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60 Minutes had an segment on John Boehner Sunday evening. Many on the left are making a big deal of how much he cries (calling him Weeper-of-the-House), suggesting that if Speaker Pelosi had been as emotional, the right wingers would have had a field day with it. Leslie Stahl also noticed the frequency of Boehner's crying, and was honestly taken aback by it and asked him about it. Despite his reputation as being a rich guy who loves to play golf with lobbyists, Boehner's personal life-story is a traditional American success story, the 2nd oldest of 12 children (!), devout Roman Catholic (went to daily Mass), and from a family that were Kennedy Democrats, and Boehner worked as a janitor for 7 years while going to college. It's a nice piece and certainly gives you a lot of insights to the man. I would highly recommend it, I learned a lot about him. Apparently Boehner and Ted Kennedy were the best of friends and Boehner thought highly of him.





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Date: 13/12/10 21:54 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pattyoplenty.livejournal.com
Hmm...facts I didn't know. Thanks for sharing, although I do think he needs to tone down the water works just a tad.
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Date: 13/12/10 22:27 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pattyoplenty.livejournal.com
lolz...Debbie Downer....:)
I tend to find Beck a tad precious himself with the emotional stuff, so I don't know about him...O'Reilly, I'm not quite sure where he stands tbh...he's all over the map with his ideology...one moment he's conservative, the next he's moderate...it's like Sybil or something. Rush, yeah, most likely.

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Date: 13/12/10 22:07 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pattyoplenty.livejournal.com
Nah, I don't think it's an act...I think he's just an emotional person. I've seen him like this before with the weepiness.

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Date: 14/12/10 01:46 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] underlankers.livejournal.com
In politics one of those is as real as the other.

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