John Boehner (Thug-Oh.) the right man for Majority leader.

Cell Whitman

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Mon Jan-09-06 01:42 PM
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John Boehner (Thug-Oh.) the right man for Majority leader.

I heard Boehner wants Hot Tub Tom's old job. I think he would be a good one for making it a seamless change in "leadership"....

http://www.tobacco.org/Misc/scarcmojoalert.html

"One day last summer Representative John A. Boehner of Ohio, chairman of the House Republican Conference, decided to play Santa Claus. . . . Mr. Boehner took it upon himself to begin handing out money from tobacco lobbyists to certain of his colleagues on the House floor. He was not deterred by the fact that the House was in session, and that he was supposed to be attending to the nation's business. He was not constrained by any sense that passing money around the floor of the House of Representatives was a sacrilege. He had the checks and he dispensed them."--Columnist Bob Herbert, NEW YORK TIMES, May 10, 1996, p. A33.

--Herbert went on to say that according to the House Ethics Committee, Boehner's action was not illegal. Although it is against the law to solicit contributions while on Federal property, representatives and senators are free to accept and distribute donations that are voluntarily offered.--

http://lists.wayne.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9701&L=tamha&F=&S=&P=1421

Strangest Coincidence of the Year

Last summer Rep. John Boehner (Ohio) chair of the House Republican Conference went down on the House floor with envelopes from generous tobacco companies and passed out the contributions. Two weeks later, the House voted to retain multi-million dollar subsidies for the tobacco industry. However, it turns out that these two events were not related. Reports the Seattle P-I, "Boehners office says it was a coincidence of timing, that handing out the checks and the later vote were not connected." Just a coincidence, like lightning and thunder or Madonna and sex. But Boehner has learned an important lesson. He says he will no longer "do it there on the House floor." Way to get the point, John. How about "Why don't we do it in the road?" next time.
(SPI 6/10)

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underpants

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Mon Jan-09-06 01:43 PM
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1. (have to ask) How is that name pronounced

Boehner

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YOY

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Mon Jan-09-06 01:45 PM
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3. Just how you think it is

My sister was a sorority sister with his daughter at Miami U. Kind of a stiff was what she recalled.

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underpants

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Mon Jan-09-06 01:51 PM
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7. A stiff huh?

:rofl:

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YOY

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Mon Jan-09-06 02:00 PM
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11. At least she didn't call him a "weenie"

Edited on Mon Jan-09-06 02:00 PM by YOY

I say as long as this man has a hard character and isn't too much of a prick then he can truly hold his head errect!

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maxsolomon

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Mon Jan-09-06 01:45 PM
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4. In Cincinnati, it would be Bay-ner

but in the rest of Ohio, its probably Boner.

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Inland

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Mon Jan-09-06 01:44 PM
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2. *snort* You wrote "Boehner" nt

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Blue_In_AK

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Mon Jan-09-06 01:46 PM
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5. Boehner and Blunt -- cracks me up.

Kind of like Bush and Dick. (I KNOW it's juvenile -- still makes me laugh.)

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underpants

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Mon Jan-09-06 01:52 PM
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8. That hit me earlier

Talk about losing their hard edge! The Republicans to lead with Blunt Boehner

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Inland

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Mon Jan-09-06 01:56 PM
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10. Blunt Boehner, gonna try to give it to America. nt

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underpants

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Mon Jan-09-06 02:01 PM
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12. After Delay right to charge ahead with Blunt Boehner

3...2...1....

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Inland

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Mon Jan-09-06 01:55 PM
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9. Here in the Chicago area there was a news broadcast

with an enormous number of names like that:

Jackie Bange, Peter Sack, Dick Johnson. There were more, but that's all I can think of.

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ayeshahaqqiqa

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Mon Jan-09-06 01:48 PM
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6. (Thug-Ohio)-hilarious!

But what is this guy thinking of? Does he really believe that passing out bribes on the floor of the House is a prerequisite to becoming Majority Leader?

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