Boehner says giving more snacks and naps to tea party crucial to getting a budget deal

[Mikeystyle]

A recently-threatened government shutdown was avoided by a last-minute offer from President Barack Obama to provide more snacks and longer naptimes for members of Congress, which was crucial to winning tea party support.

House Speaker John Boehner made this revelation in a Sunday appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” Boehner noted that although Obama agreed to Republicans’ initial demands weeks ago, the GOP kept moving the goalposts by asking for more cuts.

“The president kept agreeing to what we wanted and each time we’d yell ‘psyche’ and demand more. We wound up getting more than 70 percent of the cuts we wanted but that still wasn’t enough for members of my caucus, even after I told them that the president wasn’t going to cave in to us anymore,” Boehner said. “A lot of the freshmen Republicans, the tea partiers, are young and they can get really cranky in the afternoon so frankly the president’s offer was a relief for me as well.”

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http://www.thechicagodope.com/2011/04/10/tea-party-placated-on-budget-with-snacks-and-naps/

[MiddleFingerMom]

1. Snacks?!?!? Nap-time?!?!?

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Obviously, I have to give my "opposition" to the Teabaggers MUCH more thought.
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[Motown_Johnny]

2. Never True, Always Accurate.

this is a joke site, and not even a good one


Boehner wasn't on MTP yesterday.

Couldn't they even get that part straight?

[Myrina]

3. I assume this piece is sarcasm?

If not ... :wtf:

[Mikeystyle]

4. sarcasm, but oh so true

within every joke, there's a kernel of truth