David Gregory from Meet The Press is really hitting his stride as the program's host. He had Republican leader John Boehner on the air this morning and in my humble opinion, David did another admirable job in highlighting why the American people have lost faith in the ways of Washington and the politicians that are sent there to serve. Gregory asked repeatedly for Boehner to support the Republican party's position for not allowing the expiration of tax cuts to those with incomes over $250,000 in the face of debillitating debt and assertions made by former Chairman of the Fed Greenspan that it's ill advised to finance tax cuts on borrowed money. Boehner's only retort was that raising taxes on those with incomes of over $250,000 would further stymy job growth. Indeed, quite the argumentative leap with respect to a correlation. He wasn't even prepared to cite the theory of trickle down economics while making such a wild assertion. There is a serious credibility gap among law makers and those aspiring to achieve the American dream.....and it puts the country in jeopardy of a much decreased standard of living.
When asked about his position on amending the 14th amendment of the Constitution that would prevent citizenship to babies born in the U.S of parents whom are illegal aliens, Boehner replied that a "conversation" should take place. This guy simply doesn't want to go on the record for a position even if that's what Americans pay him to do. The evasiveness of this guy throughout the interview was colored by opening responses to questions with words like "look" and "listen". This patronizing posture is surely something that the electorate must heed with exception when heading to the mid term polls.
Not a Repulican and not a Democrat - simply someone in awe of stunning intransigence and partisanship at a tipping point time in history.
