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ChasC5
12-13-2010, 1:09pm
Can someone please trap a pair on this guy and tell him to Re-Tee and swing like a Man this time.

John Boehner Cries. Again. A Lot. - ABC News (http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/john-boehner-cries-lot/story?id=12382814)

John Boehner, the incoming Speaker of the House, the most powerful Republican in Washington, and a man who in a matter of days will be second in line for the presidency, has twice had an opportunity to introduce himself to the American people.

And on both occasions, he cried – a lot.

There is a tradition of politicians crying in America, but it's not a proud one. It almost always ends with getting beat at the polls. Already some of the incoming speaker's supporters are getting worried that the Ohio Republican's penchant for showing his emotions makes him look weak.

Others, however, have championed Boehner for his willingness to be real.
"This is not exactly the first impression you want to make to the American people," said Republican strategist Ed Rollins. "We've seen his sensitive side enough already. But a sensitive side isn't what the country wants to see in a strong leader. He's got to show strength and leadership and a willingness to stand up to the president. You never saw Pelosi crying"

On Sunday night in a lengthy "60 Minutes" interview, the Speaker-designate broke down twice, talking about his rise from humble beginnings as a janitor and again in talking about his hope for children.

"Family – kids -- I can't go to a school anymore. I used to go to a lot of schools. And you see all these little kids running around. Can't talk about it," he stammered.

Last month, on election night as returns came in and it was clear Republicans had won the House and Boehner would be speaker, he also cried.
"It's full-bore crying," said interviewer Leslie Stahl. "It's not just little tears and he does it a lot."

Some Democrats and women have suggested there is a double standard. When Republicans cry, they are "compassionate conservatives" but crying women and Democrats furthers the stereotype that they're weak.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic woman who Boehner will replace, has never cried in public.

"You know what? He is known to cry. He cries sometimes when we're having a debate on bills," Pelosi told the New York Times in November. "If I cry, it's about the personal loss of a friend or something like that. But when it comes to politics -- no, I don't cry. I would never think of crying about any loss of an office, because that's always a possibility, and if you're professional, then you deal with it professionally."



God; I’d die to have this Mamby Pamby in my Foursome … he’d be lucky if we left him with his Tong tied to his ankles. :lolsmile:

Exotix
12-13-2010, 1:11pm
Let's not be too harsh ... The American people that right-wingers always talk about now are sympathetic and have empathy for lushes crying in their beer ...

Broken Wind
12-13-2010, 1:31pm
I too sometimes get teary eyed when thinking about what I have achieved within the context of where I came from, and thinking about how completely lucky I am to be an American. When you earn something, it means more.

ChasC5
12-13-2010, 1:35pm
I too sometimes get teary eyed when thinking about what I have achieved within the context of where I came from, and thinking about how completely lucky I am to be an American. When you earn something, it means more.

I can understand that ... :iagree:

But in public, on National Networks …………………………….. Twice? :confused5:


Then I’m sure we can find you on somewhere on You Tube

Come-On :D

Exotix
12-13-2010, 1:41pm
I think the dude is psycho ... heck, give'em an Oscar ... http://i55.tinypic.com/5jwgwl.jpg


YouTube - Rep. Boehner Crying


YouTube - Boehner: "Hell No You Can't!"

Kneel 8250
12-13-2010, 1:45pm
I can understand that ... :iagree:

But in public, on National Networks …………………………….. Twice? :confused5:


Then I’m sure we can find you on somewhere on You Tube

Come-On :D

:rofl: Just look who posted next. The irony is almost too much for me.

Kneel 8250
12-13-2010, 1:46pm
:rofl: Just look who posted next. The irony is almost too much for me.

Sorry I got off the topic but I couldnt help it. :D

Exotix
12-13-2010, 1:47pm
Sorry I got off the topic but I couldnt help it. :D

No sweat ... you're tinkerbells' *honey* ... http://i55.tinypic.com/5jwgwl.jpg

ChasC5
12-13-2010, 1:50pm
No sweat ... you're tinkerbells' *honey* ... http://i55.tinypic.com/5jwgwl.jpg

We hope those two get a Blood Test ... But I digress :D

Kneel 8250
12-13-2010, 2:20pm
No sweat ... you're tinkerbells' *honey* ... http://i55.tinypic.com/5jwgwl.jpg

:iagree:
I am !!!!! :D Dont be jealous tho eh!!!!!!!!!!! (careful with the reply as I aint the sharpest tool in the shed) :D

Kneel 8250
12-13-2010, 2:20pm
We hope those two get a Blood Test ... But I digress :D

Already done and both passed with a clear sheet. :above:

Tinkerbell in Texas
12-13-2010, 2:21pm
No sweat ... you're tinkerbells' *honey* ... http://i55.tinypic.com/5jwgwl.jpg

:D he is and your point?

Kneel 8250
12-13-2010, 2:22pm
We hope those two get a Blood Test ... But I digress :D

Chas !!!!! I may need to quote this in the future. right click save as. :D

Exotix
12-13-2010, 2:35pm
:D he is and your point?

Nothing in particular ... I'm just a little more aware of how my honey puts up with me ...


http://i55.tinypic.com/5jwgwl.jpg

Kneel 8250
12-13-2010, 2:39pm
Nothing in particular ... I'm just a little more aware of how my honey puts up with me ...


http://i55.tinypic.com/5jwgwl.jpg

Sometimes I am amazed that Tinkerbell has not killed me. We have some good discussion on GW and medicare among other topics. Our views differ eh!!!!! But thats good too. As you can imagine........ :above:

Kneel 8250
12-13-2010, 2:40pm
Sometimes I am amazed that Tinkerbell has not killed me. We have some good discussion on GW and medicare among other topics. Our views differ eh!!!!! But thats good too. As you can imagine........ :above:

I get to drive her Z. :D Well till my 73 is going anyway. :D

Exotix
12-13-2010, 2:42pm
Sometimes I am amazed that Tinkerbell has not killed me. We have some good discussion on GW and medicare among other topics. Our views differ eh!!!!! But thats good too. As you can imagine........ :above:

Apparently it does work ... got to like Carville & wife and Ahnnneee & wife ...

Kneel 8250
12-13-2010, 2:45pm
Apparently it does work ... got to like Carville & wife and Ahnnneee & wife ...

I think that might be a political reference and I dont know the names.

SORRY.

Tinkerbell in Texas
12-13-2010, 2:51pm
Sometimes I am amazed that Tinkerbell has not killed me. We have some good discussion on GW and medicare among other topics. Our views differ eh!!!!! But thats good too. As you can imagine........ :above:
We have some great discussions!!! I wouldn't trade them for anything....highlights to my days usually!

I get to drive her Z. :D Well till my 73 is going anyway. :D

my Z?? our Z and our 73. ;)

Z06PDQ
12-13-2010, 2:53pm
maybe Bone head Bohner & the alcoholic manic depressive Beck will have a cry fest. :lolsmile:

Peter Pan
12-13-2010, 3:08pm
Did you see what the judge ruled in VA today, it was not about Global Warminghttp://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c293/elsloan22/Holiday%20Gifs/jesusrea.gif

Kneel 8250
12-13-2010, 3:49pm
Did you see what the judge ruled in VA today, it was not about Global Warminghttp://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c293/elsloan22/Holiday%20Gifs/jesusrea.gif


:lol:

ChasC5
12-13-2010, 7:57pm
While I understand his emotional overload and crying, I think it's time for some tough, rugged GOP men to step up and show the libs/Dems their gargabe won't be tolerated in the future. :yesnod:

I think you're the only one... :D

So, when are you running for office? :yesnod:

Exotix
12-13-2010, 8:05pm
I think you're the only once ... :D

So, when are you running for office? :yesnod:

Ouch !
I mean, it is what it is ... :kick: ... :beat: ... :banana: ... :p ... :cone: .. :chicken:



:lolsmile:

ChasC5
12-14-2010, 10:44am
Strained that one brain cell trying to use it again eh?

For you, it's way more than enough and hardly a strain ... partner. :D

Kneel 8250
12-14-2010, 10:46am
For you, it's way more than enough and hardly a strain ... partner. :D

I didnt have to look far to find that did I???????? :D


Want me to bring the rest over from the other thread for you too?????? LOL

ChasC5
12-14-2010, 12:27pm
I don't parrot moronic talking points so that gives me more brain cells than you two parrot boys.

And I'm not now, nor ever well be your partner.

Ok Buddy :cheers:

Exotix
12-14-2010, 12:45pm
How many times were libs/Dems and the MSM sympathetic to the good old liberal lush Teddy Kennedy? :skep:

You really do need to read your posts before making them parrot boy.

I actually googled *What compels Boehner to Cry ?*

In between psychiatrists and psychologists giving their opinions on Boehners psychopathy (since childhood) ... well, they all seem to agree his emotionalism is real in terms of *He's been chosen to save America from Obama and the Dems* as opposed to Beck crying for the same reason ...


However, Pelosi doesn't buy it ..



Pelosi ~ Why Does Boehner Cry Over Elections? ... I Cry When People Die.

Newsvine - Pelosi: Why Does Boehner Cry Over Elections? I Cry When People Die. (http://robertbartholomew.new.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/20/5500129-pelosi-why-does-boehner-cry-over-elections-i-cry-when-people-die)


You can't say she hasn't got a fighting spirit.

This weekend's NY Times Magazine "Questions" Q+A with outgoing Speaker, incoming Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi includes this memorable exchange with interviewer Deborah Solomon (another feisty, take-no-prisoners woman):

What about John Boehner, the Ohio Republican who is expected to succeed you as House speaker in January?
Did you see him tearing up on election night as he addressed his supporters?

You know what?
He is known to cry.
He cries sometimes when we're having a debate on bills.

If I cry, it's about the personal loss of a friend or something like that.

But when it comes to politics - no, I don't cry.
I would never think of crying about any loss of an office, because that's always a possibility, and if you're professional, then you deal with it professionally.

Exotix
12-14-2010, 12:57pm
I'm surprise Pelosi has any facial expressions at all. Bitter old hag.

We'll see how fast of a joke you'll be crying on the forum everytime Boner shows his face as Speaker and crys for any reason he deems for the next 2 years .. that he's compelled too ...


:lolsmile:

ChasC5
12-15-2010, 8:35am
If I have to choose between Bohner (learn to spell or STHU) crying ane Pelosi talking out her butt like an idiot, I'll chose Bohner.

Good ... you can keep Mr. Boner! :D

Exotix
12-15-2010, 10:12am
Maddow shows us why they're called right-wing wackos ... http://i51.tinypic.com/20frbkp.gif ... http://i56.tinypic.com/20tnznr.gif


Rachel Maddow Show


http://i54.tinypic.com/35li8o4.jpg

ChasC5
12-15-2010, 12:08pm
Seems you and Exotix need to go back to grade school and learn to spell.

Either that or stop acting like juvenile idiots.

You have been trying to pick a fight with Exotic and I for a week …

What the hell is wrong with you? :confused5:

Don’t you know this is the Internet? :skep:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b137/chasc5/IFart.gif

Exotix
12-15-2010, 12:25pm
You have been trying to pick a fight with Exotic and I for a week …

What the hell is wrong with you? :confused5:

Don’t you know this is the Internet? :skep:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b137/chasc5/IFart.gif

He, like his entire realm of the right-wing have no other way and no other way forward now but to assume Americans are as wacked and lunatic as he and they are ... there's a method to this *new* (neo) madness ...

They want terrorists to believe we're all wackadoos so we're ripe to be attacked ... in fact Cheney invited terrorist attacks about a month after he was wheelchaired the hell out of office ...





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ChasC5
12-15-2010, 12:36pm
Incorrect. Fail #1
Just dishing out the crap you and parrot boy do back at you.

It's all in good fun, right Chas?



Nothing. But you apparently have problems. Sorry to hear that.



More correctly, it's the web running on the internet.

Something bothering you?

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ChasC5
12-15-2010, 12:40pm
As you said Chas, we're all just having good fun.

Good :cheers:

Exotix
12-15-2010, 12:42pm
Ironic coming from a parrot head who can't backup his :bs: he posts.

Quick run off to get your response from another lib website.

We know you can't come up with one on your own parrot boy.


There is always a method to what I'm doing.
You not being able to see it is no surprise to me nor anyone else parrot boy.



Prove it or shut your pie hole liar.

Come man, grab your sack for once and back up your accusation.

I'd put money you can't. So bring it parrot boy.



Put up or shut up parrot boy.
The only thing you know how to put up are general insults against a broad range people who don't agree with your moronic political ideals.

So let's go parrot boy. Back up your :bs: or, once again, be shown for the gutless wonder you are.

I need to cry first before going into a tirade ... you know, like the example Boner sets ...

:lolsmile:

ChasC5
12-15-2010, 12:47pm
Wow what a surprise you don't have jack so you post more :bs:

Nice job nutless parrot boy. :thumbs:

Don't go crying when the crap you sling comes back at you.

If you can't take it, don't dish it out.

:lolsmile: Wow ... I mean just Wow ... :lolsmile:

ChasC5
12-15-2010, 12:57pm
Truth hurt Chas?

You tell me, I didn't feel a thing. :D

ChasC5
12-15-2010, 1:20pm
Really? that's the best retort you've got? A variant of the elementary "I'm rubber you're glue"?

For someone who claims to be so educated and technical that's all you've got? :skep:

That’s all I need … for you! :D

Kneel 8250
12-15-2010, 2:52pm
That’s all I need … for you! :D

The words were too big and he didnt comprehend what you said TxAg. :lol:

ChasC5
12-15-2010, 4:07pm
I'm starting to wonder just how much he works in IT.

His "logic" reminds me of a help desk goober.

I don’t work, because I’m doing the right way and when you do it the right way it ain’t work!

I’m a Director of Engineering; so I’ve paid the cost … to be the Boss.

So I really don’t work, because I’m a better judge of technical talent.


:cheers:

Kneel 8250
12-15-2010, 4:07pm
Dang. Well I just can't get my brain down to a "see spot run" level like Chas. Oh well. :(

You certainly own Chas most of the time. :rofl:

ChasC5
12-15-2010, 4:12pm
You certainly own Chas most of the time. :rofl:

Wipe your mouth, it looks like you got something on it! :D

Tinkerbell in Texas
12-15-2010, 4:15pm
You certainly own Chas most of the time. :rofl:

He sure does!! It's like poetry in motion!! :yesnod:

ChasC5
12-15-2010, 4:19pm
Wipe your mouth, it looks like you got something on it! :D

Pass Tinker the Towel when you're done. :D

Kneel 8250
12-15-2010, 4:36pm
You don't work yet you're a director? Man I hope the company you work for never finds out. :lol:

Only someone with an ego the size of the Grand Canyon would make such an asinine statement.



Oh my !!!!! You are on song today.

Exotix
12-15-2010, 5:44pm
... by the way ... where's mama grizzley on weak, limp, impotent. put your man pants on GOP'rs ?

Oh, here she is ... http://i56.tinypic.com/23igch1.jpg


YouTube - Mama 'Grisly' on GOP Establishment: Impotent, Limp, Weak & Hiding Behind a Skirt!

ChasC5
12-15-2010, 7:51pm
Hay everyone, do you notice in every Thread, everyone but TxAg has the prove something to him, but he can just hit on his azz and deny everyone else's post. I think I went to grade school with the same type expert in EVERYTHING! I'm sure he's still there. :lolsmile:

Tinkerbell in Texas
12-15-2010, 8:19pm
Hay everyone, do you notice in every Thread, everyone but TxAg has the prove something to him, but he can just hit on his azz and deny everyone else's post. I think I went to grade school with the same type expert in EVERYTHING! I'm sure he's still there. :lolsmile:

can you translate that into English for us??? Thanks.

Exotix
12-15-2010, 8:34pm
Hay everyone, do you notice in every Thread, everyone but TxAg has the prove something to him, but he can just hit on his azz and deny everyone else's post. I think I went to grade school with the same type expert in EVERYTHING! I'm sure he's still there. :lolsmile:

I never saw it after kindergarten ... however, the parents suppress it so their child won't embarrass them and then it resurfaces in early adulthood where they massage it back and go on to become Congressional (R)'s / Tea Baggers / (neo)-conservatives and serial killers ...

Tinkerbell in Texas
12-15-2010, 8:38pm
Hay everyone, do you notice in every Thread, everyone but TxAg has the prove something to him, but he can just hit on his azz and deny everyone else's post. I think I went to grade school with the same type expert in EVERYTHING! I'm sure he's still there. :lolsmile:

I never saw it after kindergarten ... however, the parents suppress it so their child won't embarrass them and then it resurfaces in early adulthood where they massage it back and go on to become Congressional (R)'s / Tea Baggers / (neo)-conservatives and serial killers ...

um Guys, either you are both drinking or the same person is using the other's login. Which is it? :skep:

ChasC5
12-15-2010, 8:48pm
um Guys, either you are both drinking or the same person is using the other's login. Which is it? :skep:

Are you getting tired of carrying AxTg on your back? :D

If you turn too fast, you snap his neck. :lolsmile:

Tinkerbell in Texas
12-15-2010, 8:50pm
Are you getting tired of carrying AxTg on your back? :D

If you turn too fast, you snap his neck. :lolsmile:

you know, Exotix, that what you're doing isn't very cool.

Tinkerbell in Texas
12-15-2010, 9:02pm
Come on nutless, provide some facts to back up your :bs:.

I don't need anyone to carry me.

Tink and Kneel are just enjoying participating in owning our sorry butt with every pathetic post you make.

So what will be be no fact jack? Gonna man up, and start backing up your :bs: or you gonna just prove me right and keep posting your :bs: nonsense.

Your choice Chasie.

We think that Exotix is posting as Chas.

Tinkerbell in Texas
12-15-2010, 9:08pm
Oh he knows. Funny thing is, as I stated before, if this part of the forum was moderated, his trolling but would have been gone long ago and none of this would have happened.

But parrot boy brought it on himself. :yesnod:

He has the same MO every where he posts.

It's really pathetic if you think about it.

It is pathetic. and yes, he's brought it on himself. Unfortunately he'll claim that it wasn't his fault when he gets caught.

Z06PDQ
12-16-2010, 2:22pm
The Tears of John Boehner Are Like Acid to Freedom - Hit & Run : Reason Magazine (http://reason.com/blog/2010/11/04/the-tears-of-john-boehner-are)

Exotix
12-16-2010, 3:51pm
The Tears of John Boehner Are Like Acid to Freedom - Hit & Run : Reason Magazine (http://reason.com/blog/2010/11/04/the-tears-of-john-boehner-are)

Great ... we've got to put up with Boehners' lachrymosity (lachrymoseness) for the next two years ... for any reason ...

http://i54.tinypic.com/i6b9td.gif

Exotix
12-16-2010, 4:10pm
Hey everyone, did you notice when I post something and am asked to back it up I provide proof/evidence and yet Chas and Exotix provide exactly jack squat when pressed for proof?

I think I went all through my scholastic career with the same type of know it all people who really didn't know a durn thing about what they were talking about. We have one of the same people in the White House too (for now).

Here's a tip for you two blowhards, start backing up your :bs: or deal with getting your ignorant butts handed to you every time you post your :bs:.

Simple concept even someone with your educational background can grasp Chas (at lest you should, in theory).

Depends on how you look at it ... take yourself for instance ... you actually believe your brand of rancor and discourse is how the Founding Fathers wished *wise men* to rule ...

Bohner now adds crying like a wussy for all the world to see (as opposed to only in chambers until now) to the mix ... man o man ...


http://i56.tinypic.com/23igch1.jpg

Exotix
12-16-2010, 4:18pm
So men should never cry in public? That's your assertion? :skep:

Did you the last time you got a promotion ?

Exotix
12-16-2010, 5:36pm
Answer the question. Doesn't matter the reason.

A simple yes or no, So men should never cry in public?

Yeah ... when someone dies ... that's what's frightening about Bohners' emotionalism ... something bad is gonna happen ...

ChasC5
12-16-2010, 7:10pm
So I as I read this, only death is a valid reason for a man to cry in public in your opinion.

If so, I 100% disagree.

However, I do appreciate the direct answer and your POV is duly noted. :cheers:

BS, Prove It!

Exotix
12-17-2010, 6:22pm
Also misses floor debate ...



Boehner defends tax deal, responds to Palin


Today

Boehner defends tax deal, responds to Palin – CNN Political Ticker - CNN.com Blogs (http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/12/17/boehner-defends-tax-deal-responds-to-palin/)



Although Boehner cast his vote for the bill just before midnight Thursday, he didn't go to the floor to make a speech urging his colleagues to support it.

Asked why he didn't speak during the floor debate, Boehner told reporters "I didn't think I needed to get in the way."



... best if you just didn't show up it all for the rest of your life since you're gonna cry every time ...


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ChasC5
12-18-2010, 1:55pm
You really don't grasp when things need to be proven do you college boy?

Probably due to your lack of common sense. :yesnod:

Prove it!

Exotix
12-20-2010, 12:18pm
The Significance of John Boehner's Tears.

Today


Danny Groner: The Significance of John Boehner's Tears (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/danny-groner/the-significance-of-john_b_798807.html)



Over the past week, people have been debating John Boehner's emotions, not his motions.

The expected next Speaker of the House has become known for his crying that some say represent his intense passion and others believe shows a sign of weakness.
Sarah Palin argues that a double-standard is at play; The Washington Post ombudsman wonders whether it's even a fair discussion to have; and others have investigated what it is that brings humans to tears in the first place.

He's not the first politician to show a softer side.
So what do Boehner's tears say about him?



Boehner can't help it: "It's likely an involuntary reaction to emotion. There may be some politicians who can muster tears as a prop...but the speaker-elect appears to have the uncontrollable variety, says Peter Jensen in The Baltimore Sun.
"What can we construe from tears? Absolutely nothing."

It's a crying shame ~ Give a tearful guy (or woman) a break - baltimoresun.com (http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/editorial/bs-ed-manly-tears-20101218,0,7275750.story)



He genuinely cares: "I've got a soft spot for weepers," says The Washington Post's Ruth Marcus.
"These days, male politicians enjoy the freedom to weep - a bit, anyway."

It's a welcomed change. "Tears are humanizing.
I defy you to watch Boehner struggling to hold in his sobs and not like him better for it.
If anything, Barack Obama could benefit from a bit more crying."

Cry, Boehner, cry ~ Ruth Marcus - Cry, Boehner, cry (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/14/AR2010121405773.html)



Boehner feels guilty: "He's an emotional waterworks, he says, for anything that reminds him of the American Dream and how far he has come since his small-town childhood," says Clarence Page in the Chicago Tribune.

It's not as if he's known as a "crusader for the poor and downtrodden" - he's more a "friend of businesses, big and small, and their lobbyists."

His voting record, particularly his recent opposition to the DREAM Act, shows he doesn't care about the little guy.

"Maybe that's what Boehner's crying about.
Maybe his conscience is bothering him."

The weeper of the House ~ The weeper of the House - chicagotribune.com (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/ct-oped-1219-page-20101219,0,5980958.column)



It's not that simple: It's a "myth" that crying is a "sign of true, pure emotion.
All the research suggests something else entirely," says Tom Lutz in the Los Angeles Times.

"Boehner's tears aren't hard to read."
People are "complicated" - "many of us weep because we are overwhelmed by contradictions."

It represents "real honesty [that] is coupled with bad faith."

A crying shame ~ A crying shame - Los Angeles Times (http://articles.latimes.com/2010/dec/15/opinion/la-oe-lutz-boehner-crying-20101215)




House Republican leader John Boehner cries at the drop of a patriotic phrase.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/photo/2010-12/58337596.jpg

ChasC5
12-20-2010, 12:31pm
The Significance of John Boehner's Tears.

Today


Danny Groner: The Significance of John Boehner's Tears (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/danny-groner/the-significance-of-john_b_798807.html)



Over the past week, people have been debating John Boehner's emotions, not his motions.

The expected next Speaker of the House has become known for his crying that some say represent his intense passion and others believe shows a sign of weakness.
Sarah Palin argues that a double-standard is at play; The Washington Post ombudsman wonders whether it's even a fair discussion to have; and others have investigated what it is that brings humans to tears in the first place.

He's not the first politician to show a softer side.
So what do Boehner's tears say about him?



Boehner can't help it: "It's likely an involuntary reaction to emotion. There may be some politicians who can muster tears as a prop...but the speaker-elect appears to have the uncontrollable variety, says Peter Jensen in The Baltimore Sun.
"What can we construe from tears? Absolutely nothing."

It's a crying shame ~ Give a tearful guy (or woman) a break - baltimoresun.com (http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/editorial/bs-ed-manly-tears-20101218,0,7275750.story)



He genuinely cares: "I've got a soft spot for weepers," says The Washington Post's Ruth Marcus.
"These days, male politicians enjoy the freedom to weep - a bit, anyway."

It's a welcomed change. "Tears are humanizing.
I defy you to watch Boehner struggling to hold in his sobs and not like him better for it.
If anything, Barack Obama could benefit from a bit more crying."

Cry, Boehner, cry ~ Ruth Marcus - Cry, Boehner, cry (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/14/AR2010121405773.html)



Boehner feels guilty: "He's an emotional waterworks, he says, for anything that reminds him of the American Dream and how far he has come since his small-town childhood," says Clarence Page in the Chicago Tribune.

It's not as if he's known as a "crusader for the poor and downtrodden" - he's more a "friend of businesses, big and small, and their lobbyists."

His voting record, particularly his recent opposition to the DREAM Act, shows he doesn't care about the little guy.

"Maybe that's what Boehner's crying about.
Maybe his conscience is bothering him."

The weeper of the House ~ The weeper of the House - chicagotribune.com (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/ct-oped-1219-page-20101219,0,5980958.column)



It's not that simple: It's a "myth" that crying is a "sign of true, pure emotion.
All the research suggests something else entirely," says Tom Lutz in the Los Angeles Times.

"Boehner's tears aren't hard to read."
People are "complicated" - "many of us weep because we are overwhelmed by contradictions."

It represents "real honesty [that] is coupled with bad faith."

A crying shame ~ A crying shame - Los Angeles Times (http://articles.latimes.com/2010/dec/15/opinion/la-oe-lutz-boehner-crying-20101215)




House Republican leader John Boehner cries at the drop of a patriotic phrase.

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TxAg will want proof of the exact viscosity wetness of the Tears ! :lolsmile:

Exotix
12-20-2010, 12:51pm
TxAg will want proof of the exact viscosity wetness of the Tears ! :lolsmile:

The viscosity of human tears ~ From the issue entitled "Special issue on the lacrimal system"



SpringerLink - International Ophthalmology, Volume 15, Number 6 (http://www.springerlink.com/content/m2252up8v7t6l384/)


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ChasC5
12-21-2010, 8:34am
You boys enjoying your short bus mental circle jerk of stupidy? We're all getting a kick of you making fools of yourselves. :rofl:

Glad to be of service :cheers: