Crybaby

[bigtree]

Sunday, 12 Dec 2010, 2:33 PM EST

(NewsCore) - Incoming House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), who has a well-known tendency to cry, will tear up again on CBS’s “60 Minutes” airing Sunday night.

Boehner has gotten teary in the past when discussing everything from the troop surge in Iraq to the bank bailout; the loss of his leadership position in 1998 to the Republican Party’s victories in the 2010 midterm elections.

According to a CBS report about its show, Boehner “cried several times . . ."


read: http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/dpps/news/boehner-tears-up-again-on-60-minutes-dpgonc-km-20101212_11050908

[Hawkowl]

1. Obama can't even stand up to a crybaby!

Crap. No wonder Obama looks so weak.

[dave29]

3. and immediately... it's about Obama

nice.

[Scurrilous]

12. Amazing isn't it...

:evilfrown:

[Telly Savalas]

30. Yep. It's mindless reflexive bullshit,

Crap. No wonder some folks here look so fucking ignorant.

[dionysus]

36. isn't it always?

[bigtree]

4. It's all about Obama with some folks

. . . no wonder republicans escape responsibility and accountability.

[TeaBagsAreForCups]

8. No, they escape responsibility..

... because they are bullies and they are not confronted nor challenged by a compromise seeking from the start - hence weak-appearing, "progressive" President who enters each battlefield strategically unarmed, yet begging not to be shot.

He's our chief PINO and is ashamed of the term liberal or progressive. And they know it.

[bigtree]

11. their Democratic opponents have absolutely NO obligation to follow anything the President proposes

. . . and they are under no obligation to go along with any compromise proposal the President might negotiate with that opposition. . . but they will.

Still obsessed with the President though, to the exclusion of the real opposition. It's an easy and cheap shot to blame the presidency for the Senate's acquiescence to republicans. The House has held up quite well against Boehner, and, the bills that the President supported passed the House over Boehner's objections.

[zippy890]

25. exactly

:dem:

[dave29]

2. too much ultra-violet light?

:shrug:

[Donnachaidh]

5. drunks get weepy at the drop of a hat

just saying...

[Buns_of_Fire]

6. Glenn Beck's gonna be ticked if Boner has been into the Vick's Vap-O-Rub stash again. nt

[Cerridwen]

7. Crocodile Tears.

I don't mind when people become choked up when dealing with issues that are, to them, sensitive and painful.

I despise those who use crocodile tears to manipulate their audience. boehner and beck are the two worst offenders currently in the public eye.

[Mira]

9. Verbose - Lachrimose - Comatose

Stages of drunken behavior. May he arrive at stage 3 post haste and rest there, peacefully.

[DCKit]

10. There's shots for weepy boners. Even free clinics. nt

[kentuck]

13. For real?!!

k&r..

must-see tv.

[TheCowsCameHome]

14. Citrus juice irritates his eyes?

Could be.

[pipi_k]

15. Can we be fair here?

If this were a male Democrat, would people still be shaming him for being emotional?

Really?

Not that I'm sticking up for the guy or anything, but shaming him for crying/being emotional sort of shames ALL men, doesn't it?

Makes it "unmanly" to cry...

[Avalux]

17. Nope. This isn't just any man, this is Boehner.

Perhaps if he was honest, had some integrity and didn't act like an asshole; but that's not the case. He's vile.

[pipi_k]

20. So a man's right to express emotion is all tied up

in what Democrats think of him?


If he suffered some tragic personal loss, fuck him...he doesn't have the right to cry?


Lots of people think Ann Coulter is vile too. Does that mean she wouldn't have the same right not to be raped as other women?

[Avalux]

21. Whoa!! We aren't talking about a tragic personal loss. Where the hell did that come from?

You went off on a tangent talking about tragedy and rape, trying to put words in my mouth. Not cool.

[pipi_k]

26. And where did you get the idea

that I 'put words in your mouth'?

Did I say that's what you wrote? No.


I was merely asking when and where a "vile" person might be allowed to cry. If ever.

[senseandsensibility]

18. Women would literally be out of politics if

they cried like Boner. Boner can even get liberals to defend him when he does it though.

[pipi_k]

23. So easy to speculate...

On what "would" happen to women if they were to cry.


And who is "defending him"?

I'm not. I'm defending his right, as vile as he may be, to cry as any human being has the right to do.

Many Republicans thought, and still do, that Teddy Kennedy was "vile". Would that have negated HIS right to cry if he had been overcome with emotion? Like...oh...when he gave the eulogy at his brother Bobby's funeral...

[senseandsensibility]

27. A woman would be out of politics

if she cried repeatedly, or even once, like Boner. She would be attacked viciously by the right for being too emotional, especially to handle our national defense. If you don't believe that, that's your perogative, but I know that she would be. Boner gets away with it BECAUSE he is male.

[pipi_k]

32. Um, you just negated your case...

by claiming that a woman would be viciously attacked by the right.

The right would attack a woman for literally anything.


Too emotional. Not emotional enough. Dresses like a man. Dresses too provocatively. Too dumb. Too smart.

Fill in the blanks.

Tears would only be one of a whole list of interchangeable reasons for them to launch an attack.

[bigtree]

19. it's just that he does it over and over, it's his thing

. . . he needs to get a grip and relate these issues without the dramatics. What a ham.

[pipi_k]

28. Oh, I see...

Well, I'll make sure to tell a few of the men in my life who are somewhat emotional that they
"need to get a grip".


Especially my six year old grandson, who is very sensitive. Man up, kid!!!! We don't want you growing up to be a fucking WUSS!


You know, I'm not saying that Boner's tears would break my heart or anything, but I do find it somewhat disgusting that people are actually shaming him for being ABLE to cry. And giving all sorts of excuses for it...

[bigtree]

42. I think he's being manipulative

. . . and disingenuous, even without the crocodile tears. He speaks for corporations. He weeps for corporations. He speaks for and represents a coalition of indifference to the needs of the majority of Americans. He's weeping for that arrogant coalition's corporate ambitions.

[Telly Savalas]

34. It's not unmanly. It's unprofessional.

There's nothing wrong with crying in response to a powerfully emotional event, but to frequently cry on the job like Boehner does makes him look unhinged. If a Democrat I supported acted like that, I'd be embarassed.

[pipi_k]

41. OK...I'll agree with unprofessional...

but I still don't think that gives people a reason to shame the guy and call him a "crybaby".


He might even need mental health counseling or something...

[Mojorabbit]

43. I am with you on this

As much as I despise the man, I have no problem with men showing emotion. I actually like men who are not afraid to be real.

[Avalux]

16. Narcissists do that - emotion to the extreme.

Because they can't feel, they express 'emotions' by copying what others do - and then some; it's all an act. The intended audience eats it up.

[TeaBagsAreForCups]

22. e.g., Sarah Palin.

[TeaBagsAreForCups]

24. Dupe.

[AmandaMae]

35. +1. That's what I was thinking this was too.

[boomerbust]

29. Boner is such a silly lush.

:beer:

[chelsea0011]

31. Is he going to cry about those rotten jobs he had in the past or is he

going to cry about all the out of work people right now. honestly, I like it when men show some emotion, but this guy picks the oddest things to weep about.

[sabrina 1]

33. Keith Olberman, or was it Rachel DID mention his

propensity for crying and got slammed for it airc. But facts are facts. He's not as orange as he used to be though, so I suppose that's an improvement.

[PBS Poll-435]

37. Alcoholics cry a lot. nt

[asdjrocky]

38. Don't pay attention to this crap.

It's all distraction and no one really cares. Two sides of the same coin and they both want your money and your freedom.

[Little Star]

40. +1

[dave29]

45. 60 minutes wants your freedom?

I did not know that

[Jeffersons Ghost]

39. K&R done

[WingDinger]

44. Stop that snivelling, or I'll give you sumpin' to really cry about.

[Scurrilous]

46. Orange Juice.

:o