Boehner Asks Obama to Reschedule Jobs Address to Congress
House Speaker John Boehner requested that President Obama hold his jobs address, which Obama wants to deliver next Wednesday, next Thursday instead.
The Speaker’s letter didn’t mention the brewing controversy over the speech clashing with a previously scheduled Republican presidential debate scheduled on Wednesday night at 8 p.m. EST.
That debate is the first of the post-Labor Day political season, and the first one in which Texas Gov. Rick Perry is set to participate, The Hill reported.
“As your spokesperson today said, there are considerations about the Congressional calendar that must be made prior to scheduling such an extraordinary event,” the Speaker wrote.
“With the significant amount of time – typically more than three hours – that is required to allow for a security sweep of the House Chamber before receiving a president, it is my recommendation that your address be held on the following evening, when we can ensure there will be no parliamentary or logistical impediments that might detract from your remarks.
Boehner also noted that the House isn’t scheduled to reconvene until 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
“As such, on behalf of the bipartisan leadership and membership of both the House and Senate, I respectfully invite you to address a Joint Session of Congress on Thursday, September 8, 2011 in the House Chamber, at a time that works best for your schedule,” Boehner said.
Congress is a co-equal branch of government. They don’t have to jump just because Obama says “frog.”
Well played, Agent Orange!
UPDATE:
Via Hot Air:
Usually, the WH will work out a date in private with the Speaker & Majority Leader before going public with a request.
The Crawdad Hole 
So Obama just invited himself without consulting with anyone including probably the Secret Service, Capitol police, or a Congressional calender that probably 97 people on his staff keep on their desk. It just flew out his ass. What a dick.
Pathetico:
ROFLMFAO
LOL Karma, baby.
I LOVED Boehner’s letter; smooth as glass.
It was almost like “Bless your heart, Mr. President, but it’s my job to make sure you’re safe and the security sweeps are full and complete FOR YOU. But y’all come on over the next night, k?”
Your move, Mr. Prez/
Obama has no hand
Video is disabled for embedding. Well I think Obama is like George, he has no hand at all.
Who dat say dey gonna beat dem Saints? Not a presidential address.
Go Saints!!
Go Packers!!
OT but damned weird. I know this will not come as a surprise to anyone but there are some sick puppies out there. This url was in a Pathetico comment about Palin in Iowa.
http://palinsdirtylittlesecret.blogspot.com/
Sarah’s vajayjay is haunted by evil spirits that make her enemies crazy
Sarah’s vajayjay is haunted by evil spirits that make her enemies crazy
True story.
WTF is with the joint session, anyway? Is this his way of getting them all in one room so he can talk at them for an hour and act like he’s “working with congress”. Give me a flipping break. Gotta give Boehner credit (that was painful to write) for playing it the way he did.
For me this is like watching the Denver Broncos play the KC Chiefs.
I hope they beat the shit out of each other and finish in a 0-0 tie.
Steelers v Ravens, in my case, as I am a loooooong suffering Browns fan. Still haven’t gotten over f’ing Elway. 😉
I watched 2 consecutive AFC championships with the Bay Area Browns Backers.
Elway beat them both times.
I remember both of them well, the drive, the fumble, me crying, etc.
Do you remember the Cardiac Kids and “Red Right 88?”
True story
I remember when “fingers” Biletnikoff played for the Raiders. I think I’m old.
I used to have Fred’s autograph.
I still have an autographed copy of “Snake.”
Used to have this card:
http://www.remembertheafl.com/1965ToppsRaiders.htm#FredBiletnikoff
Just noticed poor Fred Williamson (from that web page of tops cards) was traded to the Chiefs. Ug.
Of course he got to be a big movie star later. Guess it all works out.
Been a Browns fan since year one in America. The Elway drive changed my life…still working out whether it was in a good way.
“DandyTiger, on August 31, 2011 at 3:33 pm said:
I remember when “fingers” Biletnikoff played for the Raiders. I think I’m old.”
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I remember watching the Colts/Giants NFL championship game on TV…..I am old..
Still have my Kardiac Kids t-shirt.
Red right 88, aganist your Raiders I believe. It is the curse of Paul Brown. True story, OK now I am ready for a new season. I always approach each one with “expect the worst, you’ll never be disappointed”.
Hot Air:
They sent Boehner the letter 15 minutes before they gave it to the press.
This WH seems to have a problem with protocol. Remember the queen hugging after being told repeatedly not to touch her. I guess they do not have professional courtesy in Chicago. And isn’t that kind of stuff really big in the legal world like courts, and law schools where the Obama’s were educated and worked?
This is gamesmanship. Like everything else, Obama sucks at it.
So tiddly winks instead of eleventy dimensional chess is his forte. My brother used to aim for my eye in tiddly winks which is what Obama seems to be doing.
Hey, hey, hey, Tiddlywinks is a serious game in some circles.
http://www.cutwc.org.uk/
http://www.etwa.org/
http://www.tiddlywinks.org/
Saying Obama is playing it is an insult to all serious Winkers. Yea, real term. 🙂
Apparently what Obama did was unprecedented. Presidents have never invited themselves without negotiating ahead of time. Well, he’s historic.
Greatest comedy show on TV, Al Sharpton’s show on MSMBC was hilarious. He went on how evil and disrespectful the Republicans are being. I’m rolling on the floor laughing. Good medicine.
Funniest MSNBC moment of the week is when I saw a tease for an Ed Show segment about Rush Limbaugh saying something racist. Ed’s tease “you won’t believe the tape” was apropos because it turned out you couldn’t believe the tape they doctored of Rick Perry.
So Team WTF has no clue about the Republican debate schedule? Yeah, right.
OT: File under, “Here we go again”….
a “Latina Sarah Palin”?
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/mexico-gov-susana-martinez-republican-party-vice-presidential-194521974.html
I know this is hard to believe but – Obama caved.
He’ll read his speech on Thursday, 9/8
Just got the CNN email:
The White House agreed to House Speaker John Boehner’s request that President Barack Obama give his scheduled special address to a joint session of Congress on September 8 instead of September 7.
A political showdown erupted earlier in the day over Obama’s request to deliver the address on the economy on September 7. That was also the night of a GOP presidential debate. The speech will now take place on the opening night of the National Football League season.
In a letter to Obama, Boehner noted that the White House requested the use of the House chamber for an 8 p.m. address — less than two hours after the House is scheduled to complete legislative business. Security sweeps of the chamber usually take more than three hours, he said.
So what does that give him? About 15 minutes?
His 15 minutes should have been up a long time ago
Hahahaha. What a fucktard.
True story
Toilet Paper Media:
That’s Obama in a nutshell. The nutshell was supplied by Goldman Sachs.
This means the WH did not have the goods to back up their side of the story. Stupid and petty.
He needs to stop trying to play chicken with the GOP, they kick his ass every time and then some.
He should instead focus on the first rule of holes.
Every time he plays chicken he gets plucked.
He doesn’t just veer off, he goes into reverse.