Boehner ignores long-standing practice and principle, inserts Congress into a foreign election.

[pinto]

“As a matter of long-standing practice and principle, we do not see heads of state or candidates in close proximity to their elections, so as to avoid the appearance of influencing a democratic election in a foreign country,” Bernadette Meehan, spokeswoman for the White House National Security Council, said in an e-mail.

She's precisely right. Boehner's PR stunt is inappropriate. I sincerely hope Netanyahu reconsiders.

The Israeli PM's address to Congress is scheduled for March 3.

The Israeli general election is held two weeks later, March 17.

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

1. The rules are in the toilet, family in White house is Black...period

[louis-t]

2. Bohner will stop at nothing

to fuck up the planet.

[2naSalit]

3. Indeed..

He's such a polluted mess that the only way he can feel better about himself is to see that everyone else is as polluted as he is regardless of their objections.

[old guy]

4. He is desperately trying to prove he has a spine.

He must prove it to the baggers at any cost.

[hollowdweller]

5. They are dead set to fuck up any deal with Iran.

They did the very same thing to Clinton.

Clinton nearly went to war with North Korea, brought them to the table and then they reached an agreement.

The GOP congress refused to follow thru on our end of the deal, and now NK has nukes after Bush totally ignored due to his focus on Iraq invasion.

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2004/0405.kaplan.html

[Monk06]

6. Adds new meaning to the term Orange Revolution. Not differerent than the situation in the Ukraine.

The US legislature attempting to discredit, cripple and overturn the elected president.

It's more than a snub or a break with protocol.

[LiberalFighter]

8. Hopefully those with religious ties to Israel

are blasting the hell out of NetaYahoo.

[libdem4life]

9. Glad to see this on a daily basis. It's lasted a bit beyond the typical news cycle, so

hoping it hangs on.

[HappyMe]

10. This is stunningly stupid.

A terrible stunt to undermine the President and appease the tp idiots.