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catgirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 07:05 AM
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Will Boehner's drinking problem be an issue this fall?

He's been called out in the past, but it remains under the radar.

2007 on Politico.com:


Boehner cries again, getting a rep as a 'weeper'

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) cried again on the House floor today, this time while delivering a floor speech on the Iraq funding bill.

While the issue was serious and somber, this is getting to be something of a habit for the Ohio Republican. One of his GOP colleagues noted that Boehner cries more often later in the day. Go figure, eh.

Link to post and video of Boehner crying on the floor (hiccup included):

http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/0507/Boehner_cries_again_getting_a_rep_as_a_weeper.html
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mwb970 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 07:09 AM
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1. I'm worried that Boner's drinking will affect his golf game.
Wouldn't want that!
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catgirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 07:55 AM
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11. It seems to affect how he dresses in the morning

He forgot to put his socks on before this interview.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-_1_WxExiM&feature=related

He also thinks there is no wildlife in the Arctic Refuge, rather it's a barren arctic desert as anyone who has been there would know, according
to him. Either someone needs to educate him, or he needs to get off the booze.

Wikipedia:

The refuge supports a greater variety of plant and animal life than any other protected area in the Arctic Circle. A continuum of six different ecozones spans some 200 miles (300 km) north to south.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_National_Wildlife_Refuge
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66 dmhlt Donating Member (935 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 10:01 AM
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16. Yeah - but Rand Paul forgot to put on his PANTS
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catgirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 10:03 AM
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18. This is bizarre! n/t
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KingFlorez Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 10:54 AM
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20. ROFL
That looked unprofessional. Wearing a blazer and tie, but having no socks on really doesn't look good.
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catgirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 11:18 AM
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23. Plus part of his ankle was missing the tan to boot n/t
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Possumpoint Donating Member (937 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 07:10 AM
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2. I guess It Doesn't Matter
Your title cites a drinking problem. Yet, you text talks about a crying problem. Which is it?
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rfranklin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 07:14 AM
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4. Whiskey tears...
A lot of drunks get weepy when they're soused.
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catgirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 08:18 AM
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13. Both

And he also has a clueless problem.
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alcibiades_mystery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 08:22 AM
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14. This is the "read between the lines" moment
"One of his GOP colleagues noted that Boehner cries more often later in the day."

Ahem. That's a polite way for Politico to say what it really means, that Boehner is an "I-love-you-man!" kinda drunk.
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CTyankee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 07:12 AM
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3. Link to video is screwy...either that or I am totally incompetent today...nt
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catgirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 07:39 AM
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8. YouTube video
Edited on Fri Aug-13-10 07:40 AM by catgirl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir1UABBe1v4&feature=related

He's clearly slurring his words.
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TheCowsCameHome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 07:22 AM
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5. Boehner will soon be known as the The Grim Weeper
Asshat. Have another drink, carrot face.
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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 07:22 AM
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6. Not an issue. His bartender (R) has FORGIVEN him
So can we please move on. As the vast phalanx of war profiteering Republicon Chickenhawks long ago established, Republicon Family Pharisee Values & Hypocrisy are just not relevant (to Republicon Family Values Pharisees).
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Yeahyeah Donating Member (741 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 07:23 AM
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7. Render his ass to Egypt for some torture.That'll straighten him out.
Damn,I should be president,I know how to solve stuff.
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RBInMaine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 07:44 AM
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9. He drinks like a fish and smokes like a chimney, and gets GREAT government healthcare. ASSHOLE !
Edited on Fri Aug-13-10 07:45 AM by RBInMaine
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 07:54 AM
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10. That could be why he is that rather interesting color...bourbon poisoning...nt
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lillypaddle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 08:04 AM
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12. Can you imagine if Nancy Pelosi
had fuckin' cried in the House????
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catgirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 09:59 AM
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15. I notice all the Gibbs whiners are missing here

If Nancy Pelosi cried, we would never hear the end of it.
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MissDeeds Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 10:47 AM
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19. Well, I'm not a whiner
Edited on Fri Aug-13-10 11:02 AM by MissDeeds
but I certainly called Gibbs out on his offensive snark. And I'm calling you out on yours.

Boehner is a drunk and an asshat, but that doesn't make Gibbs right.
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catgirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 11:16 AM
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22. I think Gibbs' comment was dumb

But to drag out the issue when important elections are coming up and even dumber. No need
to call me out. You said so yourself, you're not a whiner. I was talking about the posters who
refuse to let it go and, btw, are absent on anti-repug threads.
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Whisp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 11:15 AM
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21. no kidding. or any Dem being caught on camera drunk like Bonehead.
gawd I shouldn't have looked at this thread. ;) so depressing.
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trayfoot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 10:01 AM
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17. While I can't stand the man,
do we have any proof that he is a lush?????
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 11:37 AM
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24. It should be, but I doubt it.
His drinking seems to be a subject of good natured joking in the media, but there seems to be no hard calling out. There should be because the last thing this nation needs are more drunks in government. If he were shooting up heroin or smoking crack, it would not be tolerated.
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Rosa Luxemburg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 11:42 AM
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25. What was he crying about?
was he crying that the troops were to come home and they couldn't procede to Iran and war without end.
A person like this is not fit for office and should be removed forthwith.
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CTyankee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 01:17 PM
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28. If we threw out every member of Congress with a drinking problem
the Capitol building would be nearly empty...
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CakeGrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 12:24 PM
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26. The MSM isn't interested in Republican peccadilloes
He'd have to choke out Sean Hannity in a drunken rage to get attention, and then they'd just write it off the stress of dealing with that dictator Socialist Obama.
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Hello_Kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 12:29 PM
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27. I don't know how these (barely) functioning drunks do it. 2 beers and I'm incoherent. eom
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Control-Z Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 03:27 PM
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29. 1/2 a drink and I'm ready to snooze.
I've never understood the ability to drink lunch then go back to work.
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