John Boehner On Pathway To Citizenship:'Slow Down. How About A Little Foreplay?'

Ianus · 02-12-2013, 03:56 PM

Here are some recent statements from the Speaker of the House concerning a path to citizenship.

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House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) used a colorful metaphor Tuesday in response to a question from a reporter on whether House Republicans could support a pathway to citizenship in an immigration reform bill.

"Slow down. Slow down. How about a little foreplay?" he said at a breakfast with television reporters, according to ABC News. "There’s a bipartisan conversation going on in the Senate. There’s a bipartisan conversation going in the House. Let these things work their way along. It is too early to talk about legislation going on in one house or the other."

He went on, "The only thing I worry about on immigration is the president getting in the way."

Boehner has declined to support a pathway to citizenship even for undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children, a group seen by many as the most-deserving for citizenship among the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants.

"There are a lot of members with a lot of good ideas, and there's a lot of bipartisan work going on here in the House, and bipartisan work going on in the Senate," he told reporters on Feb. 6. "I want to do everything I can to foster this continuing conversation in a bipartisan fashion to deal with what is a very difficult issue in our country. But it's certainly worthy of consideration."

Boehner and his number two, Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), voted in 2010 against the Dream Act, legislation that would have created a pathway to citizenship for immigrants illegally brought here as children. Cantor, however, has said that such a class of immigrants would be a "good place to start" on immigration reform.

MIdreamer · 02-12-2013, 04:22 PM

How about going straight to the action? We are not interested in doing foreplay with Boehner.

iDream · 02-12-2013, 04:34 PM

Ohh she likes foreplay? Naughty... Very naughty indeed.

Charolastra · 02-12-2013, 05:33 PM

Foreplay? Does that mean we are about to get fucked? (lol, I'm so funny)

Dream becomes Reality · 02-12-2013, 05:51 PM

"Foreplay" is great and all, but eventually we're going to have to focus on achieving a "climax" which involves passing the Dream Act/Comprehensive Immigration Reform.

Rev_Scholar · 02-12-2013, 06:17 PM

Screw the foreplay. Let's get down and dirty with it.

freshh. · 02-12-2013, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Rev_Scholar

Screw the foreplay. Let's get down and dirty with it.

Comments like this make me realize that the Republicans were just not prepared for this scenario. They just assumed that CIR would always be at the bottom of the legislative agenda.

Demise · 02-12-2013, 06:58 PM

GOP's head has been hurting since LIFE Act in 2000. Enough roleplay, bendover and take it all.

msaccountant · 02-12-2013, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Dream becomes Reality

"Foreplay" is great and all, but eventually we're going to have to focus on achieving a "climax" which involves passing the Dream Act/Comprehensive Immigration Reform.

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Originally Posted by Rev_Scholar

Screw the foreplay. Let's get down and dirty with it.

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Originally Posted by Demise

GOP's head has been hurting since LIFE Act in 2000. Enough roleplay, bendover and take it all.

He really needs to watch what he says.

Oh and Mr. Boehner the only thing I worry about on immigration is people like you getting in the way of our oath ceremony.

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