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To: Seattle Conservative

It’s sometimes hard to get a coherent word out of Boehner.

http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/disgraced-ex-congressman-attacks-john-boehner-in-new-book-20130305

Disgraced Ex-Congressman Attacks John Boehner in New Book

Ney’s most dramatic accusations are against his fellow Ohioan John Boehner, the man he once saw as his biggest rival to someday being speaker. He describes Boehner as “a bit lazy” and “a man who was all about winning and money. He was a chain-smoking, relentless wine drinker who was more interested in the high life—golf, women, cigarettes, fun, and alcohol.” He said Boehner “spent almost all of his time on fundraising, not policy.” He “golfed, drank constantly, and took the easy way legislatively.” Ney recalled Boehner handing out checks on the House floor and said his ties with a tobacco company were so tight that lawmakers could get free cigarettes from Boehner’s office. His golfing, Ney said, was “nonstop” and “paid for by lobbyists.”

Ney wrote: “If the Justice Department were ever to make John produce receipts for his addiction to golf just for the years from 1995 to 2004, he would be hard-pressed to comply. John got away with more than any other Member on the Hill.”

The most inflammatory accusation against Boehner in the book is Ney’s contention that he ended his reelection campaign after winning the primary in 2006 only after Boehner, then the majority leader, summoned the cash-strapped and embattled congressman to his office and told him if he quit the race, Boehner would take care of him. “If you resign the next day, I will personally guarantee you a job comparable to what you are making, and raise legal defense money for you that should bury all this Justice Department problem for you,” Boehner said, according to Ney. He said he pressed Boehner, repeating the terms and getting assurance that the offer was “ironclad.” When Ney called back the next day to accept the deal, he wrote that he again repeated the terms to Boehner, who agreed. “Because of Boehner’s promise, I stepped aside,” he wrote. But Ney said Boehner did not keep his word. “I had been lied to and ditched,” Ney said.

http://www.wnd.com/2013/03/insider-spills-beans-on-d-c-s-dirty-secrets/

“I’m not calling anyone an alcoholic, being a recovering alcoholic, but I’ve got to tell you John Boehner is a constant drinker of wine. He’s been seen with lobbyists for decades on a nightly basis and drinking. I’m not judging him, but I think it’s part of the story.


67 posted on 01/04/2015 7:23:31 AM PST by maggief
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To: maggief

Interesting article - thanks for posting. The below perhaps describes why Boehner and Obama get along so well - except not sure if Obama is a wine aficionado (have heard he prefer choom) and the reference to women wrt Obama has been somewhat questioned by various references to his like of Man’s Country bath houses in Chi-town.

“He describes Boehner as “a bit lazy” and “a man who was all about winning and money. He was a chain-smoking, relentless wine drinker who was more interested in the high life—golf, women, cigarettes, fun, and alcohol.” He said Boehner “spent almost all of his time on fundraising, not policy.” He “golfed, drank constantly, and took the easy way legislatively.” Ney recalled”


102 posted on 01/04/2015 8:10:06 AM PST by Seattle Conservative (God Bless and protect our troops)
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To: maggief

” but I’ve got to tell you John Boehner is a constant drinker of wine. “

UKIP’s Nigel Farage is always pictured with a cigaret and a beer.

Bonner is a liar. End of Story - Oh, I forgot he is also a RINO


154 posted on 01/04/2015 10:24:36 AM PST by DanZ
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