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Trey9007 Donating Member (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-11 08:27 AM
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Boner Rejects invitation for ride in Air Force One to Az.....
Edited on Thu Jan-13-11 08:31 AM by Trey9007
Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) turned down an offer by President Barack Obama to travel on Air Force One to Arizona for a memorial service on behalf of the victims of Saturday’s shooting, a decision that has upset some Democrats.

Boehner is instead scheduled to attend a reception on Wednesday night on behalf of Maria Cino, a former top House GOP aide who is seeking the Republican National Committee chairmanship. Boehner is backing Cino’s challenge to current RNC Chairman Michael Steele.


Boehner’s reception for Cino was first reported on Wednesday morning by POLITICO.
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NuclearDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-11 08:29 AM
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1. This says everything you need to know about Boehner...
Politics before memorial services :puke:
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-11 08:29 AM
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2. I think he is deeply regretting (& will continue to regret)...
not having gone to Arizona for that memorial.... A real lost opportunity for him and very poor political "optics."
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TheCowsCameHome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-11 08:31 AM
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3. That's Tucson's good fortune.
Who'd want him in their midst anyway?
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HughBeaumont Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-11 08:33 AM
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4. Petty, petulant bullshit.
Orange you glad you put these Republican brat assholes back in, 'Murka?
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-11 08:52 AM
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6. ..
:spray:
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bettyellen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-11 08:39 AM
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5. not a reception- a fund raising cocktail party - he has PRIORITIES
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tanyev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-11 08:58 AM
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7. A tacky leader for a tacky party.
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-11 09:11 AM
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8. He probably did not want to be cooped up on a plane with
all those "unfriendlies"..and maybe he thought there would be no booze:)
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lpbk2713 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-11 09:19 AM
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9. "Hey I'm the leader of the REPUBLICAN House"



"Fug this bi-partisan nonsense."






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AngryOldDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-11 09:19 AM
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10. This is about the most classless thing I've seen in awhile. Maybe ever.
He is Speaker of the House, and should have been there to represent Congress. It was more than the decent or right thing to do (although it is); it was the proper, required thing to do as one of the leaders of government.

To not attend because he was at a COCKTAIL PARTY...

If anyone hasn't yet done so please read Matt Taibbi's profile of him in the current Rolling Stone. He guy has the moral compass of a rock.
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Kingofalldems Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-11 09:28 AM
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11. In some secluded rendezvous...
And cocktails for two.
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onecent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-11 09:29 AM
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12. And he is third in line to the Presidency? Scarey!
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randr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-11 10:16 AM
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13. His fellow congresspersons should sit him down
and ask him to explain himself.
The leader of our Congressional House refused to attend a memorial for one of his own?
Absolutely despicable!
Even McCain sucked it up enough to attend.
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-11 10:19 AM
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14. No tanning salon onboard.
nt
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