Speaker Johnson is a spineless ass-kisser goldfish

[ionelv]

Apparently, speaker Johnson does not support a war power resolution bill because he is a spineless ass-kisser with the memory of a goldfish:

“I think the idea that we would move a War Powers Act vote right now, I mean, it will be forced to the floor, but the idea that we would take the ability of our commander in chief, the president, take his authority away right now to finish this job, is a frightening prospect to me,” Johnson told reporters after a briefing on the operation.

“It’s dangerous, and I am certainly hopeful, and I believe we do have the votes to put it down. That’s going to be a good thing for the country and our security and stability,” he added.

I mean, why would Congress not continue its over half-century streak to shirk its constitutional duties to be the sole arbiter of the nation's war making when it can derogate that power to a diaper-wearing addle-brained psychopathic octogenarian who was dragged into a potential WW3 by two psychopathic genocidal Middle Eastern leaders and who has already all but declared "Mission Accomplished" when he put an expiry clock on the Iran (not)War affair of max four weeks?

Comments

[ioplokon]

I heard someone describe the enablers of the Trump admin as simpletons by choice.

[ionelv]

The admins were obviously hand picked to be boot lickers, but the members of Congress were elected and (in theory) they respond to the people not to the Fuhrer wannabe. It is so disheartening to see the overwhelming majority of both parties whipped to their leader’s whims time and again, especially in the past year.

[thewayne]

I won't say that Johnson is the worst Speaker that we have ever had, but only because I'm not deeply researched in Speakers of the House. I'm certain he's near the top. He's definitely a spineless sycophant who can't stop groveling in his desire to usher in a religious state not unlike Iran's in the name of some form of Christianity, which if you shave off the comparative window dressings, their form isn't all that different from Islam.

[ioplokon]

Yeah, it is total abdication. There are problems w/ Canadian politics, but at least we still have a functioning legislature. (Though some of this is the Court's fault when they tie themselves in knots to overturn the plain meaning of reasonably crafted laws & then say, "Well Congress could simply pass another!")

[ionelv]

Sometimes, the cartoonists are spot on: