WTF is the deal with Boehner? Why is that guy always crying?

[CatWoman]

Think he has mental or stability issues?

I find his behavior beyond unprofessional AND disgusting.

[LiberalLoner]

1. I've heard that he's an active alcoholic, that could be the cause n/t k&r

[Raschel]

4. I always thought he looked like he was an alcoholic. I think he has depression.

[EFerrari]

9. That or he's having some kind of early onset dementia.

People can get really sharp mood swings. Either possibility is not good news for him or for us.

[NorthCarolina]

15. So the orange coloring has more to do with Liver problems than a tanning bed? nt

[Poboy]

18. Do not rule out extensive golf course exposure as cause for color.

But personally, I think its the booze.

[BonnieJW]

20. That's what I was going to say.

I think he's tanked most of the time and it makes him into a blubbering idiot. I think he's even got a buzz when he has breakfast.

[Drale]

2. Well he defiantly has mental issues thats why hes a republican

but I think it is more because he thinks it will make people feel sorry for him or something. He's a con-artist, thats the basis of it.

[RKP5637]

3. Because he knows what he's planning to do to the majority of the citizens. Yeah,

I think he has a few mental or stability issues.

[madrchsod]

5. he`s a "girlie man".....well...

he has mental issues.

[HopeHoops]

6. The Kraft Mac&Cheese chemical-orange Ooompa-Loompa powder keeps getting in his eyes.

Nasty shit, that.

[RZM]

7. Who knows

It's possible he's just an overly-emotional person who cries a lot. Or, he could be someone who can turn it on and off at will, which isn't a bad skill for a politician to have. Like Glenn Beck, I think his crying will probably end up garnering more negative than positive attention. I wouldn't be surprised if other prominent Republicans are politely asking in private that he knock it off.

[rgbecker]

17. This guy cannot turn it on and off....Out of Control is more like it.

Could be too much time away from his wife. For whatever reason.

Often guys who have been hit on the head tend to have trouble controling emotions.

[tblue37]

32. I don't think he can, either. I have a problem with tearing up and choking up

at the most ridiculous things, though not to the point of actually sobbing and chin quivering the way Boehner does. I am actually a pretty tough cookie, but I still tear up and choke up, even though inside I am actualyl laughing at my own physical manifestations of an emotion I don't necessarily feel.

I do think, though, that his boozing probably intensifies the effect. I don't drink, so I don't know whether I would cry more easily or more intensely, the wqay he does, if I were udner the influence of alcohol.

Still, I know what it is like to have a physiological cry-trigger that I have no control over and that isn't necessarily even connected to a real emotion. I think it is just a neurological glitch. (I wonder how many other DUers have a similar glitch. I can't believe I am that unusual!)

[Whoa_Nelly]

8. When Hillary cried, the MSN was all over it for her being "weak"

and therefore not a viable POTUS candidate.

Boehner cries, and he's just a "really sensitive and caring guy" (back pats for Boenher)

Gah!!!!!! :crazy:

[demodonkey]

27. Double standard. Women in leadership positions ARE NOT ALLOWED to cry. nt

[dennis4868]

10. why does he not..

get over emotional and cry when the house repubs, including himself, votes no to unemplyment insurance, nutrition for children, etc...?

[SammyWinstonJack]

12. +1000!

[somone]

11. Being emotionally sensitive is a gift

:sarcasm:

[lib2DaBone]

13. He's a lounge-lizzard... a lush

I read that he starts drinking daily before noon and he has his scretary bring him glasses of vodka and Orange Crush.

[33Greeper]

14. I heard

that he is taking tear jerk lessons from the Beckster.

[Voice for Peace]

16. it seems significant that he says he can't be around children, that it's too emotional for him

so there is grief coming up, related to that methinks.. a lost childhood maybe, while he was working hard to achieve the dream. Tears that have been stuffed down since childhood.

[alterfurz]

28. yes...

...sentimentality about his own "humble" background plus his own "Horatio Alger" success, all magnified by alcohol.

[Historic NY]

19. He is the opposite of * the dry drunk.....

:beer::cry::beer::cry: :scared:

[Canuckistanian]

21. Maybe before photo ops, a staffer tells him his dog has died

Then after the photo op they say, "aw, I wasn't serious"

[Warren Stupidity]

22. It is some fundaloon signalling. Becky does it too.

[Donnachaidh]

23. long term drunks get weepy at the drop of a hat

And you cannot tell what they will cry about at any time. Depends on the level of Cutty Sark running in their blood stream.

[Guilded Lilly]

24. It isn't because he appears to be a bit unstable emotionally...

that I dislike and distrust him so much. He is a Republican Obstructionist. That is enough.

BUT, it sure doesn't help that he tends to blubber under the weirdest circumstances. Come on. Emotional is one thing...weepy like he has recently shown is entirely creeping me out.

[livetohike]

25. Emotionally unstable and does not deserve to be a leader

of anything. If Nancy Pelosi broke down like this, she would be called weak.

[demodonkey]

26. But he will be third in line for the Presidency....

:scared:

[mainer]

29. Frontal lobe dysfunction.

Maybe he's had a ministroke and doesn't realize it.

[NoodleyAppendage]

30. Early signs of pseudobulbar palsy?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudobulbar_palsy

Frontal lobe dementias often start out with emotional incontinence issues, as well.

J

[NoodleyAppendage]

31. Self delete. n/t

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudobulbar_palsy

Frontal lobe dementias often start out with emotional incontinence issues, as well.

J

[Tx4obama]

33. Adult crying/weeping is a symptom of many things - see link below

http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/symptoms/weeping/causes.htm

p.s. His wife said on 60 minutes that he usually doesn't cry and that he is going thru an emotional period right now.
I think he needs to be checked out by a doctor to find out what the 'problem' is.

[Cleita]

34. He's nuts. It's that simple. Of course no one calls him

an emotional woman, who can't handle the pressure like they would have done to Nancy Pelosi if she had cried about every little thing. Also, I would say that alcohol enhances his emotional state.

[GentryDixon]

35. Alcohol.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

36. HSS

Homer Simpson Syndrome

Homer Cried when his pet lobster died. He cried while eating it.

[Loki]

37. Glen Beck wannabe.

Ladies and Gentlemen (as Joy Behar so aptly named him) the new "Weeper of the House"

[Loki]

38. Glen Beck wannabe.

Ladies and Gentlemen (as Joy Behar so aptly named him) the new "Weeper of the House"

[Vickers]

39. My alcoholic dad (RIP) would cry at the drop of a hat.

Anecdotal, but hey.

[Loki]

40. Glenn Beck wannabe

Ladies and Gentlemen (as Joy Behar so aptly named him) the new "Weeper of the House"