John Boehner Admits That Keystone XL Won’t Create 100,000 Jobs

[Galraedia]

The pressure may be getting to John Boehner, as the Speaker made a subtle change to his story today that served as an admission that Keystone XL won’t create 100,000 jobs.

Here is the (apparently partial) video from ABC’s This Week:

ABC This Week w/ John Boehner

During the interview Boehner was also asked about Keystone XL. According to ABC News, he said, “Now that the president has decided for political reasons that we’re not going to move ahead just yet, not until after the election… we’re going to have to find another way to lean on the Senate, to take this issue up, because the Keystone pipeline will create … over 100,000 indirect jobs.”

This is not the same thing that John Boehner said eleven days ago before the president announced he was not going to approve the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, “This is not good for our country,” he continued. “The president wants to put this off until it’s convenient for him to make a decision. That means after the next election. The fact is the American people are asking the question right now: Where are the jobs? The president’s got an opportunity to create 100,000 new jobs almost immediately. The president should say yes.”

Read more: http://www.politicususa.com/en/boehner-keystone-xl-jobs

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. He is one scummy SOB.

We need to keep the pressure on him, right where it belongs.

Jobs. Boehner and his ilk have done all they can to stop Obama's jobs program. The ONLY reason he's behind this damned pipeline is because the Keystone folks have given him money, lots of it.

Goddamn it.