what eye thynk: Republicans are aware they have lost the fight against the Affordable Care Act, their conspiracy theories on Benghazi and the IRS are weak and struggling, the top three proposed Republican candidates for President in 2016 are all subjects of federal fraud investigations and there is a mid-term election coming up. What's a Party to do? Why sue the President, of course!
A few weeks ago, Republicans floated the idea of defunding the EPA and forcing the closing of the federal government later this year in an effort to stop the President from using the power of his office to address climate change--a scientific reality that is anathema to anyone on the right. There must be one or two legislators on that side of the aisle who can boast of a few still functioning brain cells, because someone pointed out that shuttering the government hadn't worked all that well the last time they tried it.
Admitting that forcing a government shut-down just a few weeks before an election is not the soundest way to move forward, Mr. Boehner has instead decided that he will demonstrate his leadership acumen by filing a lawsuit against President Obama. He seems to be a little cloudy on the specifics of that suit, but has complained about President Obama's use of executive orders, so we can assume those will be cited. I doubt there will be any mention of the fact that President Obama has issued the fewest executive orders of any President (but one) since World War II. I mean, why mess up a perfectly good vote-attracting lawsuit with something as untidy as facts?
To realize how ridiculous this latest Republican publicity stunt is, you need only look as far as Fox News. On Wednesday, Michele Bachmann talked to Fox News anchor Neil Cavuto about the Speaker's proposed legal action. Expecting support, Ms. Bachmann was met instead with derision. Mr. Cavuto called the lawsuit "an enormous waste of effort" and accused Ms. Bachmann of "conflating issues and being silly...I think you know in your heart of hearts this is a waste of time."
Ms. Bachmann did not take well to this unexpected response and upped the ante by suggesting that Republicans should simply defund the Executive Branch of government. Mr. Cavuto wasn't having any of that either. Completely losing his temper, he screamed at Ms. Bachmann, "Think about what you're saying! Defund the Executive Branch? Congresswoman! If Democrats had said to you, 'we're going to defund President Bush,' you would have laughed at them and so you should have been."
It says a lot about how bad things are on the Republican side of the aisle when even Fox News is calling them out for being foolish.
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