Leader Boehner: We’re Going to Crash Health Reform Party

Yes, John Boehner announced today that Republicans intend to “crash the party” that Obama’s putting on this Thursday.

OK cool. But, um. Soooo. Didn’t President Obama very explicitly invite the Repubs to the Health Care Summit? So, I mean, how do you crash a party you’re invited to? Boehner goes on to say that they haven’t actually accepted any invitation yet.

Boehner explained that leaders are waiting for a response from White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel to a letter they sent earlier this month that asked a series of questions on the bipartisan summit.

“It’s our intent to be there on Thursday. We’re waiting on a response and we’re hopeful that we’ll receive one soon,” Boehner explained.

So is not RSVP’ing, then showing up anyway, the new “party crashing”? But there’s no point in trying to decipher what he meant by any of this. It’s just more Republican silliness, joshing and shoving each other and shifting from one foot to the next because, truthfully, they don’t know how to handle this whole summit idea.

Dan Pfeiffer, writing on the White House website, couldn’t resist thumbing his nose a little over the failure of the Repubs to post their comprehensive solutions to the health care crisis. To which they responded “We did! We posted this!” Like, about, last October or something. And it’s the House Republicans *plan*, Senate Repubs not involved. But anyway it’s not as LONG as the stupid Dem/Pelosi Wicked Takeover plan.

Um, what’s that? You say “long” isn’t the issue any more? Oh yeah, that’s right. Now the Democrats plan is too short. Freaking bunch of Goldilocks, I swear.

But the people who brought us this health care plan are complaining that the White House proposal is too short?

* Number one: let families and businesses buy health insurance across state lines.
* Number two: allow individuals, small businesses, and trade associations to pool together and acquire health insurance at lower prices, the same way large corporations and labor unions do.
* Number three: give states the tools to create their own innovative reforms that lower health care costs.
* Number four: end junk lawsuits that contribute to higher health care costs by increasing the number of tests and procedures that physicians sometimes order not because they think it’s good medicine, but because they are afraid of being sued.

That plan’s palm sized, is what it is.

Expect lots more of this before Thursday. Bring popcorn.

Posted by marindenver on 02/23/10 at 10:00 PM • Permalink

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If I had a job, I would so take the day off.

And I will lay in an assortment of corns to enjoy during Thursday’s proceedings—from tangy cheese to accompany Boehner to a caramel-nut confection for the Death Panelists.

But nothing will go down easier than the sweet milk chocolate-macadamia clusters that pair so nicely with our Boss.

Comment by Allan on 02/23/10 at 11:17 PM

Boehner has no choice but to make some sort of low growling sound in advance of the summit. But the fact that he’s grousing over irrelevancies suggests that the Pubbies really haven’t figured out how to respond to this in a way that doesn’t make them look like a bunch of recalcitrant ninnies.

Comment by StrangeAppar8us on 02/24/10 at 01:02 AM

I put up a similar post about Boehner’s idiocy before I read your post. Because yours is better, I’ve added a link to it.

Comment by pygalgia on 02/24/10 at 12:38 PM

Thanks, pygalgia! I like yours a lot too. Great minds think alike as they say. ;-) And check out Kevin’s latest post about the Blair House Project. The stupidity goes on and on . . .