye on the U.S. presidential race back home.

Obama's trip, which includes visits to Iraq, Jordan, Israel, Germany, France and the United Kingdom, is intended to bolster his foreign policy credentials before U.S. voters.

"This is the campaign trail via satellite -- pictures for the rhetoric back home," CNN's Candy Crowley said, adding that the trip was intended to demonstrate that Obama was up to the job of taking a lead role on the international stage.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/18/obama.trip/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

I remember thinking at the time, that I had never heard of another candidate doing this.
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Re: John Boehner Invites Israeli Prime Minister to Address Congress Next Month
« Reply #4 on: January 21, 2015, 07:44:33 PM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on January 21, 2015, 03:56:32 PM
Did someone loan Boner a set of balls or just slap the sack his had come in originally?

Why are you talking about 0's pocket?
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Re: John Boehner Invites Israeli Prime Minister to Address Congress Next Month
« Reply #5 on: January 21, 2015, 09:02:53 PM »
Well played, Mr Speaker...
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Re: John Boehner Invites Israeli Prime Minister to Address Congress Next Month
« Reply #6 on: January 21, 2015, 10:17:14 PM »
I guess Speaker Boehner want a real leader to address Congress. I'd love if it could be a joint session ...
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Re: John Boehner Invites Israeli Prime Minister to Address Congress Next Month
« Reply #7 on: January 21, 2015, 10:33:02 PM »
I'm betting that Boehner treats Bibi with more respect than that asshole in the White House did.
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Re: John Boehner Invites Israeli Prime Minister to Address Congress Next Month
« Reply #8 on: January 21, 2015, 10:54:43 PM »
I hope Bibi rips owebuma a new one when he addresses congress.
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Re: John Boehner Invites Israeli Prime Minister to Address Congress Next Month
« Reply #9 on: January 22, 2015, 12:30:06 AM »
I'm sure this wasn't done to please the base.  I still don't trust the boner man.
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Re: John Boehner Invites Israeli Prime Minister to Address Congress Next Month
« Reply #10 on: January 22, 2015, 01:21:46 AM »
Give Bibi the gavel  :popcorn:
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Re: John Boehner Invites Israeli Prime Minister to Address Congress Next Month
« Reply #11 on: January 22, 2015, 09:58:39 AM »
Quote from: Bad Dog on January 22, 2015, 12:30:06 AM
I'm sure this wasn't done to please the base.  I still don't trust the boner man.

As David said some 3000 years ago:

Do not trust in princes ...!

David had experience with that from both sides.
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Re: John Boehner Invites Israeli Prime Minister to Address Congress Next Month
« Reply #12 on: January 22, 2015, 10:34:28 AM »
Yeah, I agree with wasp69 - well played, Mr. Speaker.

Here we have a head of state in Mr. Netanyahu, who has been repeatedly snubbed by The Loser. He's been invited to the U.S. by Boehner to talk to BOTH houses of Congress - on a date of significance.

Here's the thing -- when BOTH houses of Congress convene in the House chambers, it's a big deal.

What has recently happened in the House chamber involving both houses of Congress? Yep, you got it -- The Loser's own SOTU.

So Boehner, in one fell swoop, has stuck a finger in The Loser's eye by calling in another head of state to....


wait for it....


have another address -- this one....


State of the Situation vis a vis Iran.


SOTS  :lmao:


The key difference between what Pelousy did in Syria in 2007 and this is the head of state is coming HERE. Boehner isn't going to Israel.

I like this more and more with each passing minute.

Good job, Boehner. That's the first stop in a long trip for you to even remotely get back into good graces with the conservative base, but that's a good first stop.

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Re: John Boehner Invites Israeli Prime Minister to Address Congress Next Month
« Reply #13 on: January 22, 2015, 12:01:23 PM »
Quote from: SVPete on January 21, 2015, 10:17:14 PM
I guess Speaker Boehner want a real leader to address Congress. I'd love if it could be a joint session ...

If the news this morning was correct, it will be.

Gosh, I guess Obama doesn't have the only phone in DC...

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Re: John Boehner Invites Israeli Prime Minister to Address Congress Next Month
« Reply #14 on: January 22, 2015, 12:55:40 PM »
Unlike the SOTU address, Bibi's speech will more than likely use the phrase "Radical Islam".
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Re: John Boehner Invites Israeli Prime Minister to Address Congress Next Month
« Reply #15 on: January 22, 2015, 01:13:02 PM »
There is bipartisan support for a bill to quickly reestablish sanctions on Iran, if and only if the talks with Iran breaks down, or if Iran violates any agreement that is reached.

It is unfathomable to me that Obama says he will veto it because it would interfere with the talks going on.  How? It would not even come into play unless Iran backs out or violates and agreement.
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Re: John Boehner Invites Israeli Prime Minister to Address Congress Next Month
« Reply #16 on: January 22, 2015, 01:33:37 PM »
Obama's foreign policy is, for better or worse, formulated at the nineteenth hole.
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Re: John Boehner Invites Israeli Prime Minister to Address Congress Next Month
« Reply #17 on: January 22, 2015, 04:01:42 PM »
The President won't show support for our ally because of his ideological bent, so Congress will do so instead. Boehner scored some points in my book, and I hope this trend continues.
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Re: John Boehner Invites Israeli Prime Minister to Address Congress Next Month
« Reply #18 on: January 22, 2015, 04:38:14 PM »
It kills me that they are so butthurt over Congress "going around" the White House; yet Obama has "gone around" Congress several times...and even said he would do it during the SOTU. Boehner finally giving him a dose of his own medicine...and Obama doesn't like the taste.

Kudos to Boehner.
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Re: John Boehner Invites Israeli Prime Minister to Address Congress Next Month
« Reply #19 on: January 23, 2015, 01:26:18 PM »
Quote from: Against the Decline on January 22, 2015, 04:01:42 PM
The President won't show support for our ally because of his ideological bent, so Congress will do so instead. Boehner scored some points in my book, and I hope this trend continues.

My concern is that all this is a sop to the conservative base, and that beyond these symbolic moves, he will still legislate toward progressivism. Don't let up on your Reps holding their feet to the fire.
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Re: John Boehner Invites Israeli Prime Minister to Address Congress Next Month
« Reply #20 on: January 26, 2015, 06:14:47 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on January 22, 2015, 01:13:02 PM
It is unfathomable to me that Obama says he will veto it because it would interfere with the talks going on.  How?

Valerie Jarrett says to Veto it, that's how.
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