The tracks of his tears

I've written before about my distaste for John Boehner, the man who hates America. But perhaps I had Boehner all wrong, after all he's spent a whole lot of time lately crying about...well just crying, I'm not sure why.

But Boehner's tears are nothing if not proof of his love for America. It seems the very mention of our great country is enough to start the waterworks. He just loves Ameri...sob...sob...sob.

Nothing wrong with crying. It happens, it's even nice that John Boehner is moved to tears when he thinks of our country's glory. The problem is, the man is doing ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to ensure that America will be great for the next generation. In fact, he's doing nothing to make America great 24 hours from now. Though his faucets are leaking, his votes are lacking. Far from wanting to keep America great, John Boehner wants Americans to suffer.

If we trace the tracks of Boehner's tears to his voting record (or hell, just to what he has to say on television), we'll see that while America the country makes Boehner weepy, Americans the people aren't really on his radar screen.

Let's start with the most obvious example (which do I choose?), Boehner wants to repeal the healthcare law. Well the healthcare law is going to save the federal government money while at the same time extending health insurance to 30 million Americans. The country saves money, the citizens can afford healthcare. Everyone wins. Boehner weeps. Boehner also opposes a cost-saving measure to help Americans.

Boehner is also against extending unemployment benefits. It's only the Christmas season after all. Why not give out of work Americans money that they will immediately go spend on holiday gifts, thus providing a little Christmas cheer and a boost to the economy. Again with the crying, again with the disdain for our country and its people.

Finally, and most reprehensibly of all, John Boehner is against paying for the healthcare of first responders on 9/11. On 9/11 John Boehner, like many other Americans, probably cried and rightfully so. That day stands as one of the darkest and saddest in our nation's history. But on September 11th brave New Yorkers risked their lives to help their fellow Americans. Their heroism is enough to make you tear up, and I bet Boehner does when he talks about them. But his tears don't pay for their healthcare, and while he's ready to give them a whole well of his sobs, he won't give them his vote.

So all we've learned about John Boehner is that he's a cryer, but crying about something doesn't mean you love it, it just means you're a cryer. John Boehner is just a cryer. I'm sure in the future we'll see more of his tears. I'll start to be moved by them when he starts to give a damn about our country.