John Boehner Breaks Down Again, Weeps Openly On House Floor During Iraq Debate
John Boehner Breaks Down Again, Weeps Openly On House Floor During Iraq Debate
Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) broke down on the House floor today, sobbing uncontrollably as he urged his colleagues to vote in favor of the $100 billion Iraq war spending bill.
“Members on both sides of the aisle feel differently about our mission in Iraq and our chances of success there,” Boehner said, pausing to compose himself. As he continued, Boehner began to weep openly, crying out: “After 3,000 of our fellow citizens died at the hands of these terrorists, when are we going to stand up and take them on? When are we going to defeat them?” Watch it:
Boehner needs to channel his bottled up emotions towards a more worthy end — changing the course in Iraq rather than defending the status quo. Despite expressing limited patience and angst over Bush’s Iraq strategy, Boehner has been unable to put principle above party and demand a change in course.
In mid-February Boehner wept as he spoke about the need for a “solemn debate.” He then went to the House floor and proclaimed that escalation opponents were taking the “bait” of al Qaeda and using Iraq to “divide us here at home.”
A flashback to his last breakdown:
UPDATE: The Politico’s John Bresnahan writes: “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.”
Transcript:
BOEHNER: I know that there’s this — I know there are differences in this chamber. Members on both sides of the aisle who feel differently about our mission in Iraq and our chances of success there. I know when I came here and every two years since I’ve been here on the opening day we all stand here, we raise our right hands and swear to uphold and defend the constitution of the United States. There are a lot of my colleagues have heard me make this statement that I didn’t come here to be a congressman. I came here to do something. And I think at the top of our list is providing for the safety and security of the American people. That’s at the top of our list. After 3,000 of our fellow citizens died at the hands of these terrorists, when are we going to stand up and take them on? When are we going to defeat them? Ladies and gentlemen, let me tell you, if we don’t do it now, and we don’t have the courage to defeat this enemy, we will long, long regret it. So thank you for the commitment to get the job done today.
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What would Valient think of the sensitive man in Boner?
May 24th, 2007 at 7:16 pmMAybe he should attend a military funeral or two. There he can see some legit tears!!
May 24th, 2007 at 7:17 pmYep! I heard and saw the phoney boner do his usual little kid thing…Crocadile tear’s from another reich winged nut job..Be gone boner…
May 24th, 2007 at 7:17 pmBoehner and Hastert = A wimp and a blimp.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:19 pmAnd the Academy Award for Best Weepy Whiny Performance by a Tanning Booth Addicted Rich White Male Bushie goes to….
May 24th, 2007 at 7:19 pmDoes this guy keep an onion in his pocket?
May 24th, 2007 at 7:21 pmAs he walks up to the podium, he makes himself think of what his position would have been, had the rethuglicans won last November.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:21 pmThat is what makes him weep.
Bravisimo!!! The tears of the uncontrollable happiness for the profits of the war pigs…unbelieveable monstrosity!
May 24th, 2007 at 7:22 pmMore on Boehner’s breakdown in February:
“We will embolden terrorists in every corner in the world. We will give Iran free access to the Middle East. And who doesn’t believe the terrorists will just follow our troops home?”
Boehner teared up before reporters as he listened to Rep. Sam Johnson, R-Texas, describe being a prisoner of war in Vietnam and learning of U.S. protests back home.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:23 pmAnd which terrorist would that be Mr. Boner….the ones that did 911 (Saudis) or the ones we have created (pissed off Iraqis)?
Hating the Repukian Mafia daily
May 24th, 2007 at 7:23 pmLoser!
May 24th, 2007 at 7:24 pmI wonder how many times he practiced this one in the mirror. Almost seemed real, but I know it’s all a sham. No one in their right mind could think that people, whose only crime was being born in Iraq, are our “enemies”
These criminals need to be held accountable for all the murder that’s gone on in our name since 1991.
War is not just the death of Americans, it’s more…
Some thoughts:
May 24th, 2007 at 7:25 pm“What is War?”
http://www.populistamerica.com/what_is_war
Faiz - I thought Progs LOVED openly sensitive men - - I am shocked you mock his emoting!!!!!!!
May 24th, 2007 at 7:26 pmActually, those pictures of his previous breakdown were taken after he learned the proper pronunciation of “Tuskegee.”
He’s a very sensitive guy.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:28 pmwhat does iraq have to do with 911?
May 24th, 2007 at 7:28 pm> After 3,000 of our fellow citizens died at the hands of these terrorists,
The fallacy of sunk costs.
> when are we going to stand up and take them on?
What? All that televised War Porn was just a simulation? I have been had!
> When are we going to defeat them?â€
The Long War, Böhner, The Long War…. its Loooonnnggggggggg
May 24th, 2007 at 7:28 pmI’ll give him something to cry about, the pussy republican. He’s shedding tears of joy over the windfall he’s about to make from the defense lobbyist.
Rot in hell you lame ass motherfcuker and don’t show your face in my neck of the woods unless you have your affairs in order.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:28 pmBoner(head) is crying for the complete failure of the Grand Old Pedaphile(sp?) party and his complete bottomless loss of power for at the next decade or more!!!
THE GOP IS PH*CKING DEAD!!!!
I hope he has nightmares of his future in prison.
CRY BABY LOSER PH*CK!!!
May 24th, 2007 at 7:30 pmHmmm, “these terrorists” that cost 3000 American lives? You mean the ones born in Saudi Arabia and trained in Afganistan? The ones who are regrouping in Afganistan and the tribal areas of Pakistan?
Nothing like a shameful man adding crocodile tears to further spread the insulting lie that Iraqis had anything to do with 9/11.
How much longer can ANYONE allow this kind of full-on lying to prevail?
May 24th, 2007 at 7:32 pmMe thinks Boner needs to take some of that new FDA approved contraception pill that reduces menstrual discomfort and mood swings.
Just sayin’
May 24th, 2007 at 7:33 pmCrocodile tears from a killer.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:33 pmPhoney Baloney. He is now the top contender for:
The razzies!
http://us.imdb.com/ Sections/ Awards/ Razzie_Awards/
May 24th, 2007 at 7:34 pmYeah ok go ahead CRY if you think that makes your position any more valid!
That is soo childish, when I saw this I almost broke my TV remote because I clenched my fist so tightly!
Instead of listening to reason on Iraq there crying, but I guess they’ll do anything as long as it makes spending money on a civil war that we dont belong in o.k.
My Question: Why in God’s name didn’t Pelosi respond to this like she did to Bush’s veto?
May 24th, 2007 at 7:34 pm#16 Don’t knock that fallacy of sunk costs. Las Vegas was built on it after all.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:34 pmFed, you’re among friends. I wish you’d loosen up a bit and tell us how you really feel.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:35 pm9/11 PTSD.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:35 pm#18,
You are an idiot. Check the “scoreboard”, does it look like the neocons are losing? They just got a blank check bill through the House even though they are a minority party and despite the fact that the vast majority of Americans theoretically want out of Iraq.
If you wanna see a real loser, look in the mirror.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:36 pmsubhuman machine. cries when he thinks about killing brown people
May 24th, 2007 at 7:36 pmQuit crying you titty baby and catch Osama and Zawahiri
Jayzus how disgusting.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:37 pmYou hold the majority, but lose on the issue, so you turn to the solice of seeing an adversary cry - how little you have in your lives.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:37 pmi think it gives our enemies comfort seeing the proponents of the war acting like vagines (as Borat would say).
wait… i just said something sexist.
oh well.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:38 pmWhat a f*cking tool. I voted against him in 2006 before I moved from that election rigging state. Boo hoo. When are we going to stand up to the people who caused 9/11? I wonder, because from what I hear (and from the MSM, it’s not much), we aren’t doing too hot in Afghanistan.
After this week, I seriously wonder how good of a thing it was that terrorists weren’t able to fly that 4th plane into the capital and remove some of this filth from our government.
The replacements hopefully wouldn’t have been so tied to big money, and if there’s a reasonable chance that 450 deaths of politicians would have saved the lives of the 1000 or so soldiers that are doomed to die by year’s end, I say it’s a damn shame.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:38 pmI’m 44 years old. In all of my adult life, the only two times I ever cried were at my Wife’s and my Father’s funerals. I think there is either something very wrong with grown men who cry at the drop of a hat, or who cry on cue. The Bush’s are masters at being crybabies. Watching Poppy Bush cry like a little boy because he knows there is no way in Hell Jeb will ever be President made me vomit in my mouth. Bohner’s fake tears make me almost as sick.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:39 pmummm…I don’t think there are very many people outside of the state of Ohio who take Boner seriously.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:40 pmCalling all Waaaah-mbulances!!
Please proceed to Capitol with lights and sirens.
Boner is having another breakdown.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:40 pmDid someone take his GIN BOTTLE away?
May 24th, 2007 at 7:40 pmHe looks like I have looked for the past three weeks, ever since we learned that my brother had been killed by an IED while on patrol in Western Baghdad.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:41 pmThese Repukes are all queers and pussies.
That’s why we are still stuck in Iraq.
Trudi Giuliani will soon be their Queen.
Crooks and incompetent cronies.
No wonder they can’t catch Osama.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:41 pm#30
> You hold the majority, but lose on the issue, so you turn to the solice of seeing an
> adversary cry - how little you have in your lives.
Two problems here:
1) “You”
2) He’s crying on his own, not because someone was mean to him.
3) Awwww
May 24th, 2007 at 7:42 pmIt’s truly touching how much compassion Boehner has for George W. Bush’s legacy.
If only he had the same feeling for our troops and the Iraqi people, maybe he’d support ending the war?
May 24th, 2007 at 7:43 pmohhhhhhhhh pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeee ,what a sick cheap trick. My tears are for ALL who have died because of the Iraq war.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:43 pmLook at the third photo at the bottom, the one on the far right.
This photo uncannily resembles a 1940 photo of a Frenchman crying as the Nazis goosestep down the Champs Elysses.
Boner is a wussy crybaby. We haven’t be invaded by Nazis.
He and his party got those 3400 kids killed. He’s the damn Nazi.
Maybe Boner will do us a favor and blow his brains out.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:44 pm“After 3,000 of our fellow citizens died at the hands of these terrorists, when are we going to stand up and take them on?”
Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t this very clearly implying that the people that conducted 9/11 are in Iraq? Isn’t this the brain-dead argument that even the great George Bush recently renounced? Shouldn’t we be in Saudi Arabia if we really want to take them on?
May 24th, 2007 at 7:44 pmOsama and Zawaqhiri!!!
It’s not complicated.
They killed the 3000 they cry for!!!
May 24th, 2007 at 7:44 pmWhat a worm! Crocodile tears… blah blah blah!
May 24th, 2007 at 7:45 pmActually, Bonehead, those 3400+ American kids didn’t all get killed by terrorists.
Actual Al Quaeda terrorists are only making 8% of the attacks on US troops in Iraq. Thats from the National Intelligence Assessment.
So Boner is LYING when he blames terrorists for all those deaths.
Most of them were caused by insurgents, Iraqis who are fighting for their freedom from the oppressors who illegally occupy them.
And those oppressors are US.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:48 pm#25,
This is how I feel: I have been a vocal opponent of the Iraq Genocide Project from the get go. But I was in the minority.
and thousands were murdered.
And then I heard that the “progs” had decided that they figured out that this wasn’t a popular move and that they were heading up the opposition. So I supported their protests and efforts.
and thousands more were murdered.
Then I was told by “progs” that everything would be fixed in the 2004 election. But that didn’t go well and the “progs” promised to re-double their efforts.
and thousands more were murdered.
Then came the 2006 election and the democrats won a majority in both houses and everybody celebrated and anxiously looked forward to Jan 07 when the new sheriff was supposed to arrive.
and thousands more were murdered.
January 2007 has come and passed and now in May of 2007 the Democrat controlled House of Representatives just voted to not just renew the funding for the “war” but they even increased the funding beyond what was requested, and there is no end in sight.
So as I sit here glaring forward at what I know means that thousands more are about to be murdered, I am furious at myself for believing the progs and the dems.
Now, the progs are already starting with the “well, I guess this means that we gotta start working on 2008.”
and thousands more will be murdered and I’m thinking that it’s time to bring the war home. Because until it’s your Aunt Maybelle or Cousin Joey or your own son or daughter whose dying in this thing, then Americans seems to have an endless patience with this situation. I don’t.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:52 pmLet’s see 8% times 3400…carry the 1…that’s less than 300 US troops that Al Quaeda actually killed according to the NIE.
The other 3000+ were killed because we are occupying Iraq and are trying to referee a full-blown civil war.
Typical Repukes…lying and crying. What a bunch of nancy boys.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:52 pmHey LandSurveyer…can you go survey under that bridge.
And you can just stay there, troll.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:53 pmFaiz - I thought Progs LOVED openly sensitive men - - I am shocked you mock his emoting!!!!!!! Comment by valiant venus — May 24, 2007 @ 7:26 pm
Valiant Ben Laden - I thought Cons HATED openly sensitive men - - I am shocked you don’t mock his emoting!!! Especially when you on a previous thread *mocked* Edwards for simply *looking* sensitive!!!!
What, you decided to *pre-emptively-strike* on this issue, considering your *hatred* of all things *emotional* and *sensitive*? What’s wrong - st*pid c*nt - can’t stand your own *hypocrisy* showing on this one? Where’s your mocking *derision* of his *gay* act - you know you want to say it - come on, you homophobic, self loathing b*tch! Come on!!! Tell us why you so love those wimpy Con leaders of yours?
May 24th, 2007 at 7:54 pmwrong 3000, pal. But in all fairness it’s EZ to confuse all the fatalites.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:54 pmWhen i was watching him, at first I thought he was having a stroke…. then I realized he was having a drunk emotional breakdown….it was scary looking.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:55 pm“After 3,000 of our fellow citizens died at the hands of these terrorists, when are we going to stand up and take them on? When are we going to defeat them?â€
Hey, dont cry, boy. Fly your ass overthere and do the walking.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:55 pmWhen I think about our soldiers dying in Iraq, I get pissed off, I don’t cry. I get mad because Bush sent them there needlessly (for his own political gain if you ask me). I get pissed off becasue of the new dangers and threats to our country that Bush’s invasion has created. And I get pissed off at the cowardly way the Iraqis use IEDs instead of fighting like men. And I get pissed off because our troops aren’t armoured enough for an occupation. They might as well be riding around on bicycles instead of riding in Humvees, which are worthless in an occupation against the resistance.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:57 pmLong ago I recommened the use of frequency jammers as a way to thwart remote controlled IEDs, and these have had some success. But the Iraqis have adapted and now use wired controls. Now I think each convoy should have a forward, unmanned vehicle equipped with Sonar to look for IEDs.
[After 3000 of our fellow citizens died at the hands of these terrorists.. ]
Did the Iraqi government has anything to do with the death of these 3000 citizens?!
May 24th, 2007 at 7:58 pmFIRE THAT MAN
May 24th, 2007 at 7:58 pm“I came here to something” WHAT??? DESTROY AMERICA DIP SHIT???
May 24th, 2007 at 8:01 pmBoehner is an insincere scumbag with pathetic histrionics that define the modern day GOP. There scumbags will invaribly will lose more seats in the House and Senate in Nov 2008 because more and more Americans are sick and tired of their hypocricy.
May 24th, 2007 at 8:02 pmClinton and Obama have not stated how they will vote, here comes a moment of truth for voters.
Are Clinton and Obama going to fund the sunni militants in Lebenon that threaten the existence of Israel?
http://www.democracynow.org/ article.pl?sid=07/ 05/ 24/ 143208
May 24th, 2007 at 8:04 pmDid the Iraqi government has anything to do with the death of these 3000 citizens?!
Comment by tarazan
Who cares? He is crying for God´s sake. It must be true! /sarc
May 24th, 2007 at 8:05 pmThat last post was supposed to say:
“I came here to DO something†WHAT??? DESTROY AMERICA DIP SHIT???
May 24th, 2007 at 8:05 pmThe American People no longer support the occupation of Iraq.
The Repukes won’t listen to us. The Dems won’t listen to us.
Maybe we need to throw all the bums out.
Only keep the ones who voted against the supplemental.
May 24th, 2007 at 8:06 pmI wouldn’t hire that troll to survey my land.
He would get all the numbers wrong.
He thinks all US casualties are caused by Al Quaeda.
The facts state otherwise.
Please don’t feed these trolls…Or hire them.
They can’t get their facts straight.
May 24th, 2007 at 8:09 pmWell Well tears……You know John we will “defeat” them when we stop sending our children over there to kill their children. We will “Defeat” them when we stop trying to steal their oil and start dealing honestly with the Iraqi people so they derive the benfits from their natural resources. We will “defeat” them when we start trating them as human beings who NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER did anything to harm the United States of America NOTHING! Just imgine John what you would be doing if a foriegn country invaded the United States ILLEGALLY john ILLEGALLY!! what would you be doing? WOuld you be sitting in your house watching AMERICAN IDOL? No you would be out killing he invaders the interloppers the thieves who were killing innocent americans. You are a coward John because you can’t admit that the president lied to you and continues to lie to you and you coninue to buy it. So now you have given him four more months to get more american kids killed for his lies. You are a corward. aAnd you know when it will really hurt John ??? Come September when you will have to pay up again to the liar Bush!
May 24th, 2007 at 8:10 pmSy Hersh was talking to Amy Goodman this morning.
He mentioned the 8% Al Quaeda figure from the NIE.
He says Al Quaeda is leaderless and is not powerful in Iraq.
Actually, we have done a good job fighting Al Quaeda in Iraq.
But they’re only 8% of the problem in Iraq.
May 24th, 2007 at 8:11 pmHere we f-cking go again: “Mr. Waterworks.” If this congressional drama queen really wants something to cry about, he needn’t look any further than the lives of the lives his government has squandered at the expense of some of the most misguided and flawed political reasoning in recorded history.
Save it John: nobody is buying what you are selling. Stop your moaning, wake up, and do something productive for a change rather than using the deaths of US soldiers (how convenient that you fail to mention Iraqi civilians) as a guise for your diseased sense of morality and wisdom.
What a sorry excuse for a “conscionable†human being.
May 24th, 2007 at 8:11 pm“these terrorists” weren’t from Iraq!!! and what about the 3000 US troops who’ve died in the war itself??? you want more dead?
May 24th, 2007 at 8:15 pmgoddamnit! WE’RE NOT FIGHTING THE PEOPLE WHO ATTACKED US. WE INVADED A COUNTRY THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH 9/11.
HOW THE HELL CAN THEY KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH THEIR INANE BS???
sorry for the caps, but this is just insane.
May 24th, 2007 at 8:16 pmThis thread is a prime example why Progressive politics is thought to be “over the top” by middle America and conservatives. You whiners are NEVER satisfied about ANYTHING. If the guy speaks firmly and with zeal, you accuse him of having no empathy for what the military and their families are enduring. If he gets choked up, he’s a phony……Well, one of your resident vulgarians imparts the following with such regularity that it means nothing to conservatives - but is most apropos in this instance….
“Project much??”
May 24th, 2007 at 8:16 pmI guarantee that “bottled up” and Boner are two things you’ll never find together. My guess he was loaded and while our Chimp trips over furniture when he’s drunk, Boner gets emotional.
May 24th, 2007 at 8:19 pmI see Valiant Venus still has her tongue up Uranus.
May 24th, 2007 at 8:20 pmChimpy falls off his bicycle when hes drunk.
And he’s definitely off the bottle. Laura caught him openly drinking after Katrina. So he’s probably been sneaking it since then.
Our government is falling apart because of these Repuke crooks.
And idiot trolls in here continue to try to justify their crimes.
May 24th, 2007 at 8:22 pmWith his record, I would cry as well.
May 24th, 2007 at 8:23 pmMinority Leader Boehner should be thoroughly criticized and condemned for his mindless views, but not for his expression of emotion. They have no logical bearing whatsoever on the matter at hand, which is ending America’s disastrous involvement in a civil war and America’s occupation of a sovereign nation.
This doesn’t mean that his emotion has no psychological bearing on the matter: for certain people who are unable to follow the guidance of reason, emotion may be a substitute. In other words, Boehner’s emotional turmoil may lead him to rethink his views on the war, just as deep personal suffering may teach a person insights to which he would otherwise be closed. I wouldn’t hold my breath, but I wouldn’t dismiss it as impossible either.
May 24th, 2007 at 8:26 pmIt looks like the author and Nobel prize winner Herman Hesse, got it right when he wrote, “You become what you hate.”
May 24th, 2007 at 8:30 pm#74,
What a wonderfully moronic assessment. Because the coward cries means that there might be hope for his soul yet and that maybe, just maybe, that change of heart may help to bring an end to the Iraq Genocide Project.
That thought must bring great comfort to the people who will be murdered, maimed, and tortured during that “wait and see” period.
Put down the crack pipe for a moment and smell the fcuking reality!
May 24th, 2007 at 8:31 pmNOW THIS IS ABSOLUTELY SO FRIGGIN CORRUPT IT’S ENOUGH TO MAKE YOU PUKE
DUDE
THE REASON HE IS CRYING IS OBVIOUSLY HE MUST DO SOMETHING THAT IS PURELY AGAINST WHAT’S RIGHT AND WITHIN HIS NATURE
HE DOESN’T WANT TO VOTE THAT WAY BECAUSE HE KNOWS THE HARDSHIP
TO OTHERS HE IS CREATING
AND YET
HE HAS TO, TO SERVE HIS MASTER
IN SO MANY WORDS WASHINGTON
IS
FRIGGIN
TOTALLY
BOUGHT OUT
DUDE
IF HE GOES AGAINST HIS MASTER, HE WILL THEN SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES
OBVIOUSLY THAT CREATES A CONFLICT WHICH EVERY SO OFTEN A
FREUDIAN SLIP OCCURS
THAT IS A DEAD GIVE AWAY HE IS DOING WHAT IS COMPLETELY AGAINST
HIS NATURE. THAT IS OUT OF ALL THE REALLY EVIL DOOERS BOEHNER
IS PROBABLY NOT ONE OF THEM, BUT HE HAS TO DO IT
IN SO MANY WORDS, HE’S SOFT, EMOTIONAL AND NOT HARDENED UP
LIKE ALOT OF THE TOTALLY CORRUPTED HOODLUMS
ANYHOW…. THE YACHT/OR LAND DEAL/PRIVATE ISLAND ALWAYS BUYS
THE SOOTHING COMFORT
CORRUPT
I
SAY
TOTALLY FRIGGIN TOTALLY BOUGHT AND AND TOTALLY CORRUPTED
DUDE
May 24th, 2007 at 8:31 pmBoehner tearfully states that the 15 schnitzengruben limit is cruel and demands a 16th. Hastert obliges.
May 24th, 2007 at 8:32 pmFEDERAL FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
CORRUPT
HIGHEST HOUSE OF THE LAND
CORRUPT
SENATE
CORRUPT
CONGRESS
CORRUPT
DEPT OF DEFENSE
CORRUPT
EPA
CORRUPT
DUDE, THERES JUST FRIGGIN TOO MANY OF THIS BLOAT
IT’S
ALL
FRIGGIN
TOTALLY
May 24th, 2007 at 8:34 pmCORRUPTED
DUDE
TOTALLY
CORRUPT
DUDE
Dude….
Please stop SHOUTING.
I only use all caps for EMPHASIS.
8^)
May 24th, 2007 at 8:36 pmWrong on so many levels.
May 24th, 2007 at 8:37 pmFavorite Qoute:
I think this clearly shows that men are too emotional to be in politics…
May 24th, 2007 at 8:37 pmSo, did The Boner 1) miss his true calling as an actor, 2) place a tack inside his shoe so he could puncture the bottom of his foot to induce pain (and tears) or 3) even more scary (but only slightly so), does he actually believe what he said?
May 24th, 2007 at 8:39 pmUPDATE senate will pass the bill
Obama voted no, Clinton has not voted yet.
May 24th, 2007 at 8:42 pmI think he’s a drunk.
May 24th, 2007 at 8:44 pmAny drunk I ever knew became a blubbering idiot almost at will.
He should cry for the US fallen and their families, the dead, injured and displaced Iraqis, the lost opportunities for what should have been effective American foreign policy pursung US interst, not some dumb ass pipe dream for democratic transformation. He is very culpable.
He should ask for forgivness and redemption. Instead? He turns his tears to stoke up war fever based on fraudulent pretences.
Just another shamless Republican willing to lie, cry or what ever to keep the troops in harms way.
Shamefull
May 24th, 2007 at 8:45 pmDUDE
CLEARLY HE IS GOING AGAINST HIS NATURE…. I DON’T THINK HE
CAN FAKE CRYING
BUT IF HE DOESN’T SERVE HIS MASTER
AND THE CONFLICT IS THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE
PROBABLY NOT A PHARMA MED THAT IS ABLE CONTRADICT THAT
OR YOU BETTER BELIEVE HIS MASTER WOULD FORCE HIM TO TAKE IT
SO DOG GONE BOUGHT OUT AND OF COURSE CORRUPT
WASHINGTON
IS TOTALLY BOUGHT
OUT
DUDE
TOTALLY
BOUGHT
OUT
JACKY KNOWS WAYNE KNOW LINDA KIND OF PORK
OR A YACHT OR A LAND DEAL
CORRUPT DUDE CORRUPT
May 24th, 2007 at 8:45 pmUPDATE 2
WWIII Prescott Final Solution Bill passes the Senate
So far 80 voted yes, 14 voted no
WTF??????????????????
May 24th, 2007 at 8:45 pmIn this present administration they have in the House of Representatives 257 Democrats to only 177 Republicans. They control two-thirds of the House vote. Why can’t they pass something that will help you and me? In the Senate, there are 67 senators who are of the Democratic Party. Only 33 of them are Republicans. Why, the Democrats have got the government sewed up, and you’re the one who sewed it up for them. And what have they given you for it? Four years in office, and just now getting around to some civil-rights legislation. Just now, after everything else is gone, out of the way, they’re going to sit down now and play with you all summer long — the same old giant con game that they call filibuster. All those are in cahoots together. Don’t you ever think they’re not in cahoots together, for the man that is heading the civil-rights filibuster is a man from Georgia named Richard Russell. When Johnson became president, the first man he asked for when he got back to Washington, D.C., was “Dicky” — that’s how tight they are. That’s his boy, that’s his pal, that’s his buddy. But they’re playing that old con game. One of them makes believe he’s for you, and he’s got it fixed where the other one is so tight against you, he never has to keep his promise.
So it’s time in 1964 to wake up. And when you see them coming up with that kind of conspiracy, let them know your eyes are open. And let them know you — something else that’s wide open too. It’s got to be the ballot or the bullet. The ballot or the bullet. If you’re afraid to use an expression like that, you should get on out of the country; you should get back in the cotton patch; you should get back in the alley. They get all the Negro vote, and after they get it, the Negro gets nothing in return. All they did when they got to Washington was give a few big Negroes big jobs. Those big Negroes didn’t need big jobs, they already had jobs. That’s camouflage, that’s trickery, that’s treachery, window-dressing. I’m not trying to knock out the Democrats for the Republicans. We’ll get to them in a minute. But it is true; you put the Democrats first and the Democrats put you last.
Look at it the way it is. What alibis do they use, since they control Congress and the Senate? What alibi do they use when you and I ask, “Well, when are you going to keep your promise?” They blame the Dixiecrats. What is a Dixiecrat? A Democrat. A Dixiecrat is nothing but a Democrat in disguise. The titular head of the Democrats is also the head of the Dixiecrats, because the Dixiecrats are a part of the Democratic Party. The Democrats have never kicked the Dixiecrats out of the party. The Dixiecrats bolted themselves once, but the Democrats didn’t put them out. Imagine, these lowdown Southern segregationists put the Northern Democrats down. But the Northern Democrats have never put the Dixiecrats down. No, look at that thing the way it is. They have got a con game going on, a political con game, and you and I are in the middle. It’s time for you and me to wake up and start looking at it like it is, and trying to understand it like it is; and then we can deal with it like it is.
The Dixiecrats in Washington, D.C., control the key committees that run the government. The only reason the Dixiecrats control these committees is because they have seniority. The only reason they have seniority is because they come from states where Negroes can’t vote. This is not even a government that’s based on democracy. lt. is not a government that is made up of representatives of the people. Half of the people in the South can’t even vote. Eastland is not even supposed to be in Washington. Half of the senators and congressmen who occupy these key positions in Washington, D.C., are there illegally, are there unconstitutionally.
May 24th, 2007 at 8:52 pmyou are such a fraud BONER. He is truely part of the 30% of the population. ie the American Idol, Dancing with the Stars, and Nascar group that are sooo Uber Partiotic (Faux News type), it makes me want to puke.
May 24th, 2007 at 8:56 pmAt what point does taxation without representation define an occupation of this country by a foreign or domestic threat?
May 24th, 2007 at 8:59 pmD R U N K
May 24th, 2007 at 9:03 pmF#CK THIS GUY!
May 24th, 2007 at 9:05 pmTHERE I SAID IT.
WHAT A PIECE OF SH!T
Maybe he is a phony bastard (highly likely) or maybe he has an early-onseyt type of organic mental disorder. Google “Sundowners” and see if it doesn’t look and sound eerily familiar…
May 24th, 2007 at 9:06 pmDamn you John Boehner, stop giving aid and comfort to the enemy.
May 24th, 2007 at 9:13 pm#76,
Fed the Fcuk Up,
Sorry, but if you understood my point, you wouldn’t think it moronic. I merely wish to extend to him the compassion he fails to extend to all the countless victims of this war. The word for this is “principle.”
I understand your anger, and I share it, but this doesn’t mean we have to lower ourselves to his level. That’s just what the Valiant Venuses of the world would like us to do. I, for one, refuse.
May 24th, 2007 at 9:15 pmAsk nice and maybe Mean Jean Schmidt will lend you her stars and stripes dress Boner.
May 24th, 2007 at 9:18 pmsomeone slap the pu**y when he does that! What does he think he is doing going all weepy. Criminy the enemy will think he is a liberal or something. What will stop the terrrrist then. You sure he isn’t French, his name sounds French, Bo-nair.
May 24th, 2007 at 9:26 pmTwo observations. First, if Iraq is so important to Boner, why isn’t he in full battle uniform headed for Baghdad this evening?
Second. When Jimmy Carter openly wept over an issue during his administration he was portrayed as being weak. Where are the Right Wing jackals now to attack Boner for his apparent weakness?
May 24th, 2007 at 9:29 pmThis thread is a prime example why Progressive politics is thought to be “over the top†by middle America and conservatives. Comment by valiant venus — May 24, 2007 @ 8:16 pm
Really? And your *whine* about Edwards haircuts, and the *feminine* Dems isn’t “over the top”? You’re such a Hypocrite, you st*pid little c*nt.
You whiners are NEVER satisfied about ANYTHING. Comment by valiant venus — May 24, 2007 @ 8:16 pm
And you whiners NEVER stop projecting your own WHINING on EVERYTHING. First you *whine* about Dems are *soft* and *cry* about everything - then when one of your own exhibits these traits, then you *whine* about how everyone *whines* about your *whining*… BOOHOOOHOOO, how many tears did YOU shed - whining girl?
If the guy speaks firmly and with zeal, you accuse him of having no empathy for what the military and their families are enduring. If he gets choked up, he’s a phony……Comment by valiant venus — May 24, 2007 @ 8:16 pm
Pure projection. If a Dem like Pelosi speaks with zeal, you accuse her of being a phony, if a Dem gets choked up, you say they’re *whiny*. You’re such a st*pid c*nt - you little Hypocritical Valient Ben Laden!
Well, one of your resident vulgarians imparts the following with such regularity that it means nothing to conservatives - but is most apropos in this instance…. “Project much??†Comment by valiant venus — May 24, 2007 @ 8:16 pm
Project much? Another post where you refuse to acknowledge that this is another HYPOCRITICAL b*llsh*t post from you. You’re a fool, a loser, and a whiny little c*nt.
May 24th, 2007 at 9:40 pmCrying over troll talking points even…
Iraq or the Iraqi people DID NOT attack us on 9/11 and kill 3,000 Americans.
May 24th, 2007 at 9:51 pmBOEHNER IS DRUNK. Am I the only person that noticed this? That moment when he stabs his finger on the podium and almost breaks it made me laugh so hard I had to sit on the floor. HE’S DRUNK! I’ll bet he’s a lot of fun at parties, at least until about 10:15 or so, when all the maudlin comes out as he finishes his 6th drink…
May 24th, 2007 at 10:14 pmNever trust somebody who trades on excessive emotion to win points. First of all, he has his facts wrong. “These people,” Iraqis, are not the ones who killed 3000 of our citizens. That was Osama bin Laden, the one who’s “in hiding,” and not being sought. See, but now every brown-skinned middle easterner is now one of “these people,” and subject to invasion, even annihilation because, after all, we are far more important to the world, we rich white-skinned oil-monopolizing self-satisfied bigots of the western world.
May 24th, 2007 at 10:22 pmI have to say that third picture looks like the Grinch.
May 24th, 2007 at 10:29 pmHow does this marry up with you characterization of republicans as motivated by corporate greed and uncaring? Is it possible that there are two different but legitimate ways to view this conflict with neither motivated by profiteering and conspiracy?
May 24th, 2007 at 10:46 pmIs the pink tie his crybaby tie?
May 24th, 2007 at 10:47 pmthe guy is a drunk…i had an uncle who by midafternoon would be singing irish ditties and by six pm would we weeping while talking about his grandma…he was a used car salesman…kinda looks like the bonehead, come to think of it
May 24th, 2007 at 10:50 pmCaptainMantastic. Your victim mentallity is funny. Liberals are protrayed as terrorists and traitors yet somehow you depict righties as the downtrodden. What?
May 24th, 2007 at 10:57 pm#107 - angryvietnamvet
I just finished watching the video, and you’re right, Boner is drunk off his ass.
May 24th, 2007 at 11:11 pmHis tears are later in the day? Is he a desk drinker?
May 24th, 2007 at 11:16 pmHe seemed drunk. I’d have thought he was actually drunk, but his hair was in perfect order… don’t know why I think that would mean he was sober.
May 25th, 2007 at 1:35 amBoehner Wept. Perhaps he can add sackcloth and ashes to his
May 25th, 2007 at 1:55 amStand-up Routine? The creature is beyond Pathetic. A true assassin
of the Republic, along with the rest of his reactionary gang of
common thugs. All of them wading knee deep in Iraqi blood.
Unbearable.
May 25th, 2007 at 3:37 amThat must just be Boehnhead’s bad back acting up again. You know, the bad back that got him discharged after 8 weeks in the Navy.
May 25th, 2007 at 4:11 amMy father was drunk every night of my life at home. He cried just like Boehner while making all sorts of authoritarian statements, again just like Boehner. We used to snicker at his “serious performance” behind his back. The difference between these two men is that my father had no power to send other men to their deaths. Boehner does. I say he was drinking, and I am not snickering behind his back. Either way, sober or drunk, this is one sad sack.
May 25th, 2007 at 5:24 amIt’s a rare medical condition known as the Weeping Boehner Syndrome.
May 25th, 2007 at 6:47 amThat clip was touching! My 9 year old does the same thing when I try to get her to eat veggies! Great job!
May 25th, 2007 at 8:26 amBoehner is off his meds again. Where were the tears for the molested Foley pages that Boehner helped keep secret? Where were the tears for the needless deaths of troops and civilians in this ill-concieved Iraq war? Bring on the smirks and smiles as you enriched your lobbying ass. Jump with glee that you enabled this morally bankrupt administration to get away with murdering the constitution. Now we’re the ones crying.
May 25th, 2007 at 8:29 amDeep down Boner is imagining the pitchfork he is going to get in his butt when he arrives in Hell. That would bring tears to just about anyone’s eyes.
May 25th, 2007 at 8:37 amIn other news, Boehner weeped when he realized that his coffee was cold that morning, when he realized that his shirt has some wrinkles, when he realized that there was a cloudy day outdoors, when he stepped in a dog’s shit at the street, and when he saw that the box of candies in his office was empty.
May 25th, 2007 at 8:38 am“After 3,000 of our fellow citizens died at the hands of these terrorists, when are we going to stand up and take them on? When are we going to defeat them?â€
Hasn’t Bush told you? We ARE taking them on. We ARE defeating them.
Don’t make him come up there and give you a good old fashioned spanking.
Geez. Your last name pronounced the way it ought to fits you to a tee.
May 25th, 2007 at 9:01 amBush or Boehner - Who is the best actor?
May 25th, 2007 at 9:40 amhttp://satanic-celebrations.blogspot.com/ 2007/ 05/ horrible-truth-about-bush-photo.html
“After 3,000 of our fellow citizens died at the hands of these terrorists, when are we going to stand up and take them on? When are we going to defeat them?â€
Oh, I thought he was talking about the troops that Bush has killed. Again, Republican Blowhard, WHAT DOES THE IRAQ INVASION HAVE TO DO WITH THE 3,000+ PEOPLE KILLED ON 911?
May 25th, 2007 at 9:42 amWhat a wuss!
F*cking jerk, maybe if you weren’t responsible for the death of thousands of US troops, you might feel BETTER.
May 25th, 2007 at 9:50 amWell he’s not a Robot.
May 25th, 2007 at 9:59 amMaybe he actually believes his own bull?
Or he felt sudden guilt pangs re Boehner v. McDermott.
Please use the phrase Tears of a Clown when referring to any future instances of weeping by Boehner.
May 25th, 2007 at 10:12 amLinking 9/11 to Iraq again. Oh what a surprise.
Bush and his minions make Americans look like wimps and America look weak. OooOOOoooo….we’re so afraid of this gigamongous terrorist threat that we’re going to mention this 24/7 500 times a day for 5 and a half years. They’ve lost their collective mind.
May 25th, 2007 at 10:16 amWhat a pussy.
May 25th, 2007 at 10:19 amIf Boneman is so worried about our security, why did he vote against the Implementing the 9/11 Commission Recommendation Act>. Hmmmm?
And what the HELL does he mean by “standing up to take them on?A” How conveniently he forgets the 3800 American troops who have died standing up and taking them on in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Boo hoo. Just another asshole pol. Fire the lot of them.
May 25th, 2007 at 10:21 amIf he’s so worried about our safety and security, why did the dude vote AGAINST Implementing the 9/11 Commission Recommendation Act???
And what the F is he talking about…”standing up to take them on?! ” What about the 3800 American troops who have died standing up and taking them on?!
Boohoo.
May 25th, 2007 at 10:26 amIf he’s so worried about our safety and security, why did the dude vote AGAINST Implementing the 9/11 Commission Recommendation Act???
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And what the F is he talking about…”standing up to take them on?! ” What about the 3800 American troops who have died standing up and taking them on?!
May 25th, 2007 at 10:27 amThe only guy I remember crying this much when he spewed nonsense when he spoke was the Rev. Jerry Swaggart. That must go over big with the true believers.
May 25th, 2007 at 11:10 amWhat a goofball — and a terrible actor!
If Boner really cared about the troops, he’d bring them home from the bullshit war we supposedly started to rid Saddam of the WMD’s he didn’t have.
May 25th, 2007 at 12:11 pmIf he were a Democrat, he’d be praised for his ’soul’ and his conviction.
May 25th, 2007 at 12:50 pmIf he were a Democrat, he’d be praised for his ’soul’ and his conviction.
Comment by Fac ut vivas
No. He wouldn’t.
Crocodile tears is crocodile tears — no matter who you are. Especially when you’re drunk off your ass on the House floor.
May 25th, 2007 at 12:53 pmHaven’t you seen your little kid stop crying and peek to see if you’re paying attention. Then start “waaaaaing” again? That’s picture #2 above.
What a jerk Boehner is! Menopausal male or past-it?
Ohio must be proud!
May 25th, 2007 at 1:11 pmIf he were a Democrat, he’d be praised for his ’soul’ and his conviction.
Comment by Fac ut vivas
No. He wouldn’t.
Crocodile tears is crocodile tears — no matter who you are. Especially when you’re drunk off your ass on the House floor.
Comment by Zooey
If he was drunk off of his, then you’re talking out of yours. You know it as well as I do—if this were a Democrat we were talking about, then the praise would be as gratuitous as this message board is long.
May 25th, 2007 at 1:15 pmIf he was drunk off of his, then you’re talking out of yours. You know it as well as I do—if this were a Democrat we were talking about, then the praise would be as gratuitous as this message board is long.
Comment by Fac ut vivas
Watch the video and tell me he’s not drunk.
Think what you like, I can only speak for my own reaction to crocodile tears — and my ass.
May 25th, 2007 at 1:24 pmCrocodile tears… What a phony!
May 25th, 2007 at 1:29 pmMy first reaction, almost as soon as he started his speech, was—-he’s drunk.
May 25th, 2007 at 2:05 pmDidn’t anyone notice the slurred words? I have been drunk very few times in my life - but every time I bawled my eyes out.
What would happen if you showed up to work drunk out of your mind??
Drunken crying jag. Reminds me of Otis from Mayberry.
May 25th, 2007 at 2:22 pmWill go “fishing” in 2008. I know some great SPOTS in Ohio, packing other troops to assist for the catch. Wonder what is at their grocery stores…lol…… I already have my eyes on the catch…..lol
The Cat, who loves to corner, feast on Republican Prey! So yummy.
May 25th, 2007 at 3:33 pmYou call this sobbing uncontrollable? I thought liberals whined and cried enough they knew what uncontrollable sobbing looked like.
Your best response to this scenario is to make fun of his name in a middle-school way, repeatedly make mention of crocodiles, attack his appearance (he’s tan, quite unlike the washed-out gothic artist freaks which comrpise much of your ranks), and then suggest he’s drunk. Bravo! I defer to your knowledge of drunkeness - the Kennedys have proven your ilk has the corner on such expertise.
I look forward to 2008 when all the promises of the Democratic congress are revealed to have been broken. You guys must be feeling great about that war vote yesterday and the $3.50 gas. You know, since gas was supposed to be cheap now and the war was supposed to be finishing.
May 25th, 2007 at 4:33 pmLying and crying walking pusbag.
May 25th, 2007 at 4:50 pmBin Laden, Alzawahiri and al Qaeda…
…ATE that sh*t up…
…Boner just gave every Islamic fighter…
…a “boner”…
May 25th, 2007 at 8:03 pmcroc tears? no, that would be john murtha.
May 25th, 2007 at 8:06 pmThe man looked . . . and sounded . . . like a CRYING DRUNK!
May 26th, 2007 at 10:13 amthis is called a CRYING JAG by those familiar with seeing same. listen to the feed and don’t look at it…the slurred speech.
this gentleman is an alcoholic; nothing wrong with that, we all know one or two or more…
i feel no pity for him, but, we must be honest about what it is…
May 26th, 2007 at 3:31 pmBoner probably overly imbibed during his tanning session right before this appearance where he wanted to appear as though he was really sad and heart-broken about the lost and maimed soldiers because of his leader’s war that he’s supported in lock-step from day one. This man (?) is so pathetic.
I agree with e coli and LocalGirl that this display was alcohol-induced. We know what a CRYING JAG is.
May 26th, 2007 at 10:24 pmall these comments are from more liberal boo hoo. What you people don’t seem to get is the fact that this is a man that cares about our country and our troops. Was it manly? No, but then again at least he is saying what needs to be said. You liberals don’t get it. If we went there for the right or wrong reasons doesn’t matter anymore. We have to finish what we started or really risk our security. I think the members of my family who proudly have served their country would be ashamed of all of you.
June 4th, 2007 at 2:43 pm