Boehner to Hoyer: ‘I’m going to flip you the bird.’
Boehner to Hoyer: ‘I’m going to flip you the bird.’
Today, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) held a press briefing on Congress’s economic stimulus plans. Although Boehner initially promised to work together “in a bipartisan way,” he later joked that he has other plans for the Speaker:
BOEHNER: Madam Speaker, thank you for the invitation, and we’re certainly glad to be here. [...]
And with a crisis underway in the housing market, I think it’s appropriate that Congress respond, and I’m hopeful that we can come together in a bipartisan way to address the needs of the American people.
PELOSI: Thank you all very much.
Thank you, Mr. Leader.
BOEHNER: As soon as they put those cameras away, I’m going to flip you the bird.
(LAUGHTER)
UPDATE: The Swamp is now reporting that Boehner’s gesture was actually directed at House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD). (Our headline has been changed.)
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Yes, he’s working with us. We should compromise all our core beliefs and see how far he’s willing to bend.
/ snark off.
January 16th, 2008 at 4:44 pmCould you imagine if Pelosi said this to a Republican? The Republicans would practically lynch her.
January 16th, 2008 at 4:47 pmBOEHNER: As soon as they put those cameras away, I’m going to flip you the bird.
And then I’ll have a good cry.
January 16th, 2008 at 4:50 pmDid they actually catch him saying that on tape? If so, he should be censured by the House for showing such disrespect to the Speaker.
January 16th, 2008 at 4:50 pmYou should be proud of your Speaker.
Comment by Southern Man
We are not proud of our Speaker because she does not stand up to Bully Boy Bush. And we say here how disappointed we are in her performance as Speaker. Unlike you retards, we will criticize our own when they don’t do the right thing. You retard lemmings just walk in lock step behind your leaders even though they are leading you off a cliff.
January 16th, 2008 at 4:52 pmCould you imagine if Pelosi said this to a Republican? The Republicans would practically lynch her.
Comment by dim wit — January 16, 2008 @ 4:47 pm
dw, don’t forget the core principle of the GOP:
IOKIYAR
January 16th, 2008 at 4:53 pmActually he’s showing her the gavel that he wants her to stick up his rectal area, then he can have a good cry.
Buck Fush
January 16th, 2008 at 4:53 pmCould you imagine if Pelosi said this to a Republican? The Republicans would practically lynch her.
Comment by dim wit
You are 100% correct there. Just look what they did to Cynthia McKinney. If Pelosi had said that to Boner the Republiscums would be demanding an immediate apology and that Pelosi be censured.
January 16th, 2008 at 4:53 pmAs many of you know, I respond to many of the conservative posters around here when they make reasonable arguments and respond to arguments in a reasonable manner. But, as usual, I’m going to ask my fellow lefties here to ignore this moronic piece of human excrement who goes by the name of “Southern Man.” Again, he’s a dick, a moron, a fool, a mysogynist and a fascist. He’s not worth our time and energy because he is not here to argue a point. He is here to provoke anger. You’ve all seen it over and over so why play. He has shown that if you ignore him, he’ll slink back into his dark hole and not bother us. Please don’t respond to him.
January 16th, 2008 at 4:54 pmDid they actually catch him saying that on tape? If so, he should be censured by the House for showing such disrespect to the Speaker.
Comment by bilbobaggins
It would be nice in TP provided their source(s) on this…
But, bilbo, remember when Dick “Pathological Liar” Cheney told Senator Leahy to “Fukc off”?
Nothing happened then either.
January 16th, 2008 at 4:55 pmBOEHNER: As soon as they put those cameras away, I’m going to flip you the bird.
(LAUGHTER)
Ha Ha Ha. Very funny. I’m rolling on the floor laughing. Not… I think it would be appropriate for Pelosi to spit in his face should he do that. He deserves to be humiliated… big time!
January 16th, 2008 at 4:56 pm#13 — The source is a press conference transcript. There is no link online.
January 16th, 2008 at 4:56 pmi wish women were not programmed to giggle and wink when
men make chauvenistic and loutish remarks in formal settings…
i haven’t seen the video, but i can just imagine…
January 16th, 2008 at 4:59 pmOooooh, look at the funny Republican, Mommy!!!!!
/sarc off
January 16th, 2008 at 5:00 pmAlso, if there really was (LAUGHTER), perhaps he was ribbing her. Maybe, “He later joked…” is a clue.
There is nothing to get riled up about here.
January 16th, 2008 at 5:00 pmIndeed Jack (@12),
I don’t think he even exists; I think he’s a fictional character designed to discourage us from talking politics to our neighbors. It is an effort to shrink the public forumn, generate political apathy, and suppress democracy. The pseudonymn ‘Souther Man’ is a clumsy clue. They don’t want us to talk to their base, who just might not be as solid as they’d like us to believe.
January 16th, 2008 at 5:01 pmWhat was her response?
I HOPE she smiled sweetly and said, “and then I can tell YOU to go Cheney yourself!”
January 16th, 2008 at 5:02 pmWell, as long as our leaders are taking their jobs so seriously, I guess all is well in the Homeland.
/sarc
January 16th, 2008 at 5:02 pmIf he said that to me, my response would be, “Yes, do that, and I’ll deck yer sorry ass.”
I don’t likeRepublicans.
January 16th, 2008 at 5:02 pmPlease don’t respond to him.
Comment by Ret. Col. Jack Ripper
I agree. There are some trolls here who try to make a point even though it is usually skewed right (like Keloti) and then there are the trolls who are here only to throw excrement on the walls and see how much people will respond (like GiGi, SM and their ilk).
January 16th, 2008 at 5:02 pmfrazzelbottom: “There is nothing to get riled up about here.”
Sure, sure. If he’s on tape saying this to the Speaker of the House, he should be publically censured. Give me a break with your “he’s joking.” She’s two steps from the Oval Office. If someone “joked” like that on the floor of congress regarding the president, they’d be censured in a New York minute. (that is unless it was a Repube congress and a Democratic President)
January 16th, 2008 at 5:04 pmBoehner should watch his step. Pelosi is a wealthy Wop and the Roman weapon of choice seldom has been pastry.
January 16th, 2008 at 5:06 pmAnd Newt got so upset about having to sit in the “guest” compartment of Air Force One instead of on Clinton’s lap.
How time and decorum change. Stay classy, GOP!
January 16th, 2008 at 5:13 pmWhat class!
January 16th, 2008 at 5:13 pmBoner the bonehad.
I don’t likeRepublicans.
Comment by Leftside Annie — January 16, 2008 @ 5:02 pm
i’m well beyond the “don’t like” stage.
January 16th, 2008 at 5:14 pmdesperate times, LA.
If this was said at a Congressional meeting (regardless of cameras) isn’t it grounds for official reprimand?
January 16th, 2008 at 5:17 pmI thought a certain amount of decorum was supposed to be met at all times ( i.e, my good friend… the gentleman from….)
I agree that we need to ignore Southern Man. I have been posting on this site and enough others to see a truly useless piece of defecation. He merely seeks to disrupt and not add to the discussion. I suggest that every time he posts in such a manner, we all undertake to flag it as abuse.
January 16th, 2008 at 5:17 pmComment by mr.frazzlebottom — January 16, 2008 @ 5:00 pm
Also, if there really was (LAUGHTER), perhaps he was ribbing her. Maybe, “He later joked…†is a clue.
There is nothing to get riled up about here.
Teasing is OK only between friends who understand each other and have worked through the problem the teasing is about. Otherwise teasing is meant to be one upmanship and designed to hurt.
I doubt if they are friends and to do this publicly, as done here, is really bad form, to be nice about it. The laughter is a cover for the real feelings which can not be shown without paying a political price. The fact that the audience laughed was the response Boehner wanted IMO. He was playing to an audience at Pelosi’s expense. Under these circumstances, she would have no choice but to “giggle and wink” and “take the ribbing like a man… er champ.” Sad but true. This is politics, after all.
So, yes, I believe that there is reason to get riled up about it.
January 16th, 2008 at 5:18 pmThere are plenty of people in Ohio hurting from the housing crisis–and I suspect these people, be they Republican or Democrat expect their representatives in Congress to work with whoever (Pelosi included) is necessary to provide solutions. I can’t imagine the people in Ohio will enjoy their leaders saying one thing for the camera about bipartisanship and then the next minute basically telling the other side to F–K off. Because that equals no solutions forthcoming. I sincerely hope the good people of Ohio finally see Weepy McBoner for the bowel irregularity he is. First Ex-Lax. Then Flush.
January 16th, 2008 at 5:20 pmI thought a certain amount of decorum was supposed to be met at all times ( i.e, my good friend… the gentleman from….)
Comment by Marie — January 16, 2008 @ 5:17 pm
Civility is so last millennium! I think it was thrown out the window when Karl Rove entered the room oh around 1999.
January 16th, 2008 at 5:21 pmAl Franken calls it “kidding on the square.” You say something you really want to say that’s an insult, but smile while you say it, so that’s supposed to make it ok. It’s a slimy, cowardly way to make an attack. Just crybaby’s style.
January 16th, 2008 at 5:21 pmGive me a break with your “he’s joking.†She’s two steps from the Oval Office. If someone “joked†like that on the floor of congress regarding the president, they’d be censured in a New York minute. (that is unless it was a Repube congress and a Democratic President)
Comment by Ret. Col. Jack Ripper
If he was not joking then he was not joking. I can not say nor know if he was joking or not. I implied that the laughter and TP’s “he later joked…” was indicative of a “ribbing.”
Only those there can say. People can joke and laugh about such things.
He may have been serious as a heart attack as well! We do not know.
But it is really, quite minor. Just think about how one would say, “I’d flip you the bird.” If said with malice, as an insult, perhaps there are grounds for censure — although I know not the House rules regarding such a censure.
If said jokingly, with a smile, what then?
Besides. A precendent has been set. Dick Cheney told Leahy to “Fukc Off” and NOTHING HAPPENED.
January 16th, 2008 at 5:25 pmI agree Col. Jack – but I am DONE with being nice all the time while they do their sliming!
If she’d thrown it right back at him with my suggested comment above (”And then I can tell YOU to go cheney yourself”), with a big smile, the bastards would have had no choice but to laugh at that too!
January 16th, 2008 at 5:26 pm#34
Well said. Thanks.
January 16th, 2008 at 5:29 pmComment by Southern Man — January 16, 2008 @ 5:24 pm
A simple name (Southern Man) showed that many of you have some growing up to do. And you won’t get the southern vote until you understand that.
Sorry, that just won’t fly. It is you that the remarks are directed at. The person makes the name, not the other way around. I find you intolerable and I don’t care what you call yourself. Some trolls are worthy of their job. You are not.
January 16th, 2008 at 5:30 pmMaybe they are dumb down South after all since at least one of their inhabitants seems to think that it’s his moniker that gets him in trouble and not the nonsense he spews!
January 16th, 2008 at 5:32 pmUPDATE: The Swamp is now reporting that Boehner’s gesture was actually directed at House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer…
yea, i BET they are… what is the cause of the mixup?
WE NEED VIDEO.
January 16th, 2008 at 5:34 pmI just ignore the scum sucking fascist pig trolls that post.
Read name of poster, the if poster is a troll, ignore post.
Easy to do, the trolls are not worth a second of our time anyway.
Buck Fush
January 16th, 2008 at 5:36 pmI agree Col. Jack – but I am DONE with being nice all the time while they do their sliming!
If she’d thrown it right back at him with my suggested comment above (”And then I can tell YOU to go cheney yourself”), with a big smile, the bastards would have had no choice but to laugh at that too!
Comment by mary
So too is this well said. Context is almost everything with these things.
Civility in the halls of Congress is perhaps to be expected and of course wanted. But there used to be times where fights have broken out. They are after all human beings just like the rest of us.
Sadly, I do not know about any rules of conduct that members of Congress are supposed to abide by. I suppose a Google search is in order. And I am glad that I hung around to read other people’s comments here.
Maybe this is an insight into Boehner’s character — he always appeared rather smarmy to me. We all know the character of people like Lott, Delay and Cheney (to list just three of the most offensive). So, actually, I am not surprised at this. Maybe it is should be a big deal.
I would like to have been there. Hopefully there will be more coverage of this, supplying us all with more facts and better context.
January 16th, 2008 at 5:42 pmCongressman Boner is drunk again. Did he cry after he said it. He is nothing but a slobbering drunk.
January 16th, 2008 at 5:43 pmwhat is the cause of the mixup?
Hastily written, hastily reported, hastily read.
The title is, I might add: Boehner to Hoyer: ‘I’m going to flip you the bird.’
Initial reports of all events are error prone; initial responses to reported events are error prone.
January 16th, 2008 at 5:46 pmfrazzle: “Besides. A precendent has been set. Dick Cheney told Leahy to “Fukc Off†and NOTHING HAPPENED.”
Yes, but I think Repubes controlled congress when Cheney said that. Dems should have more respect for the insitution. Repubes have been showing they have no respect almost from the moment they took congress in 1994. Duke Cunningham, sobbing convict that he is now, stood on the floor of congress and referred to President Clinton as a “traitor” and a “scumbag.” Democrats protested but Repubes blew them off. A Repube senator warned Clinton that if he came to his state, he might get shot. Dems protested but Repubes blew them off. I’d like to think Dems have more respect and class than that.
January 16th, 2008 at 5:47 pmi am TIRED of Pelosi’s serial COWARDICE
BRING IN DODD!!!!!!
January 16th, 2008 at 5:48 pmwhat is the cause of the mixup?
Hastily written, hastily reported, hastily read.
The title is, I might add: Boehner to Hoyer: ‘I’m going to flip you the bird.’
Initial reports of all events are error prone; initial responses to reported events are error prone.
Comment by mr.frazzlebottom — January 16, 2008 @ 5:46 pm
wow… did you READ that update? … here:
UPDATE: The Swamp is now reporting that Boehner’s gesture was actually directed at House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD).
(Our headline has been changed.)
your nose seems out of joint… or somethin’…
January 16th, 2008 at 5:53 pmSomebody should flip her the bird. She is worthless.
Her and Rein are not worth a pot to piss in.
January 16th, 2008 at 6:02 pmBoehner is always bawling like a baby on camera. Pelosi should have put her knee in his nuts; then he would really have something to cry about.
January 16th, 2008 at 6:10 pmThe Bone man with the cosmic tan. He’s gonna bring back bi-partisanship by flinging his c*ck around.
January 16th, 2008 at 6:15 pmJack Jett, repubes in the Senate have already set an historical record for obstruction with 64 filibusters and their session is not even over. They’ve been employing the same strategy in the House using different methods. They won’t cooperate with anything. Are you blaming Pelosi for that?
The strategy was to obstruct as much legislation as they could and then convince morons who were not informed that the Dems couldn’t get anything done. Looks to me like the strategy has worked with you.
January 16th, 2008 at 6:16 pmMerlin made a great point. Teasing, joking and ribbing require a certain amount of friendliness in order to be inoffensive. If there is rancor between the parties (as there certainly is on Capital Hill) then the “joking” is just an excuse to get away with an insult.
It’s childish. But then, that should surprise nobody.
January 16th, 2008 at 6:23 pmI see Granpa Freddie Thompson has become a member at Boener’s Tanning Studio. Freddie and Boener are so orange, they look like two Oompa Loompas.
January 16th, 2008 at 6:49 pmYou KNOW Boner wants to smash her skull in with that gavel/mallet, don’t you?
January 16th, 2008 at 7:07 pmBoth of those pictured need to go. Both.
January 16th, 2008 at 7:24 pmBeing an Buckeye, I think “ole Boner” will not survive his next election attempt. That, will surely make him cry.
January 16th, 2008 at 7:27 pmA simple name (Southern Man) showed that many of you have some growing up to do. And you won’t get the southern vote until you understand that.
Comment by Southern Man — January 16, 2008 @ 5:24 pm
we’d have to have prefrontal lobotomies to deserve your votes. Racism has nothing to do with your innate ignorance and lack of respect for America. You reflect your name perfectly, and there can be little doubt that you are the very picture of the redneck, racist, mulletted mysoginist that you refer to.
January 16th, 2008 at 7:38 pmBonerHead needs voted out, in fact all of the single digit IQ representatives need to go. And the crooked ones. Also, the ones that voted for the Iraq war and rollover on queue when Decider guy whistles.
I also really dislike Speakers of the House that will roll over to a stupid President and pass really, really stupid bills while ignoring the blatant violations of the Law and Constitution continue.
And neither Democratic front runner will confront this issue.
Make me sick to my stomach.
January 16th, 2008 at 7:45 pm#67
This doesn’t sound like Wayne, perhaps a namejacker in play here?
Wayne knows how to spell and use proper syntax and tense.
January 16th, 2008 at 7:47 pmBoner is a dick
January 16th, 2008 at 7:54 pmyour nose seems out of joint… or somethin’…
Comment by katy
*sigh*
That I missed the “update” is indicative of the argument I was making, duh. That the “update” came after I started commenting is indicative of my lack of attentiveness… yeah, sure. WTF?
Let’s like, waste some more time on piddley shit, okay?
January 16th, 2008 at 8:29 pmI’d like to think Dems have more respect and class than that.
Comment by Ret. Col. Jack Ripper
Yeah, well, let us then wait and see what happens over this.
However, you make the leftist (your term if I recall correctly) mistake that Democrats somehow are of general better character than Republicans.
They are not, really; they simply have different definitions of and understanding of what values are.
I think republicans are wrong in their values, as do most commenters here. Most republicans adhere to a mythlogical view of America that is actually detrimental to our interests. But that is a bigger issue than the one we are (supposed to be) discussing here.
“Dems should have more respect?” Why say that? That implies that Republicans should, for some reason, have less respect. Which is dumb; and, even worse, inciteful to discourse.
The Democratic controlled congress has already stated that many things are “off the table” — such as impeachment — and therefore why expect this statement of Boehner’s to cause some sort of new course for the Dems to take to re-take the “high ground” of class and respect? It will not.
January 16th, 2008 at 8:46 pmCan anyone imagine the media response if any Democrat made this comment to any Republican in the HR or Senate? I’m sure that the holier-than-thou GOP members of Congress will jump all over Boner for his rude obnoxious public display of ignorance and disrespect.
But, I’m not holding my breath. Heckuva Job, Boner.
January 16th, 2008 at 8:48 pm