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Boehner Bellies Up to Bar With Fowl Attack

Why John McCain would want an inarticulate, corrupt boob like John Boehner to campaign on his behalf is difficult to understand -- except that inarticulate, corrupt boobs (and a few Hollywood celebrities like Arnold Schwarzenegger) are all he has left.

Appropriately enough, Boehner was campaigning for McCain in a bar. He's at his best when he's had a few drinks. At the Brick Street Bar and Grill in Oxford, Florida, Boehner criticized Barack Obama for voting "present" 3 percent of the time he voted in the Illinois legislature:

"Now, listen, I've voted 'present' two or three times in my entire 25-year political career, where there might have been a conflict of interest and I didn't feel like I should vote," Boehner said. "In Congress, we have a red button, a green button and a yellow button, alright. Green means 'yes,' red means 'no,' and yellow means you're a chicken sh!t. And the last thing we need in the White House, in the oval office, behind that big desk, is some chicken who wants to push this yellow button."

Is there really a yellow button in the White House, Senator Boehner? [more ...]

Laura Heins, a sophmore at Miami University, is apparently unfamiliar with Boehner:

"To hear this man call this man a chicken sh!t in front of an audience was absolutely appalling," Heins said. "I couldn't believe it, this man's supposed to be a respected politician who's supposed to have a positive public image … It angered me that he would go that low in order to promote his own candidate."

John Boehner and "respected politician" should never appear in the same sentence. Fowl language (pun intended) and unfair attacks are all that Boehner and his like have left.

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    Beats pushing the RED BUTTON in the Oval Office (5.00 / 2) (#1)
    by steviez314 on Sat Nov 01, 2008 at 01:28:06 PM EST


    House Order of business #1 (5.00 / 0) (#2)
    by scribe on Sat Nov 01, 2008 at 01:50:38 PM EST
    Expel Boehner.

    This clown is the kind of sh*tbag Dems are expected to (and the Blue Dogs will scream "MUST") reach across the aisle to meet.

    Reach across the aisle?  Ok.  With a tire iron.

    goes to show (5.00 / 1) (#3)
    by white n az on Sat Nov 01, 2008 at 02:20:37 PM EST
    that no one will ever accuse Boehner of faking post-partisanship as he is about as subtle as block wall.

    I think that it's easy enough to identify what is wrong with the GOP just by looking at their leadership and Boehner certainly is all that.

    I hope he remains the leader in the House for the Republicans

    I certainly hope Democrats forget (5.00 / 3) (#4)
    by ThatOneVoter on Sat Nov 01, 2008 at 02:24:53 PM EST
    how to pronounce his name properly after the election.

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    I'd love to know how many votes Boehner (5.00 / 0) (#5)
    by Joelarama on Sat Nov 01, 2008 at 02:30:21 PM EST
    missed altogether in the Senate.  I bet it's greater than 3%.

    Try all of them. (none / 0) (#6)
    by scribe on Sat Nov 01, 2008 at 02:33:05 PM EST
    He's in the House.

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    Sorry I misswrote. (none / 0) (#7)
    by Joelarama on Sat Nov 01, 2008 at 03:26:35 PM EST
    Do you know how many votes he missed in the House?  Or, are you just a smartass?

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    "No" and "sometimes yes". (none / 0) (#11)
    by scribe on Sat Nov 01, 2008 at 04:00:17 PM EST
    Is that the (none / 0) (#9)
    by Wile ECoyote on Sat Nov 01, 2008 at 03:38:19 PM EST
    same as voting present?

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    pretty much... (none / 0) (#10)
    by of1000Kings on Sat Nov 01, 2008 at 03:47:34 PM EST
    i guess i just don't (5.00 / 1) (#12)
    by cpinva on Sat Nov 01, 2008 at 04:03:48 PM EST
    appreciate the subtle nuances of politics. in my job, i have to make yes/no decisions, there are no "maybes", or "presents". there should be but two buttons available, green and red. if you're not able to explain why you voted either way, you've no business in the job.

    i don't buy into this "providing cover" nonsense either; absent a clear conflict of interest, you either agree or don't with the bill being proposed.

    so TChris, i don't see those comments, regarding sen. obama's voting record in the IL state legislature, as either unfair or irrelevant.

    What is it with republicans and the macho (5.00 / 0) (#13)
    by byteb on Sat Nov 01, 2008 at 05:29:54 PM EST
    posturing and chest thumping trash talk?

    Boehner sounds like a 12 year old boy trying to appear tough. What a classless jerk

    they got beat up (5.00 / 1) (#14)
    by cpinva on Sat Nov 01, 2008 at 06:10:42 PM EST
    a lot when they were kids and in high school.

    What is it with republicans and the macho posturing and chest thumping trash talk?

    if you look and listen to most of them, you immediately know why this was so. note also that the most war-hawk belligerant among them never served a day in the military, certainly nowhere near anyplace that could remotely be considered a combat zone (ok, i'm sure some of the bars that bush hung out in were probably pretty dangerous!), so they have testosterone back-fill.

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    Actually that is exactly the motivation (none / 0) (#15)
    by ThatOneVoter on Sat Nov 01, 2008 at 06:22:00 PM EST
    for a noted right wing hack. I can't recall who it is, but he has written that his experiences being bullied inform a lot of his punditry.


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    actually, (none / 0) (#16)
    by cpinva on Sat Nov 01, 2008 at 07:43:43 PM EST
    he probably deserved it. i suspect rush limbaugh got his ass kicked a lot, just for being such a putz. and convince me that sean hannity didn't get smacked around a lot too.

    ordinarily, i would never, ever condone bullying. as always, there are exceptions.

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