Boehner is Bush’s new BFF.
By on Sep 13th, 2007 at 3:30 pm
Boehner is Bush’s new BFF.
House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) “has quietly become President Bush’s indispensable confidant on Capitol Hill. He chats almost daily about the war in Iraq with Bush, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice or other top administration officials.” Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI) said that Boehner is useful for the administration to reach Congress because the “White House has no credibility with this issue.”
UPDATE: Barry Jackson, who has taken over the “management of the four offices Rove supervised,” is the former chief of staff to Boehner.
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Bush: “Cry it out, JB. Cry it out.”
September 13th, 2007 at 3:34 pmThat explains why Boehner says American deaths in Iraq are “a small price to pay” – he learned it from Bush!
September 13th, 2007 at 3:36 pmI can’t even imagine Bush’s nickname for Boehner.
September 13th, 2007 at 3:38 pmBut I will guess it’s not salacious.
September 13th, 2007 at 3:39 pmMaybe, Sniffles. At least, I hope it’s Sniffles.
Caption Contest:
Boner: “Can you feel it?”
Chimpy: “Not right now.”
September 13th, 2007 at 3:40 pmOh no! He shook his hand! Boehner, you fool!
Don’t you know what happens to people who shake Chimpy’s hand???
September 13th, 2007 at 3:40 pmYeah you can.
“Crybaby Poopy Pants Boner”
September 13th, 2007 at 3:41 pmSMALL PRICE? WTF! Have you heard what Boehner said yesterday?
“The investment that we’re making today will be a small price if we’re able to stop al Qaeda here, if we’re able to stabilize the Middle East, it’s not only going to be a small price for the near future, but think about the future for our kids and their kids.”
Thanks for this posting so we can discuss Bush’s BFF.
Needless to say this guy is an idiot. Not suprised that “W” likes him. Oh course he does.
Here is what is being discussed over a DailyKOS >
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/9/13/111613/194
September 13th, 2007 at 3:42 pmhttp://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/9/13/145842/287
Spudge, I honestly couldn’t imagine that one.
September 13th, 2007 at 3:43 pmBush has the Boner to help him now.
September 13th, 2007 at 3:43 pmYou notice they cropped out the little “middle finger” in the palm handshake !!!
More work for Jeff Gannon at the white house.
Oh no! He shook his hand! Boehner, you fool!
Don’t you know what happens to people who shake Chimpy’s hand???
Comment by TripMaster Monkey — September 13, 2007 @ 3:40 pm
I came here to post this exact comment. I see that I have been handily pwned.
This isn’t over, Monkey! I’ll get you next time!
September 13th, 2007 at 3:46 pmRU, you know they are both compassionate conservatives.
September 13th, 2007 at 3:47 pm“The White House no credibility on this issue.”??? This White House has no credibility on ANY issue.
September 13th, 2007 at 3:48 pmCaption contest should be in order about now.
Here’s a possible: “I love the way you think, Boney. Hope you make it back to the office before- oh wait, I meant to say sumthin’ else there, I misspoke, heh…”
September 13th, 2007 at 3:49 pm“The White House no credibility on this issue.�?? This White House has no credibility on ANY issue.
Comment by WaltinTexas
False! They are experts at crapitude!
September 13th, 2007 at 3:49 pmOK, time to OUT this guy already. Surely he has a dirty nasty little bad boy toilet story out there….
September 13th, 2007 at 3:50 pmAnd Boehner HAS credibility? LOL
September 13th, 2007 at 3:50 pmoh good….they’re both crybabies….so they’ll get along.
September 13th, 2007 at 3:52 pm“White House has no credibility with this issue.â€
Name an issue they have credibility with?
September 13th, 2007 at 3:53 pmThis is the same asshat who, just a very short while ago, called US casualties “a small price”.
BULLF*CKINGSH*T!!!!
September 13th, 2007 at 3:53 pmSince both are gone in 2009, who the fark cares.
September 13th, 2007 at 3:54 pmOld Boner won’t be when the $hit hits the fan! Be careful whom you consider your BFF, Chimp!
Check this out for the latest GOP Gay Scandal involving John McHenry. You just can’t make this stuff up. It involves “vote-rigging” Tom Feeney of Florida, and Gonzales & Drake, the two gay men who were found last week murdered in Florida. Drake has ties to a huge gay prostitution ring…..wonder why he was silenced?? Inquiring minds want to know. This will be the next “juicy scandal” to rock the GOP this weekend! Soon their numbers will be down in the teens! Disgusting!!
http://www.pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=2933
September 13th, 2007 at 3:54 pmBoehner, son of a tavern owner, thanks George W. Bush for his support.
September 13th, 2007 at 3:54 pmWow — Shrubya must REALLY be scraping the bottom of the barrel for suckups.
September 13th, 2007 at 3:55 pmGay blade Bohner is still under investigation for the pedophilia involved in the Congressional Page Scandal. Guess Bush is right in his league then?
September 13th, 2007 at 3:55 pm“…Boehner is useful for the administration to reach Congress because the ‘White House has no credibility with this issue.’”
Boner doesn’t have any confidence with anybody on any issue. Typical bushco logic–listen to only those who say what you want to hear.
September 13th, 2007 at 3:55 pmCaption: Bush: Just a little lower, Boney-boy! Just a little lower, please.
September 13th, 2007 at 3:56 pmBush is a dry drunk, Boehner a wet.
September 13th, 2007 at 3:57 pmHandshake photo caption: From one sirachek to another, thanks for the skidmarks!
September 13th, 2007 at 3:57 pmOFF TOPIC I SAY AGAIN OFF TOPIC!!
Ladies and Gentlemen, I have received my DD214.
For those who dont know what that is, that’s ok, but for those that do……………..I’M OUT BABY!!
BTW
Who the hell listens to Cry-Boehner anyway.
RIP
September 13th, 2007 at 3:58 pmSGT Stephen R. Sherman
C CO 1-5 IN (STRYKER)
KIA 3 Feb 2005
Mosul, Iraq
I’m tellin’ ya, ol’ Boner and Petraeus are one bathroom stall foot tap away from a Medal of Freedom for the simple act of being the only clods able to keep their lips permanently puckered to Bush’s cowboy-wannabe struttin’ ass!
What a BONER!!!
September 13th, 2007 at 3:59 pmBoehner > Troop Deaths = Small Price
And BUSH himself has said this nonsense also – guess they’ve been BFF for awhile now – as we now know where he got this idiotic comment.
What is disturbing is NO DEMOCRATS are saying anything on this today.
Except Kerry and the BlogNation BIG TIME
Kos “only a single Dem — John Kerry — has stepped forward to condemn Boehner. We hear various Democrats are weighing right now whether to try to make an issue of his comment. But thus far, there’s virtual silence. This is astonishing — particularly because Boehner’s remark captures rather nicely what’s going on with the war debate. Boehner, like the White House and most Republicans, is willing to sink an untold number of American lives into the pursuit of the fantasy of a stable Middle East and into the illusion that civilization as we know it will come to an end if we don’t defeat the
September 13th, 2007 at 4:00 pmever omnipotent Al Qaeda”
Bush cries in The White House.
Boehner cries on the floor of the House of Representatives.
** Nice leaders, Republicans! **
hahahahahaha!!!
September 13th, 2007 at 4:01 pmArticle says that the WH has no credibility on the issue. So what happens when Boehner is seen as an empty microphone for the WH ??
Am I watching another person preparing to be thrown under the bus by the WH ?
September 13th, 2007 at 4:09 pmBoner: Dead soldiers = a little investment.
Come on, Mike Rogers, out this guy!
September 13th, 2007 at 4:09 pmWe hear various Democrats are weighing right now whether to try to make an issue of his comment.
Comment by AustinSF
The Democrats aren’t weighing, they’re waiting to see how this goes over in the country so they can gauge whether its appropriate to speak out. WHY? did we put these people in charge if all they do is ball up their fist and act like they want to fight but all they really do is stand there waiting for someone to knock the chip off or cross over the line that they have drawn over 1,000,000 times.
There is no opposition party anymore, unless you count the Armageddonist GOP when they’re the minority party.
I mean this country cannot afford to be lead by the corrupt, immoral, Armageddonist, GOP. Nor do we want to be led by the tepid, scared of their own shadow Democrats either.
Someone has to step up and want to TRULY bring the COUNTRY, not just the bases together, and it won’t be done by any who today call themselves Republicans or Democrats……..sadly.
RIP
September 13th, 2007 at 4:11 pmSGT Stephen R. Sherman
C CO 1-5 IN (STRYKER)
KIA 3 feb 2005
Mosul, Iraq
2: Comment by Dan — September 13, 2007 @ 3:36 pm
Boehner was quick to condemn the Move On Ad against General Petraeus.
September 13th, 2007 at 4:21 pmHe also demands an apology.
The Comment “it is a small Price” when nearly 4000 People died is
!!! !!! !!! *** outrageous *** !!! !!! !!!
I think we can demand an apology here also !!!
Boner is even better at crying than that youtube blonde guy who is so broken up about the way the media is treating Britney Spears. That blonde guy must be a Republican, too.
September 13th, 2007 at 4:24 pmTired of Fighting; congrats on getting your DD-214. Welcome home brother. I got mine over 30 years ago.
September 13th, 2007 at 4:28 pmThanks Uncle Ho!!
September 13th, 2007 at 4:34 pmsaid that Boehner is useful for the administration to reach Congress because the “White House has no credibility with this issue.
And Bush thinks that cry-boy Boner has credibility with Congress. He’s dumber than I thought. What’s with these people who are willing to sell their souls for Bush? What is he offering them as the “prize”?
September 13th, 2007 at 4:36 pmJohn “Dead Troops are a small price” Boehner has no credibility in my book either.
September 13th, 2007 at 4:37 pmboner is bush’s new BF?????
September 13th, 2007 at 4:37 pmIs Bush pushing Boner’s hand down down down to that place
September 13th, 2007 at 4:40 pmBush has a Boehner. Ha
September 13th, 2007 at 4:44 pmI would love to know what Cry-Boy Boner’s monthly tanning salon bill is. Anyone besides me think he looks ridiculous with his fake tan?
September 13th, 2007 at 4:49 pmOh no! He shook his hand! Boehner, you fool!
Don’t you know what happens to people who shake Chimpy’s hand???
Comment by TripMaster Monkey — September 13, 2007 @ 3:40 pm
Yup! That boner will soon go limp!
September 13th, 2007 at 4:53 pmI would love to know what Cry-Boy Boner’s monthly tanning salon bill is. Anyone besides me think he looks ridiculous with his fake tan?
Comment by bilbobaggins — September 13, 2007 @ 4:49 pm
lmao, you sound like my husband. Every time he sees Boner he goes ballistic over that tan.
September 13th, 2007 at 5:04 pmAhhh, Boehner; Bush’s George Hamilton. Does the White House have any credibility on anything?
September 13th, 2007 at 5:30 pm#30 — Tired of Fighting — Congrats on getting your DD214 (yes, I know what one is). I hope you don’t have any kind of reserve obligation yet to fulfill.
Thanks for your service and best of wishes to you.
An Army vet
September 13th, 2007 at 5:31 pmLOL that is because Bush wants to hold another Boner, since he misses Jeff Gannon.
September 13th, 2007 at 5:34 pmWhat’s w/ the same color neckties? Some sort of ’secret” code?
September 13th, 2007 at 5:36 pmWhen is someone going to call Boehner on his outrageous comments about dead soldiers being a small price to pay.
Democrats are always pilloried in the press if they say anything unfavorable, but Repugnicans get away with whatever they do.
Move-On is castigated for calling Petraeus/Betray Us, even though they back up their arguments with facts in the ad text. People are not allowed to wear anti-Bush shirts on airplanes, but the Limbaughs, Hannitys, O’Reillys, Coulters Savages, Becks and Ingrahams of the rightwing can spout their vitriol, hatred, and fact-free lies with impunity.
Where is the outrage?
September 13th, 2007 at 5:37 pm#49, Theresa — Geez, you think Bush and Boehner could appear on “Dancing With The Stars” as a couple? Just wonder who would wear the cute little samba numbers! Either way it would be ugly!
September 13th, 2007 at 5:38 pm“By the time we get to September or October, members are going to want to know how well this is working, and if it isn’t, what’s Plan B.”
September 13th, 2007 at 5:39 pmJohn Boehner, May 6, 2007.
Republic > I have never worn a putrid green tie, but I think it means they are both bisexual and swingers.
September 13th, 2007 at 5:40 pmBoehner is on the BlogActive.com list to be outed soon. His clothing and suntan gave him away.
September 13th, 2007 at 5:42 pm“Queens for life”.
September 13th, 2007 at 5:57 pmChimpy just loves his ‘cartoon-characther looks, or is it the tan? Do you think they tan together? Do they cry together?
September 13th, 2007 at 6:37 pmBut I’m sure they both agree that all the dead and disabled soldiers and Eye-racki wardead are just a “small price to pay” fer free-DUMB.
What Boehner really meant: “It would be a small investment to pay to get people to buy into my lies”, because it was just this past month that it was reported that Al-Qaeda has reconstituted itself and is as strong or stronger than it was on 9/11.
September 13th, 2007 at 7:11 pmThanks Helen, I’m also Army (Fort Lewis)
Nope no reserve time I’m retired, 21 years 6 days time served.
September 13th, 2007 at 7:13 pmTired of Fighting; 21 years? Whew! That’s a lot more than I could stand. I did 2 and half years active & three and a half doing the weekend warrior bit. I took my discharge and ran like hell. Get me out of here! Make that get me the HELL out of here!
September 13th, 2007 at 7:35 pmComment by Uncle Ho
LOL!
I hear you Brother, I just took it one day at a time and the next thing I knew I had 15 years in and said hey may as well finish.
Yep 21 years and I wont be 40 until next year.
September 13th, 2007 at 7:42 pmTired; More power to you bro! I’m out of here for the night.
September 13th, 2007 at 8:03 pmI used to live in Hollywood; now is it just me, or is Boner’s gaze at Bush “very strange?” As in a Boner in a Bush – OMG, I’m so sorry for that. Wait a minute…No I’m not.
September 13th, 2007 at 8:57 pmOhio, Ohio, beautiful Ohio, do you need help shopping for a REAL congressional representative, because what you have now(Bonehead) is an utter disgrace to the actual crooks, liars, and slimeballs everywhere,oh…and washington. it would be a privilege and an honor. we, in all the other states knows how it feels to put out a call for a decent, honest and hardworking public servant to ‘represent’ as it were, and only the fast-talking scum shows up yammering about ‘values’ while sniffing around for perks.
September 13th, 2007 at 9:18 pmWhat do you think the sign behind them says? “Rebuilding the Republican Mafia?”
September 14th, 2007 at 8:04 amTHE 1980 POPEYE MOVIE STARRING ROBIN WILLIAMS AND SHELLEY DUVALL IS NOT OFFICIAL CANON AND THUS CANNOT BE USED FOR COMPARATIVE OR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES.
September 14th, 2007 at 12:38 pm