John Boehner hates America

It's true, John Boehner, the man in line to become speaker of the house if Republicans somehow (God forbid) manage to win control of the House in the midterm elections, hates America.

JB, perhaps most famous for his Ken Doll like fake tan, and his outrageous fabrications and misrepresentations of the healthcare law was interviewed recently about his plans to create jobs in America. Perhaps all JB's time in the tanning booth has fried his brain as well as his botox. Boehner's response coincided with the lamentable abandonment of an energy bill because both Democrats and Republicans couldn't get on board.

When asked how his party would stir job creation, JB said, "Repealing the health care law, blocking cap-and-trade energy legislation and pledging not to raise taxes." There you have it, John Boehner hates America.

Step 1 for the JB plan to create jobs: take healthcare away from millions of Americans costing the federal government billions of dollars when some of those people inevitably get sick and are forced to have their healthcare paid for by Uncle Sam. How is it possible that this party has convinced the American public their on the side of fiscal responsibility? Perhaps I'm being too tough on them though, after all, the party is offering to pay the doctor's bill for roughly 30 million Americans. Repealing healthcare also means allowing insurance companies to take your money for years and give you nothing in return when you finally get sick, and refuse to insure your sick children. If THAT doesn't spur job creation, I don't know what will. Boehner's reasons for wanting to repeal healthcare probably stem from the fact that he told numerous lies about all the bad things the law would do, and by repealing it, he can cover his tracks since none of his "Armageddon" talk is any more true now than it was before the law was passed.

Step 2 for the JB plan to create jobs: allow America's antiquated coal-fired power plants to continue spewing carbon into the atmosphere while simultaneously neglecting the technology that millions of people around the planet are clamoring for already and that billions will be clamoring for in the next few decades. In effect, cede the green energy war to the rest of the world, and acknowledge that America was the superpower of yesteryear. That's right, JB's plan to create jobs means making absolutely sure that America will be rapidly losing jobs to the countries that are already investing in clean energy.

Step 3 for the JB plan to create jobs: a pledge. That's nice. Nothing like a good pledge from a politician. Fine, I won't condemn the man for promising not to raise taxes, and I do think that's an effective PART of job creation, although the oft-lauded Reaganomics trickle-down theory has lost all credibility. Still, at least that part of his plan makes sense. But even if 2 out of 3 ain't bad, 1 out of 3 is very bad, especially when we're talking about the livelihood of the American people and the future of the greatest country on earth.

Let's make America better today, and in the future, and reject asinine ideas that will set us back instead of pushing us forward. Let's reject John Boehner. He hates America.