Boehner Needs to Sober Up or Go Home

[babylonsister]

Ouch! I thought people have been exaggerating his lack of sobriety, but maybe not...

http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2013/1/5/111444/9941

Boehner Needs to Sober Up or Go Home

by BooMan
Sat Jan 5th, 2013 at 11:14:44 AM EST


Late on Election Night, President Obama attempted to call Mitch McConnell and John Boehner, but was told that both were asleep. During the evening of New Year's Day, John Boehner refused to take phone calls from New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Back during the negotiations over the debt ceiling in 2011, John Boehner refused to answer the president's phone calls, leading the president to complain to Bob Woodward.

"I was pretty angry," Obama told Woodward. "There's no doubt I thought it was profoundly irresponsible, at that stage, not to call me back immediately and let me know what was going on."

Alcoholism is a sickness that should warrant people's sympathy rather than scorn. If John Boehner would ask for help or adopt a contrite attitude like Sen. Mike Crapo, it would be easy to lay off the criticism and not make such an issue of Boehner's drinking. But he can't do his job and he isn't available to come to the phone in the evenings.

He was so visibly hammered during his speech at the Republican National Convention (a tradition that goes back at least as far as the 1996 convention in San Diego) that Michael Savage played his whole speech on the radio in order to mock his drunkenness. He was absolutely plastered on election night in 2010 (a year in which Joe Scarborough called him a "lazy drunk" on the air). For years people have been speculating that Boehner weeps so often in public because he is drunk so often in public.

Personally, I wouldn't care about Boehner's drinking if he were just a congressman. But he's third in line to the presidency and he's blotto half the time. He can't answer phone calls from mayors and governors or even the president if those phone calls come late at night.

It's ridiculous.

[madokie]

1. The last thing we need is a drunk as a representative of us the people in anything

Third in line to boot

[Rosa Luxemburg]

13. Didn't the previous president slur his words?

[madokie]

15. Yup sure did, he was a drunk too

[Mr.Bill]

2. I agree totally.

I think he's been hammered every time I've seen him on TV recently. He is a disgrace.

[DollarBillHines]

5. I spend a lot of time around serious drinkers and am one, myself.

I can spot one at 50 yards.

That guy is one serious drinker.

[Mr.Bill]

6. Former bartender here

and I believe you are absolutely correct.

[Lordquinton]

12. You can be drunk half the time in congress

but smoke one joint and you can go to jail.

[Mopar151]

3. Duplicate post Needs to be daid twice!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022136895

[babylonsister]

8. Thanks, missed that. So sorry. nt

[MrScorpio]

4. Chronic alcoholics give off a smell that I know well

It's probably hell just standing in next to the guy

[DemoTex]

10. He is a heavy smoker, too.

Peeeeee-uuuuuuw!

[MrScorpio]

11. Oh, Gawd! No.

Just keep him out of the room.

[dairydog91]

7. Given the choice between a Blaster Boehner and a Sober Ryan...

...I'd give the Glowing One another shot.

[We People]

9. "Between the devil and the deep blue sea"

So to speak.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

14. He has been seen drinking many Margaritas