Quote of the Week

“Gee, you mean the members of the other party are criticizing the president? I can't imagine that.”

-- Secretary of State John Kerry, responding to Republican criticism of the Obama Administration on its agreement to avert Iran from gaining nuclear weapons.

The GOP has long been frustrated with its inability to interfere with Obama on foreign policy issues.  If they could've stopped the President from killing bin Laden, Republicans probably would have done so. In fact, I believe the GOP's obsession with Benghazi! directly resulted from frustration over Obama taking out the Al-Qaeda leader a mere two years into his presidency, something the Bush-Cheney Regime couldn't do in eight years.

With regard to yesterday's deal with Iran, Republican Senator John Cornyn actually tweeted: "Amazing what WH will do to distract attention from O-care."  Really?  Laura Clausen at Kos issued this perfect response to Cornyn:

Right, Obama participated in making nuclear war a little less likely in order to distract from some problems implementing his plan to get health coverage for millions of Americans. That's diabolical! Here's a thought experiment for you: What would Cornyn be saying if Obama suddenly decided to bomb Iran? Answer: He'd likely be accusing the president of trying to distract from Obamacare.

The bottom line here is that Americans are tired of bombing Middle Eastern countries. Republicans must know this.  In fact, 64% of the country supports making a nuclear deal with Iran.  But the problem for the GOP is that it is committed to opposing everything President Blackenstein does, even if his ideas match the will of the American people. 

I guess this shouldn't surprise me, given that the only policy the GOP supports at this point is denying health coverage to 40 million citizens.