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RUSH: Now we take the Byron York story in the Washington Examiner: “The GOP\u2019s Astonishingly Bad Message on Sequester Cuts — In a Wall Street Journal op-ed Wednesday, House Speaker John Boehner describes the upcoming sequester as a policy ‘that threatens US national security, thousands of jobs and more.'”<\/p>\n

Boehner, echoing Obama, in an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal. And Byron York said, wait a minute, it leads to a question here. Why would Republicans support — I mean, the Republicans support the sequester. They\u2019re on record as supporting it. Even though it\u2019s Obama\u2019s idea, they support it. It\u2019s the only way we\u2019re gonna get some budget cuts, and they\u2019re infinitesimal anyway. But the question is, why would Republicans support something that does what Boehner says it\u2019s gonna do? Threatens US national security, thousands of jobs could be lost. Boehner\u2019s calling the cuts deep, when they\u2019re not.<\/line><\/p>\n

I do not have an explanation. I don\u2019t think that there is a reasonable explanation for that. I don\u2019t understand it. Don\u2019t have an answer for you. It\u2019s too simple to chalk this up to incompetence. It may be that, but that\u2019s too simple. I don\u2019t have an answer. I can\u2019t explain it to you. All I know is that it doesn\u2019t make any sense. <\/p>\n

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RUSH: Ladies and gentlemen, as a public service, I have been pondering the question raised by Byron York in his piece, “GOP\u2019s Astonishingly Bad Message on Sequester Cuts.” Why would Republicans support a measure, a sequester that threatens national security, thousands of jobs, why would Boehner do this op-ed today? I said it makes no sense at me, sorry, I have no clue. <\/p>\n

I have been thinking about it, because I realized that answer was not sufficient for you. So here\u2019s my stab at this. I think that what is happening here is that Boehner wants to deal with Obama. I think Boehner writes this piece today because he does not want the sequester to happen. He does not want to stand fast. He does not want to hold the line. I think in writing this piece, Boehner is attempting to blame Obama for all of this. It is Obama\u2019s idea. The sequester is Obama\u2019s idea. So I think what Boehner\u2019s trying to do is paint Obama with this. <\/p>\n