WASHINGTON D.C.- “Folks — just wanted to make sure you didn’t miss this story in this morning’s Wall Street Journal,” wrote a GOP leadership aide in a morning email blast to reporters. The aide highlighted what is by far the most damning quote: Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) calling Obama’s war plan “embarrassingly naïve.”
This would make for a convincing arguement and a great political attack. Except for one little problem. The GOP in the House actually supports Obama’s plan.
Minority Leader John Boehner just two weeks ago:
“The challenge of bringing stability to Afghanistan is enormously complex, but our efforts to defeat Al Qaeda and the Taliban are vital to the security of the American people. I support the strategy the President unveiled today because it reflects the advice of our commanders on the ground. I hope he will continue to honor their counsel because we should not allow political considerations here at home to trump the importance of achieving success in the region. Moving forward, we must ensure this strategy is implemented in a manner that is both flexible and reflective of the situation on the ground, and we must aggressively monitor its progress.”
Of course we’d be remiss if we forgot what Dr. No aka Eric Cantor said yesterday to the Washington Times. It must have killed Cantor to utter these words: : “The GOP has the obligation to be the honest opposition. When we believe the president is correct — for example, in his handling of Iraq policy — we will stand with him.” So while the GOP is playing partisan politics, their leadership is talking out of both sides of their mouth. Again.
The question has to be begged, if the Republicans are calling President Obama’s plan “naive,” and they support it, then what does that make them? Naive would probably be the proper term. Naive that the American people don’t see this ploy for exactly what it is. Hyper partisan politics from the other side of the isle. I think Eric Cantor and John Boehner should relax a bit and worry about themselves. The GOP is losing seats in congress like a game of musical chairs, and this is the very reason.
