John Beohner has an alcohol problem

[Yoder777]

This really isn't a laughing matter.

 

[Michie]

Who's laughing? Nobody wants to speculate on his personal foibles is all. Nobody knows for sure if he even has a problem.

What's to accomplish here yakking about it?

 

[Yoder777]

Who's laughing? Nobody wants to speculate on his personal foibles is all. Nobody knows for sure if he even has a problem.

What's to accomplish here yakking about it?

Actually, it's already been explained several times that there's more than enough evidence that he has an alcohol problem and that it's affecting his ability to conduct his office as Speaker of the House, third in line from the President of the United States, the most powerful nation in the world.

 

[Michie]

Actually, it's already been explained several times that there's more than enough evidence that he has an alcohol problem and that it's affecting his ability to conduct his office as Speaker of the House, third in line from the President of the United States, the most powerful nation in the world.

You read it? Must be true then. Since there is no such thing as partisan reporting on both sides. You let his family, co-workers, & superiors worry about it.

Until he swaggers in with a bottle of booze in his hands & displays openly he has a problem, none of our business.

Again, what do you expect to accomplish here speculating?

 

[Wolseley]

I personally don't consider Boehner's alcohol problem to be any more of a handicap in doing his job than Harry Reid's spite, Nancy Pelosi's bubbleheadedness, or Obama's belief that he's a lot smarter than he actually is.

(Actually, I think Obama would work out quite well as a professor of liberal politics at an eastern community college somewhere; anything above that, and he's in over his head. He certainly doesn't have the temperament or qualifications or experience needed to be president of the United States, and that's fer dern sure.)

 

[Kotton]

(Actually, I think Obama would work out quite well as a professor of liberal politics at an eastern community college somewhere; anything above that, and he's in over his head. He certainly doesn't have the temperament or qualifications or experience needed to be president of the United States, and that's fer dern sure.)

He is in over his head, and proves it every time he speaks or acts. I was opposed to him and his policies when he ran for the senate. He didn't deserve that position let alone the White House.

 

[Wolseley]

He is in over his head, and proves it every time he speaks or acts. I was opposed to him and his policies when he ran for the senate. He didn't deserve that position let alone the White House.

I agree.

 

[Michie]

I agree.

I think he can act just as stupidly without alcohol as with.

But can't we all?

After this, I think he won't be climbing anymore political career ladders.

 

[Wolseley]

After this, I hope there's a lot of people in Washington who won't be climbing any more political career ladders.

 

[Dusky Mouse]

Capital Hill Blue Article) John Boehner: When drunks lead Congress, disaster is the only option

Published October 9, 2013

Third in line to the White house. If he's unfit as speaker he's unfit for the White house.
And we have every right to talk about his obvious condition. It is our business! We put him in office! He works for us!

 

[Cosmic Charlie]

Look I don't get why everyone is such up in arms about this.

This is the worst kept secret in Washington.

John Boehner is a high functioning alcoholic. He's said to be drunk everyday by 5 pm.

Which means he starts drinking at lunch.

Which means he's manipulable by about 3.

Which means he's not really capable of running one half of one third of the branches of goverment.

Right now he's the most important guy in the world.

and he's drunk

by

5 pm

every day.


and somehow this is none of our business ?

 

[Michie]

Look I don't get why everyone is such up in arms about this.

This is the worst kept secret in Washington.

John Boehner is a high functioning alcoholic. He's said to be drunk everyday by 5 pm.

Which means he starts drinking at lunch.

Which means he's manipulable by about 3.

Which means he's not really capable of running one half of one third of the branches of goverment.

Right now he's the most important guy in the world.

and he's drunk

by

5 pm

every day.


and somehow this is none of our business ?

I don't think there is any definitive proof except 'The National Equirer' gossipy sources dishing the dirt.

Have definitive proof?

 

[Fantine]

I neither know nor care whether he drinks to excess.

My concerns about his character are due to his wanting to hold on to his power so much that the fear of a primary challenge from a well-financed lunatic motivates him more than the potential fall of our country.

 

[Dusky Mouse]

I don't think there is any definitive proof except 'The National Equirer' gossipy sources dishing the dirt.

Have definitive proof?

Have you watched any of the YT videos where he's speaking in his condition?

 

[Michie]

Have you watched any of the YT videos where he's speaking in his condition?

No. I can't really watch videos because I'm not on high speed.

My point is...unless there is definitive proof any of this is true & it is affecting his job...what purpose does it serve? Just seems like mean spirited gossip to me.

 

[Yoseft]

As an absentee voter I'll offer that that is none of your business.
And it has not a thing to do with Boehner's fitness as Speaker or his alleged alcoholism.
And while nothing shall be hid on That Day, what is revealed shall be to God alone. Which means it won't be your business then either.

I sincerely apologize. Please forgive me.

 

[Cosmic Charlie]

No. I can't really watch videos because I'm not on high speed.

My point is...unless there is definitive proof any of this is true & it is affecting his job...what purpose does it serve? Just seems like mean spirited gossip to me.

What is your definition of "definitive" ?

Google "john beohner drinking problem"

You'll get pages of articles on the subject, a DUI arrest in 2011 no one seems to know about and an ethics committee investigation request for 2012 suggesting that beohner's drinking is effecting his ability to lead the house.


I mean, seriously, short of living with the guy and documenting his alochol intake what do we need to meet "definitive" ?

 

[Yoder777]

Please keep in mind, the only reason why Republicans have control of the House is their gerrymandering of districts. Democratic candidates for the House received over two million more votes nation-wide in 2012 than Republicans. It's not like Boehner has a serious mandate from the American people when he tries to shut down the government or take our economy to collapse with the debt ceiling crisis just because he hates Obama.

The United States already had its credit rating downgraded because of John Boehner's bad leadership with the last debt ceiling crisis. Why does everything the Republicans in Congress do have to be a self-caused crisis? Are they that reckless and feckless? As someone in recovery, it's natural for me to question how Boehner's well known and heavy drinking may be impairing his office.

 

[Michie]

What is your definition of "definitive" ?

Google "john beohner drinking problem"

You'll get pages of articles on the subject, a DUI arrest in 2011 no one seems to know about and an ethics committee investigation request for 2012 suggesting that beohner's drinking is effecting his ability to lead the house.


I mean, seriously, short of living with the guy and documenting his alochol intake what do we need to meet "definitive" ?

I would say not fulfilling is obligations. Stumbling drunk in public. Things like that. Not the political grapevine which we all know is tainted beyond repair. I'm talking current actions. Not past actions.

Inside sources are always quoted & never revealed. Same tactic celebrity rags use.

 

[Yoder777]

I am sorry to anyone who would be personally offended by the thread I started. At no time did I personally attack Boehner for his drinking, as he is a man in serious need of help, not scorn.