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EarlG

(21,934 posts)
Fri May 9, 2014, 12:10 PM May 2014

Pic Of The Moment: Cash For Investigations: Boehner Dodges Questions On GOP's Benghazi Money-Grab



Benghazi Committee Backfires as Boehner Refuses to Answer Fundraising Email Questions

John Boehner dodges on Benghazi fundraising



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Pic Of The Moment: Cash For Investigations: Boehner Dodges Questions On GOP's Benghazi Money-Grab (Original Post) EarlG May 2014 OP
Not answering important questions is something the Republicans do very well. CaliforniaPeggy May 2014 #1
and they do it with a straight face leftyohiolib May 2014 #2
There's a snake in my boot! nxylas May 2014 #3
Heh 2naSalit May 2014 #5
Blood money!!!! MADem May 2014 #4
If you don't like the question asked rock May 2014 #6
Very clever. Jamaal510 May 2014 #18
Raising funds on a tragedy is a Republican trademark. They do it all the time. Major Hogwash May 2014 #7
We wish pscot May 2014 #14
Something is seriously wrong with Ohioans mdbl May 2014 #17
And he won his primary..what a shame SummerSnow May 2014 #8
This is messed up. TRoN33 May 2014 #9
Quick! Someone get that man a bourbon! tofuandbeer May 2014 #10
Such a spineless drunkard turd Hulk May 2014 #11
We have been going backwards since 1980 mdbl May 2014 #16
Exactly Hulk May 2014 #20
taking the fifth greymattermom May 2014 #12
Thank you for that unsolicited conformation, czarjak May 2014 #13
Rachel showed another politician pulling this crap. Archae May 2014 #15
Boehner and his RW ALWAYS Dodge Questions. DC elected- answer 30 mins of direct public ?s daily. Sunlei May 2014 #19
I think the families are tired of Boehner? Rosa Luxemburg May 2014 #21

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,523 posts)
1. Not answering important questions is something the Republicans do very well.
Fri May 9, 2014, 12:16 PM
May 2014

They are masters of evasion.

2naSalit

(86,323 posts)
5. Heh
Fri May 9, 2014, 01:41 PM
May 2014

I'm guessing that the repetition of talking points and that off-flesh-tone orange coloration should have been our clues that he's merely a robot with the "Chatty Kathy" pull cord. Now it's so obvious... and very late for all of us.

rock

(13,218 posts)
6. If you don't like the question asked
Fri May 9, 2014, 02:19 PM
May 2014

answer another.

PS. It then struck me that the correct question to ask Boehner would have been:
We know your top priority is on NRCC fundraising but is there anything else your focusing on?

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)
18. Very clever.
Sat May 10, 2014, 11:02 PM
May 2014

"We know your top priority is on NRCC fundraising but is there anything else your focusing on?"

Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)
7. Raising funds on a tragedy is a Republican trademark. They do it all the time.
Fri May 9, 2014, 02:59 PM
May 2014

No one is fooled by these sleazy tactics anymore.

pscot

(21,024 posts)
14. We wish
Sat May 10, 2014, 03:31 PM
May 2014

Half the country seems to lap it up, and Boehner has no trouble getting re-elected every 2 years.

 

TRoN33

(769 posts)
9. This is messed up.
Fri May 9, 2014, 05:09 PM
May 2014

He is very vidnictive to Benghazi victims' families. They asked them to move on. They asked them to not capitalize on this tragic event. They asked them to not politicize the event. They asked them not to conduct fundraiser of any kinds relate to Benghazi. They asked them to forgive and learn more from this event to build better security. They asked them to honor victims (not single Republican has honor them).

One thing that has been frighten me, as of this very moment, I can guarantee you all that despite for two years, none of Republicans will be able to remember all of victims' full names. They can only remember one or two, maybe three.

 

Hulk

(6,699 posts)
11. Such a spineless drunkard turd
Sat May 10, 2014, 04:58 AM
May 2014

Honestly, he is perfect for showing the entire world just how pathetic and low this country has sunk when it comes to leading the once proud nation of leaders. It's good proof of just exactly why this country can't move forward.
When you have leadership like this orange clown and Turtle-head mcConnel, along with Gohmert, Cruz, Bachmann, Closet-clinger Graham, mcGrumpy, Issa, and 95% of southern Dixie-flag waving hillbillies; it's a wonder we are as far as we are...yet.

mdbl

(4,973 posts)
16. We have been going backwards since 1980
Sat May 10, 2014, 09:29 PM
May 2014

We used to be farther years ago. The repugs have been sinking us back into fascism since Ronnie Raygun was put in office. The repug circus we have today is there to maintain the backward slide out of the middle class into poverty. They did a great job didn't they?

greymattermom

(5,751 posts)
12. taking the fifth
Sat May 10, 2014, 09:44 AM
May 2014

Some media folks need to describe this behavior as "taking the fifth". That could catch on. When you repeat the same answer word for word to every question, it sounds like you are guilty.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
19. Boehner and his RW ALWAYS Dodge Questions. DC elected- answer 30 mins of direct public ?s daily.
Sun May 11, 2014, 06:39 AM
May 2014

Most DC elected work a darn short day, 11am-2pm, 10am to 3pm. Many months of paid vacation!

Make them arrive 30 mins a day early and answer questions directly to Americans.


We 'the people' elected YOU Boehner, to work in OUR Gov.

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