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cali

(114,904 posts)
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 07:00 PM Aug 2012

Speaker Boehner: Obama has 'never even had a real job, for God's sake'


By Justin Sink - 08/02/12 03:21 PM ET

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) lashed out at President Obama during an interview Tuesday, saying the president has "never even had a real job, for God's sake."

Boehner was discussing the presidential election, and accusing President Obama's campaign team of using "over-the-top" rhetoric to distract from his economic record.

<snip>

Then the Ohio lawmaker lit into the president's qualifications to discuss job creation.

"But the president has never created a job. He's never even had a real job, for God's sake," Boehner said. "And I can tell you from my dealings with him, he has no idea how the real world, that we actually live in, works

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http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/241937-boehner-obama-has-never-even-had-a-real-job-for-christs-sake
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Speaker Boehner: Obama has 'never even had a real job, for God's sake' (Original Post) cali Aug 2012 OP
fuck ya, Mr. Orangeman Whisp Aug 2012 #1
What You Said + otohara Aug 2012 #34
What a meat head!! ailsagirl Aug 2012 #2
Jealous much Boehner? Obama has "THE Real Job"! chowder66 Aug 2012 #3
Jimmy Kimmel's New Crying John Boehner Doll proud2BlibKansan Aug 2012 #4
I loved that bit! (nt) RedStateLiberal Aug 2012 #7
I Want One!!! HangOnKids Aug 2012 #10
Can you really get one of those at Walgreens? Brigid Aug 2012 #23
You've got Eric Cantor stabbing you in the back, as you speak..... DCKit Aug 2012 #5
REALLY, DC! elleng Aug 2012 #13
and then Boner turned back to the bar and ordered another round Adenoid_Hynkel Aug 2012 #6
These lies should be dealt with IMMEDIATELY AC_Mem Aug 2012 #8
... undeterred Aug 2012 #14
I think I remember Boner's telling of his hard scrabble beginings as brewens Aug 2012 #16
starting with the reporter Enrique Aug 2012 #28
Orange you the witty one, Johnny Tom Ripley Aug 2012 #9
John Boehner has been in Congress for 22 years, previously he held just one job, for 13 Bluenorthwest Aug 2012 #11
To Be Fair Didn't He Lick Err Sweep The Floor Of His Father's Bar? n/t HangOnKids Aug 2012 #18
Desperation setting in. speedoo Aug 2012 #12
rMoney created a company that butchered live companies while the screamed SDjack Aug 2012 #15
He must have missed the memo about how hard the work was.... chknltl Aug 2012 #17
In other words, Obama has never had to work on his tan aint_no_life_nowhere Aug 2012 #19
You win this thread. Brigid Aug 2012 #24
I thought Obama was a professsor and used to teach law? notadmblnd Aug 2012 #20
according to some people, no Johonny Aug 2012 #22
It Gets Worse Lacipyt Aug 2012 #33
bwahahaha.... so serving in Congress (House or Senate) isn't a "real job" salin Aug 2012 #21
boner is blueknight Aug 2012 #25
John of Orange has never created a real job. muntrv Aug 2012 #26
Justin Sink, stenographer Enrique Aug 2012 #27
Is it really okay for the S of the H to insult the President like that? progressivebydesign Aug 2012 #29
Huh? Obama has no idea how the real world works, but Mr. Silver Spoon Romey does? gollygee Aug 2012 #30
John of Orange has only ever had one full-time job The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2012 #31
The Repubs are getting desperate. NYC Liberal Aug 2012 #32
And you crybaby boner are a broke dick. part man all 86 Aug 2012 #35
 

HangOnKids

(4,291 posts)
10. I Want One!!!
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 07:09 PM
Aug 2012

Damn! That was the funniest video, love it where the kid is smashing the pillow on Boner's face. The likeness of that doll to Weeping John is amazing.

 

DCKit

(18,541 posts)
5. You've got Eric Cantor stabbing you in the back, as you speak.....
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 07:04 PM
Aug 2012

but you're still going on about that time-travelling Muslim.

Yeah, you've got your priorities straight Orange Boner.

 

Adenoid_Hynkel

(14,093 posts)
6. and then Boner turned back to the bar and ordered another round
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 07:05 PM
Aug 2012

to prepare himself for a busy day of golf tomorrow

AC_Mem

(1,979 posts)
8. These lies should be dealt with IMMEDIATELY
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 07:08 PM
Aug 2012

Comon Ax ! Let's get the commercials out that will destroy this lie with the truth.

He met his beautiful wife Michelle Obama when he was working at the law firm where she was employed. Also - From Wiki:

<snip>

"Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he was the president of the Harvard Law Review. He was a community organizer in Chicago before earning his law degree. He worked as a civil rights attorney in Chicago and taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. He served three terms representing the 13th District in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004." - <snip>

Boner LIES. RoMoney LIES. Republicans LIE.

Liars - LIE.

It took me about 10 seconds to find the truth.

shine on,
Annette

brewens

(13,581 posts)
16. I think I remember Boner's telling of his hard scrabble beginings as
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 07:15 PM
Aug 2012

working in his fathers bar. That could mean a lot of things. Anyone that has worked for a family run business knows that it might be 50/50 at best, a guy actually being a worthwhile employee or not. Chances are he did the bare minimum and stole more booze than his value to the business could possibly have been.

 

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)
11. John Boehner has been in Congress for 22 years, previously he held just one job, for 13
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 07:10 PM
Aug 2012

years which ended in 1990. One private sector job, the bulk of his career has been taking a paycheck from the taxpayers. He's not had a 'real job' in over two decades.
Here is one of the President's positions held since Boehner stopped working 'real jobs':
Davis, Miner, Barnhill & Galland, a 13-attorney law firm specializing in civil rights litigation and neighborhood economic development, where he was an associate for three years from 1993 to 1996, then counsel from 1996 to 2004.

John of Orange is a liar like all conservatives.

speedoo

(11,229 posts)
12. Desperation setting in.
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 07:12 PM
Aug 2012

Boner knows Mitttwitt is a walking, talking disaster, and now he's starting to worry about the House.

SDjack

(1,448 posts)
15. rMoney created a company that butchered live companies while the screamed
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 07:15 PM
Aug 2012

in pain for their lives. He's nothing but a sadistic butcher. No different than a redneck who butchers a live rabbit or filet's a live fish. That's the wrong kind of experience to be the president of the USA.

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
19. In other words, Obama has never had to work on his tan
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 07:21 PM
Aug 2012

Tanning is Boner's only real job, his full-time job, especially since the Republicans have shut down the real work of the Congress.

Johonny

(20,840 posts)
22. according to some people, no
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 07:46 PM
Aug 2012

see this as an appeal to blue collar workers that think white collar jobs are not the same thing as tough man's work. There is also the subtle hint Obama got affirmative action helping him out the whole time thus didn't earn his work. This is just an attempt at divide and conquer class warfare which their party is known for.

Obama is not in touch with you the sheet metal worker because he never had a "real" job. That kind of talk works on some people. It is in the same vain as Bush was the type of guy you'd have a beer with. Etc...

Lacipyt

(58 posts)
33. It Gets Worse
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 08:56 PM
Aug 2012

I saw a report on Fox News (yes, yes, I know) about how teachers make more per hour than architects, accountants, etc.

What was never clarified for me was this: Are they counting only the hours they are teaching in the classroom or does that involve the pre (creating lessons plans) and post (grading assignments) work as well?

I imagine those same people believe teachers arrive in the classroom with everything (magically?) prepared for them, and that tests are put into a machine which grades them (and not just the scantrons!) and certainly they never stay after the bell rings to straighten up, help students, work on projects, etc.

salin

(48,955 posts)
21. bwahahaha.... so serving in Congress (House or Senate) isn't a "real job"
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 07:42 PM
Aug 2012

how many years has Boehner been in Congress ... "not in a real job"? According to his assertion that serving in congress is not a real job, exactly how long has it been since Boehner has held a real job?

Oh, this comment is a beaut!

Enrique

(27,461 posts)
27. Justin Sink, stenographer
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 08:36 PM
Aug 2012

what is the point of writing this story if hes not going to fact check it.

progressivebydesign

(19,458 posts)
29. Is it really okay for the S of the H to insult the President like that?
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 08:42 PM
Aug 2012

I honestly don't remember if that is considered okay. It seems extremely tacky and rude.

Why doesn't the media fucking CALL these guys on the lies?????

Oh man. that Hill site is a cesspool!!! The stupid comments. my head hurts.

gollygee

(22,336 posts)
30. Huh? Obama has no idea how the real world works, but Mr. Silver Spoon Romey does?
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 08:43 PM
Aug 2012

Which one of these ones has ever had to keep a budget?

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,681 posts)
31. John of Orange has only ever had one full-time job
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 08:44 PM
Aug 2012

before he was elected to Congress (from Wikipedia):

Shortly after his graduation in 1977, Boehner accepted a position with Nucite Sales, a small sales business in the packaging and plastics industry. He was steadily promoted and eventually became president of the firm, resigning in 1990 when he was elected to Congress.


In other words, he was a sort of Michael Scott, working at a Dunder-Mifflin kind of outfit. Except Michael Scott is just a clueless dork, not a crying drunk. Obama, in contrast, was a practicing attorney and a law professor at a highly-regarded law school. Those sound like real jobs to me.
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