The Company Boner Keeps

[babylonsister]

I so detest this classless, clueless, personality-challenged POS. :grr:

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2010_08/025469.php

THE COMPANY BOEHNER KEEPS.... Oh my.

On his nationally syndicated radio program Sunday night, hate radio host Bill Cunningham said that he will broadcast his show from the office of Minority Leader Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) on this November's Election Day, and was invited by Boehner himself. "I'm going to do my show that day from the portico of the Speaker of the House's office in the U.S. Capitol. I've been invited there by the new Speaker of the House, John Boehner, and I'll be the only radio talk show host in the speaker's office, doing my show from the portico overlooking the Washington Monument," Cunningham said. "And I'm going to do it."

And who's Bill Cunningham? This is Bill Cunningham.

Vituperative remarks about President Obama are a staple of Cunningham's radio show. He has attacked Obama as a racist, alleged that the president wants to "gas the Jews," and invoked "six-six-six" and "the beast" in discussing "Barack Hussein Obama." He's adopted the rhetoric of birthers and even made racially charged remarks about Obama's father, stating, "That's what black fathers do. They simply leave."

The poor are also among Cunningham's favorite targets for attack: He has stated that they are impoverished "because they lack values, ethics, and morals," and advocated "beat{ing} the hell outta" homeless people with "a big old cane, Singapore-style."

Ryan Rudominer, a spokesperson for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said in a statement, "It says a great deal about John Boehner's arrogance and extreme right wing agenda that as he prematurely measures the drapes, he would roll out the red carpet for hatemonger's like Bill Cunningham, who has a history of making despicable comments about Jews, African Americans, and other minorities."

Nothing says "responsible national leader" like inviting a lunatic shock-jock into a congressional leadership office to broadcast on Election Day.

I was trying to think of an equivalent -- imagine if Nancy Pelosi invited ______ to broadcast his show from her office -- but the left just doesn't seem to have comparable unhinged loudmouths.

—Steve Benen

[Botany]

1. Bill Cunningham is a nasty piece of work

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3Q1kT0tz2A/R8cbHuiCJNI/AAAAAAAABcw/wwofoyG7xA4/s400/bill+cunningham.gif

[Saphire]

3. what's up with the hair?????

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

8. He bought it like that. nt

[Faygo Kid]

2. Thanks for posting. Another reminder of the stakes.

The opposition is vile. Beyond vile.

[babylonsister]

4. I know they are, and the thought of them anywhere near

any kind of control makes me queasy. :(

[liam_laddie]

5. Ashamed to say that Cunningham...

has had a "talk show" here in Cincinnati for years. He's an embarrassment to intelligent people hereabout who find him beyond unbearable. A two-bit Limbaugh/Beck propagandist of the worst sort. :banghead: :puke:

[babylonsister]

6. And boner embraces him. Par for the course, I guess. nt

[LiberalFighter]

7. Boehner believes he will have access to the Speaker's office portico before elections are finalized?

What is the likelihood that Cunningham will be shut down by capitol police via Pelosi?

[babylonsister]

9. According to another poster, Cunningham has been around

for years. She won't shut him down; on what grounds? We still enjoy freedom of speech, as repulsive as some people are.

[LiberalFighter]

11. Cunningham can't just go into the House chamber and broadcast willy nilly

He would need proper authorization and doubt that Boehner has the authority.

[babylonsister]

10. Ha! boner backing down, maybe, according to Rachel?

Is anything low enough for the rethugs?

[DemocraticPilgrim]

12. Boner for Beaker not for Speaker...