Posted on 01/24/2014 11:21:43 AM PST by cotton1706
House Speaker John Boehner says in his job, he has to be many things, from a father figure to the Gestapo.
“People think, all right, you’re the speaker, you’re the leader,” Boehner told Jay Leno on “The Tonight Show” on Thursday night. “They don’t realize I’ve got a lot of other roles that I play. You know, some members, I have to be the big brother figure. Some I have to be the father figure. Others I have to be the dean of students or the principal. Some of them I have to be the Gestapo.”
The Ohio Republican, who grew up in a family with 11 siblings and a father that owned a bar, said he learned the skills he needs in Congress at a young age, including dealing with unsavory characters.
“I grew up in a big family. You have to learn to get along with each other … get things done as a a family,” Boehner said. “When you grow up at a bar — I mopped floors, did dishes, waited tables, tended bar. And you have to learn to deal with every jack—s that walks in the door. Trust me, I need all the skills I learned growing up to do my job.”
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John Dingell has been in office since my mother was in grade school.
The only thing Boehner ever mopped up were his own tears. If there was ever a position for “The Congressional Crier” Boehner would be an automatic winner.
I am impressed and grateful that you are here. Keep the faith.
awwww, my heart bleeds for him.
No John, you are simply a fool. An idiot. A nincompoop. That is what you are John. Stupid.
Wow. I’m not a big fan of Godwin’s law, but when you are first to describe YOURSELF as a Nazi, you have REALLY lost the debate.
Couldn’t he have said Napoleon or Attila the Hun?
If by “gestapo” he means an evil corrupt socialist who uses governmental power to wreak havic, he’s correct.
He’s more like “SA”, useful idiots who will be disposed of, once they are no longer useful.
[ Wow. I’m not a big fan of Godwin’s law, but when you are first to describe YOURSELF as a Nazi, you have REALLY lost the debate.
Couldn’t he have said Napoleon or Attila the Hun? ]
I wonder how much the Dims paid him to say that?
To us you’re just a failure.
I heard the sound of stupidity
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lol!
The sound of stupidity from the leader of the Stupid Party. Permanently stuck on stupid.
Thank You!
I have been here since '08, before I was old enough to drink, or Vote if this was 50 Years Ago.
And all the time he is blackmailed into submission to Barry.
If he is the leader of the GOPe, And find another very soon. Boehner looked like a falling down drunk.
He slurred his words. He displayed no leadership.
they need to reflect on their image.
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