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Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)
Wed Jan 2, 2013, 02:49 AM Jan 2013

Boehner to Reid: "Go f--- yourself"


The fiscal cliff deal that almost wasn't

House Speaker John Boehner couldn’t hold back when he spotted Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in the White House lobby last Friday.

It was only a few days before the nation would go over the fiscal cliff, no bipartisan agreement was in sight, and Reid had just publicly accused Boehner of running a “dictatorship” in the House and caring more about holding onto his gavel than striking a deal.

“Go f— yourself,” Boehner sniped as he pointed his finger at Reid, according to multiple sources present.

Reid, a bit startled, replied: “What are you talking about?”

Boehner repeated: “Go f— yourself.”

The harsh exchange just a few steps from the Oval Office — which Boehner later bragged about to fellow Republicans — was only one episode in nearly two months of high-stakes negotiations laced with distrust, miscommunication, false starts and yelling matches as Washington struggled to ward off $500 billion in tax hikes and spending cuts.

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http://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/the-fiscal-cliff-deal-that-almost-wasnt-85663.html



WOW!
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Boehner to Reid: "Go f--- yourself" (Original Post) Tx4obama Jan 2013 OP
Civilization hangs by a thread BeyondGeography Jan 2013 #1
Could you imagine Tip O'Neil exboyfil Jan 2013 #2
Yes it has. elleng Jan 2013 #6
Not even in private. Drunken Irishman Jan 2013 #8
Reagan started this with his "nine most terrifying words" SleeplessinSoCal Jan 2013 #20
LBJ was rather direct in his day, though. The problem is, this is SOP for the GOP now. freshwest Jan 2013 #41
Who does Cheetos think he is? Dick Cheney? freshwest Jan 2013 #3
Guffaw!! 2Legit Jan 2013 #37
Yeah, Cheney taught his children well. RC Jan 2013 #47
Was gonna say.. Maynar Jan 2013 #61
Cheetos is probably too loaded to make much a Sith Lord 47of74 Jan 2013 #56
CHEETOS! That is B.A.! Iceberg Louie Jan 2013 #59
Oh Politico--the thing that fairytales are made of. Tell us another story. Tutonic Jan 2013 #4
Why is it so hard to believe? catbyte Jan 2013 #12
Boehner is not suicidal. There is a thing called decorum practiced among sitting electeds. Tutonic Jan 2013 #14
Rep. Joe Wilson. "You lie!" President Obama. Addressing a joint session of Congress... DRoseDARs Jan 2013 #24
Touché truth2power Jan 2013 #31
Decorum among elected officials or GOP elected officials? Did you see Darth tell Leahy FU on CSPAN? freshwest Jan 2013 #42
Really WOW! elleng Jan 2013 #5
Very interesting article. n/t PoliticAverse Jan 2013 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author sasha031 Jan 2013 #9
Well guess I better edit for relevance then... Maynar Jan 2013 #62
Boehner is finished... TTUBatfan2008 Jan 2013 #10
Yes, and Cantor will hopefully take the Repuks over the cliff. olegramps Jan 2013 #63
That article is definitely not reassuring. Cali_Democrat Jan 2013 #11
The GOPers are like children Flashmann Jan 2013 #35
Boner Third Doctor Jan 2013 #13
If this is true.. boner can't control himself anymore than Cha Jan 2013 #15
Such a classy guy. Hulk Jan 2013 #16
I bet on Reid by KO in the first round against the... Amonester Jan 2013 #17
Classy...like Cheney! NT caledesi Jan 2013 #18
All the while guffing it up calling the President "thin skinned" Cosmocat Jan 2013 #19
Following the noble example of Dick Cheney? LeftishBrit Jan 2013 #21
Is there a bar off the WH lobby? JohnnyRingo Jan 2013 #22
Was he crying? Mkap Jan 2013 #23
Stay classy Boner davidpdx Jan 2013 #25
Stay classy Boner=Fail Flashmann Jan 2013 #27
Wishful thinking, davidpdx. His district is so red, they'd vote for Hitler if he ran as a Repub. bulloney Jan 2013 #28
What the hell is wrong with Cincinnati? Boomerproud Jan 2013 #49
Funny, I was just thinking this. Thav Jan 2013 #30
I'm too crude, foul-mouth and non-classy myself. Rozlee Jan 2013 #38
It would be terrible to have that much hate within yourself. liberal N proud Jan 2013 #26
I do, for them. I'd say it to any number of GOP monsters who are ruining this country. Hamlette Jan 2013 #34
Boehner has nothing but insults and tears at this point. Mr.Turnip Jan 2013 #29
I'm sure Harry was cowering in fear WI_DEM Jan 2013 #32
Speaking of being screwed ... labman57 Jan 2013 #33
Boehner must not have heard Clint Eastwood HoosierRadical Jan 2013 #36
beat me to it SoonerPride Jan 2013 #65
The house speaker should go fuck himself. He has lost it. He had 2 deals on the table Filibuster Harry Jan 2013 #39
OK, NOW ALL TOGETHER...(meee, meee, meee) drynberg Jan 2013 #40
Right after libodem Jan 2013 #43
Maybe Boner recently saw this episode of The Daily Show and was trying to be funny high density Jan 2013 #44
I think he'll gain votes from his constituency, red meat for the GOP base. xtraxritical Jan 2013 #45
Johnny!! A good little Catholic boy like you? bucolic_frolic Jan 2013 #46
kicked because this story needs to get out! hedgehog Jan 2013 #48
Stay Klassy, Speaker BOehner! ladym55 Jan 2013 #50
Well, at least he didn't say "fuck." nt ZombieHorde Jan 2013 #51
"What are you talking about?" rightsideout Jan 2013 #52
what a sophisticated statesman. BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2013 #53
St. John of Orange really fucked up 47of74 Jan 2013 #54
Yeah, it's like he was lashing out at Reid for Cha Jan 2013 #55
And don't forget all the... 47of74 Jan 2013 #57
Possibly the Cha Jan 2013 #58
Typical attitude that repugs have towards liberals and Democrats. It's time they start to eat gtar100 Jan 2013 #60
According to Clint Eastwood "he can't do that to himself." SoonerPride Jan 2013 #64

exboyfil

(17,865 posts)
2. Could you imagine Tip O'Neil
Wed Jan 2, 2013, 02:55 AM
Jan 2013

saying this to Reagan or Howard Baker or Bob Dole?

Washington has become sick beyond belief.

SleeplessinSoCal

(9,145 posts)
20. Reagan started this with his "nine most terrifying words"
Wed Jan 2, 2013, 05:16 AM
Jan 2013

when Reagan belittled our Federal Government, he set in motion what we witness today.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
41. LBJ was rather direct in his day, though. The problem is, this is SOP for the GOP now.
Wed Jan 2, 2013, 04:27 PM
Jan 2013
Their shills in the media have so coarsened discourse that half the public thinks it's witty.

 

RC

(25,592 posts)
47. Yeah, Cheney taught his children well.
Wed Jan 2, 2013, 08:30 PM
Jan 2013

And people think the Republicans don't remember history. HA! Here's proof they do.

Iceberg Louie

(190 posts)
59. CHEETOS! That is B.A.!
Thu Jan 3, 2013, 01:27 AM
Jan 2013

Maybe I've been out of touch the last couple months, but that is the best nickname for Crybaby I've heard yet.

Tutonic

(2,522 posts)
14. Boehner is not suicidal. There is a thing called decorum practiced among sitting electeds.
Wed Jan 2, 2013, 03:54 AM
Jan 2013

If he made the remark he likely did so in jest or under his breath where Reid could not hear it. Politico is FOX without Ailes--willing to fabricate.

 

DRoseDARs

(6,810 posts)
24. Rep. Joe Wilson. "You lie!" President Obama. Addressing a joint session of Congress...
Wed Jan 2, 2013, 05:33 AM
Jan 2013

You were saying about decorum?

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
42. Decorum among elected officials or GOP elected officials? Did you see Darth tell Leahy FU on CSPAN?
Wed Jan 2, 2013, 04:30 PM
Jan 2013
Or Dubya shooting the bird?

Or the GOP convention last year?

Or the behavior of the Tea Party in general?


I hope you aren't defending a Repuke on DU.

elleng

(131,119 posts)
5. Really WOW!
Wed Jan 2, 2013, 02:59 AM
Jan 2013

Surprised. Feeling pressure, I guess, and while I'm not one to claim everything he does relates to drinking, this one sounds like it.

Response to Tx4obama (Original post)

TTUBatfan2008

(3,623 posts)
10. Boehner is finished...
Wed Jan 2, 2013, 03:23 AM
Jan 2013

Cantor has been waiting for a chance to take his spot and now is the perfect time for him to strike. Boehner comes across very incompetent in this Politico article.

Flashmann

(2,140 posts)
35. The GOPers are like children
Wed Jan 2, 2013, 01:03 PM
Jan 2013

Children have the capacity to learn....To evolve......I see no similarities.....

Third Doctor

(1,574 posts)
13. Boner
Wed Jan 2, 2013, 03:44 AM
Jan 2013

was just pissed that he had to show up for work right after Xmas. He had a good bender going on and it was interrupted.

Cha

(297,678 posts)
15. If this is true.. boner can't control himself anymore than
Wed Jan 2, 2013, 04:06 AM
Jan 2013

dick cheney. Lashing out because he knows that's what he's been acting like these last couple of years. It looks like Nancy did most of the work, tonight.

How the House Voted..

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2012/roll659.xml

Cosmocat

(14,573 posts)
19. All the while guffing it up calling the President "thin skinned"
Wed Jan 2, 2013, 05:14 AM
Jan 2013

republicans, the party of personal responsibility and pulling yourself up by your boot straps.

JohnnyRingo

(18,641 posts)
22. Is there a bar off the WH lobby?
Wed Jan 2, 2013, 05:23 AM
Jan 2013

If not, I'm not sure why Boehner was even there. I've never seen him doing any work there.

It sounds like he just staggered out for a smoke after a few gin & tonics and couldn't restrain himself

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)
25. Stay classy Boner
Wed Jan 2, 2013, 06:56 AM
Jan 2013

I'm glad he's up for reelection every two years. One of these days someone is going to slap him upside the head and send him back to Ohio.

bulloney

(4,113 posts)
28. Wishful thinking, davidpdx. His district is so red, they'd vote for Hitler if he ran as a Repub.
Wed Jan 2, 2013, 07:42 AM
Jan 2013

The northern part of his district is predominantly Right-to-Life Catholic. Come election time, they resort to their default issue--abortion--in determining who they vote for. Of course, I think it's just an excuse for them to vote Republican even though their candidates stand against everything else in their interests.

The southern part of Boehner's district is suburban Cincinnati, one of THE most conservative areas in the country.

Former colleagues of Boehner during his days as a state representative will tell you he was a womanizing, chain-smoking boozer. He still is, from what I can tell.

Boomerproud

(7,964 posts)
49. What the hell is wrong with Cincinnati?
Wed Jan 2, 2013, 10:48 PM
Jan 2013

We can blame them for Boehner, and don't forget they elected BOTH bizarre Jerry Springer and the insane Ken Blackwell as mayor. Weird town.

Rozlee

(2,529 posts)
38. I'm too crude, foul-mouth and non-classy myself.
Wed Jan 2, 2013, 03:06 PM
Jan 2013

I would have told him, "Having screwed you over, I've gotten my quota of fu**ing today, but thanks for the offer."

Hamlette

(15,412 posts)
34. I do, for them. I'd say it to any number of GOP monsters who are ruining this country.
Wed Jan 2, 2013, 11:50 AM
Jan 2013

If one of them said about me, what Reid said about him, I'd say it in a heartbeat. I suspect most of us would.

I agree Reid was right in what he said but I suspect they don't believe that about themselves and have said things about Dems that drive me insane. I'd do it. And I'm classy. And yes, I have enough hate to swear at the likes of the GOP leaders who are screwing with this country.

Mr.Turnip

(645 posts)
29. Boehner has nothing but insults and tears at this point.
Wed Jan 2, 2013, 10:02 AM
Jan 2013

I mean who supports him now, what base does he have? Democrats don't, and now most Republicans don't ether, a majority of the GOP caucus actually voted against the Senate deal, his base of support is a minority of the GOP caucus. Even if he does manage to keep the speakership he's in many ways a Speaker in name only, only able to get things done by accepting demands from Pelosi for Democratic support or Cantor and his Teafriends for the support of the loony bin majority of the Republican caucus. He doesn't hold much real power as this entire saga has made perfectly clear, he made a deal with the devil in the Tea Party to gain power and now that devil has turned on him.

labman57

(7 posts)
33. Speaking of being screwed ...
Wed Jan 2, 2013, 11:49 AM
Jan 2013

Boehner wanted Reid to do to himself what the House Republicans have been doing to the American people for the past two years.

Filibuster Harry

(666 posts)
39. The house speaker should go fuck himself. He has lost it. He had 2 deals on the table
Wed Jan 2, 2013, 03:40 PM
Jan 2013

to reduce spending in the past 2 years and blew it. Some fiscal conservative. And how about those
fiscal conservative Rs adding more to the deficit. Some good bargaining. Way to go Mr. Vice President
want to be. You are going to have to realize you need to take revenues as well as spending cuts to
straighten out this mess.

drynberg

(1,648 posts)
40. OK, NOW ALL TOGETHER...(meee, meee, meee)
Wed Jan 2, 2013, 04:12 PM
Jan 2013

Bye bye Boner, Baby, just cry someplace else, y'know, like a bar...

ladym55

(2,577 posts)
50. Stay Klassy, Speaker BOehner!
Wed Jan 2, 2013, 11:18 PM
Jan 2013

Remember drunk, orange, crude, and stupid is no way to go through life.

BOehner is a lousy speaker. He is stupid, greedy, and frequently drunk. I'm guessing he swore at the Mormon guy because poor Johnny wasn't able to get into the Johnny Walker on schedule. This legislating cuts into golfing and drinking time. Life is rough for corrupt politicians some days ...

Cha

(297,678 posts)
55. Yeah, it's like he was lashing out at Reid for
Thu Jan 3, 2013, 12:17 AM
Jan 2013

his own frustration at not being able to deal with the Koch party.

 

47of74

(18,470 posts)
57. And don't forget all the...
Thu Jan 3, 2013, 12:31 AM
Jan 2013

....alcoholic spirits he's been consuming and probably toxic sludge - aka bronzer - that he's been slathering on himself.

gtar100

(4,192 posts)
60. Typical attitude that repugs have towards liberals and Democrats. It's time they start to eat
Thu Jan 3, 2013, 03:46 AM
Jan 2013

their own words. So sick of them holding the intelligence quotient down so low in this country.

SoonerPride

(12,286 posts)
64. According to Clint Eastwood "he can't do that to himself."
Thu Jan 3, 2013, 03:02 PM
Jan 2013

Didn't Boehner attend the GOP convention or was he plastered during that speech?

Eastwood certainly was.

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