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OK... once in a while, I start feeling charitable toward the current crop of Republican Congressional representatives.  I start thinking to myself, "Well, they just have different ideas about how best to serve the country," or "Different world views, but of course they still want the best for everyone!" And then I come to my senses and realize that's a lot of bunk.  The current crop of Republicans in Congress care about only one thing:  Advancing their own political positions at the expense of Democrats. Today's proof came from John Boehner, proving again that he's got nothin' except to try to pretend Obama is failing. We had a great jobs report today.  The economy created more jobs in January than expected, and the numbers for November and December were revised upward.  And the unemployment rate has dropped to 8.3%, the lowest in three years.  It's good news.  It doesn't mean the economy has completely recovered, but it's very pos