Boehner, GOP must come around
It's absurd for House Speaker John Boehner
to claim that the GOP received a popular mandate as the result of the Nov. 6
election. Voters across America voted overwhelmingly for President Obama, for
the Democratic Senate and, yes, even for the Democratic members of the House of
Representatives.
The Republican majority in the House of
Representatives is due in large part to gerrymandering. It's because of shrewd
maneuvering by GOP legislative majorities in red states like Texas. In some of
these states, Republicans drew congressional district lines so that Democratic
voters were crammed into as few districts as possible.
Boehner can't honestly claim a popular
mandate for anything. The American people spoke and continue to speak. We don't
buy the GOP mantra. In the election and in polling since, Americans are showing
that we support a tax system that doesn't cater to the rich, that we honor the
rights of women and minorities, that we encourage the search for non-fossil
fuels and that we generally favor all of the other progressive governmental policies
championed by our reelected president and the Democrats who ran with him.
Boehner and the GOP should get over it! You
lost! The American people disagree with you! Stop your obstruction! Let's get
on with it!
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