Barbara Walters just came out & said about Boehner crying "I'm sorry but this guy has got a problem"

[wndycty]

I think Boehner might regret crying like a baby on TV.

[tridim]

1. On TV?

I was hoping she wouldn't let that stuff slide. Go wah-wah!

[wndycty]

2. Yup right on THE VIEW

:kick:

[bobbolink]

3. Why is she sorry about it?

[WinkyDink]

55. It's an idiom. She isn't "sorry".

[Greybnk48]

4. he's mentally unstable and should not be in a high stress

position right now.

[tavalon]

5. As in an alcoholic about to hit rock bottom?

[Greybnk48]

12. I have thought that for quite a while, that he's a drunk.

He has those rheumy, alcoholic eyes.

[tavalon]

15. I can spot them a mile away, or in this case, from across the country

via TV. But what I can't figure out is how the fuck his skin is that color. That's not the usual color of jaundice which a cirrhotic liver would cause, but maybe that and some tanning supplies makes the Oompa Loompa look. Look closely at the "whites" of his eyes. If they are yellow, that liver has little left to go on.

[mopinko]

19. maybe that's why he is a tan fanatic- to cover the jaundice?

that would make sense of the idiocy.

[tavalon]

21. If that's the case, someone should tell the Oompa Loompa

that he just looks orange.

[hootinholler]

35. Heh, you play 50+ rounds of golf a year and see what your tan looks like

There are few activities that will give you a tan like that. Farming is one, roofers get them too.

A rule of thumb on golf courses is never bet with a guy whose tan is better than yours.

-Hoot

[immoderate]

39. Roofers play golf that good?

Yeah, I can see it.

--imm

[LiberalAndProud]

63. I know a lot of farmers and none of them are orange.

Whatever causes Boehner's unusual skin tone, I don't believe it has much to do with the sun.

[antigone382]

30. addison's disease? n/t

[elehhhhna]

37. maybe his fave new drink is the Carrotini

[Horse with no Name]

42. Yep.

The only tears that maggot would shed would be for himself unless there was an underlying issue.
Nurses can spot alcoholic a mile away--no matter how hard they hide it.
Even on his best days and when he isn't squalling and balling you can see it.

[csziggy]

52. Or, what is it, third in line to be President? n/t

[Pathwalker]

6. I suspect he has undiagnosed Type 2 Diabetes.

Many alcoholics are.

[GodlessBiker]

7. And that makes him cry?

[Pathwalker]

14. Diabetes causes mood swings, yes.

I have no idea why he's orange, though. :shrug:

[GodlessBiker]

20. LOL. Thanks.

[shanti]

33. it does?

never heard that before...i have T2D and don't have mood swings and never have. :shrug:

[Pathwalker]

36. Uncontrolled undiagnosed Diabetes. Everyone has different symptoms

of diseases, some have more/less than others. I had some, but not all before I was diagnosed. I have family and friends with both types of Diabetes, whose symptoms were also as individual as they were.

[chemenger]

57. Maybe he eats a lot of duck l'orange

:shrug:










:evilgrin:

[phleshdef]

8. I was thinking alcoholic liver disease, given the skin tone thing and all.

[Gman]

11. that's a different shade of orange

seriously.

[tavalon]

18. Seriously, I agree

I'd like to see his sclera. There are a number of other signals that make it likely, but that skin color, if it is jaundice, is the weirdest jaundice color I've ever seen.

[tavalon]

16. That's because pickled/scarred livers, and pancreas' make for

jaundice and type 2 diabetes.

[NV Whino]

9. It can also be a sign of depression

Great to have an untreated, depressed person in a position of power.

[wtmusic]

13. Two heartbeats away from the presidency, and the "football"

:scared:

[UTUSN]

10. K&R #10 n/t

[PearliePoo2]

17. He definitely has a problem....

and so do the American people that VOTED for this unstable, slobbering, maudlin poseur.
:puke:

[BrendaBrick]

22. Yeah, he did the same thing on 60 minutes last night.....

With Leslie Stahl. Geesh. I think its fine to be able to show your emotions from time to time (actually, a bit admirable)...but when its clearly used as a ploy like this (and Glenn Beck too) than I find it incredibly insulting!

Like we should think...oh golly gee, poor, little fella. He pulled himself up by his bootstraps, worked as a janitor to pay his way through college etc...and that really was all fine and good BACK in a time when if you *played by the rules*....you were generally rewarded for it.

THIS IS NOT the climate today (and I realize that I am preaching to the choir here...) it just peeves me to no end that this sort of outdated mindset is STILL being touted today and same goes for the other segment on 60 minutes with Jerry Jones/Dallas Cowboys. I'm supposed to feel sorry for this guy??????

Shame that 60 minutes has resorted to this sappy, sentimental crap instead of the hard-hitting investigative reporting of days gone past where they exposed corruption and injustice!

(OK - just had to get that off my chest!!!!) Rant officially over.

[AlinPA]

25. I see him a a goddam republican fake. Trying to act like he has some kind of emotions. nt

[badgerpup]

46. Normally I respect a man who is man enough to cry...

...but there's a time and place.

Using tears as a weapon or tool to manipulate people (coming from ANYONE, male OR female over about 5 years old) is just dirty, mean, and wrong. :grr:

All that happens when people try to manipulate me is that I get really, REALLY pissed...:hide::yoiks:

[eppur_se_muova]

23. His problem is called "bad acting". He's a drama queen.

When the big tough conservative is moved to tears, you know it must be extra-tragic. It's a ploy to make dangerous right-wingers look human.

[DemocratAholic]

24. not to defend Boehner but...

I just watched the 60 minutes interview with Boehner on the Internet. Here is a link...

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2010/12/john_boehners_crying_game.html

He reminds me a lot of my father (who is also a Republican). Don't get me wrong, I think Boehner is a total jerk. By the way, my father is a total jerk as well, and an alcoholic.

The reason he reminds me of my father is because my father also grew up very, very poor. And my father also became very financially successful as an adult. I don't think it is obvious in this interview why Boehner becomes so emotional. The reason he becomes so emotional, in my opinion, he is remembering his childhood feelings. He was probably very ashamed of being poor (as was my own father). When he starts saying things that remind him of that shame or humiliation he felt as a child, those feelings come back to him. He is trying to play it off as though he is getting emotional because he cares about other people. That isn't it at all, and I doubt he recognizes the reason why he is getting emotional. These are his childhood feelings coming to the surface.

You may have experienced this yourself, I know I have. Recalling something about your childhood that is very painful. Something you have never really connected with emotionally as an adult. You start remembering it, and it makes you cry and you can't control it. It's very difficult for other people to see (a grown man crying).

As much as I can't stand this guy, I am never going to criticize someone for crying. I think he is being completely disingenuous about the reason he is getting emotional, but like I said, I doubt he even understands the reason. Also, there may be a lot of things about his childhood we know nothing about. He may have been an abused child. He may have been taunted by other children because he was poor. Who knows?

I know it is not acceptable for people in our society to publicly show emotion like this. I think that is unfortunate. We're all human, we all have feelings. I think we as Democrats, being the party with people who are more understanding, empathic and enlightened about things like this, should be careful about those things we choose to criticize Republicans for. It's very easy to criticize someone for crying, but do we want to lower ourselves to that level? Taking the easy shots?

Regarding Barbara Walters, I find something incredibly hypocritical about her talking about this considering the way in which she, quite literally, tries to make people cry in her interviews. I don't think she even feels like she has succeeded in an interview unless she can bring someone to tears.

Lastly, there can be something very cathartic about having a good cry. Sometimes I don't think it's possible to get over certain feelings unless you do have a good cry about it. If I had to give advice to Boehner, I would tell him to think about these things that are making him emotional in private, and have a really great long crying jag about it. Release it from your system. Then it won't be trapped in your system, and less likely to come to the surface in the middle of speeches and interviews. A good psychotherapist might be of value as well. He obviously has something very painful trapped inside.

[Gin]

26. he may be nearing a nervous breakdown and the pressure of being

leader may take him over the cliff...time will tell.

[thereismore]

27. Some people would consider being a total jerk and an alcoholic a problem.

Hell, one of those things is enough.

[FrancisTreptoe]

38. Absolutely agreed

As much as i dislike Boehner, I don't think any of us can criticize the man for crying. Though i will admit it was a bit weird that it happened on national television.

[newspeak]

41. Well, if he was very, very poor

it seems that he does not think about the poor. And if he worked hard as a janitor, which is labor, I don't see him advocating for labor rights or working conditions. He seems to be "I got mine, the hell with everyone else"-oh, except for my best obscenely wealthy buds.

[chemenger]

58. Thinking about the middle class makes little Johnny Boner cry!

Typical re:puke:

[madisongrace]

43. Good Analysis IMHO... n/t

[Gemini Cat]

45. Uh huh. Boner wasn't poor.

His parents owned a popular tavern in Cincinnati Ohio. He may not have been rich, but he didn't go to bed hungry. His cry baby act is just that... an act.

[Skittles]

48. I don't think the crying part is an act

just watch him - there's something deeply wrong with that guy

[eridani]

53. There's actual crying, and then there are crocodile tears

That fucker is a sociopath who is faking it.

[tomp]

54. that's an interesting post. i'd like to maintain some empathy for the man....

...but he's hurting a lot of people and helping to destroy the country. our entire government is full of people who are mentally and or emotionally unbalanced. he, and they, need to be removed from a place where he and they can do harm and THEN given help for their problems, and replaced with people who care about other people. also keep in mind, he may be a sociopath, which is not really amenable to treatment.

it would be nice if we could isolate and treat independently the many different aspects of a person, but i believe they are all working together. it's the totality of a person we have to be most concerned with.

[DemocratAholic]

61. the reason I made that comparison to my father

The reason I was saying that Boehner reminded me of my Republican, alcoholic, total jerk of a father is because I have spent my whole life trying to come to some kind of understanding why my father is the way that he is. I could write a book about the unbelievable selfish, despicable things he has done...that have caused enormous harm to me personally. Because of the fact that I am so closely related to him, I can't easily dismiss him. On one hand, he does things that are horrible and unthinkable, on the other hand I have observed moments (which I would compare to this incident with Boehner), where his emotions come to the surface and I can see a glimpse into his "humanness." I would never try to excuse the actions of my father or of Boehner. I wasn't trying to suggest Boenher is fit for office anymore than I would suggest my father is fit to be a parent. I was only trying to say that, from my own perspective, I welcome moments like this when people show their humanness. If not for these kinds of moments I witnessed from my father, I literally would believe I was the spawn of the devil. Of course, everything I am saying comes from my own perspective and life experience, which comes after years of living in a dysfunctional family and I am really screwed up because of it. I totally agree there is probably something seriously wrong with Boehner psychologically, I think the same thing about all Republicans. I will never understand how Republicans can be so selfish, maniacal and uncaring towards their fellow human beings. I'll never understand how my father could do things to hurt me either. I was just saying that in this one incident, i.e., where his emotions comes to the surface (however screwed up the reasons for it may be), that is not something I would want to criticize anyone for. I think that we as Democrats need to be careful about the things we criticize Republicans for, and I think it is dangerous for us to criticize them for things such as this. We may end up appearing hypocritical if this kind of thing ever occurred with a Democrat. I do believe that it is possible for any human to be suddenly taken with emotion they can't control. Politicians in the USA are almost like robots, and if they ever dare to show emotion, the media is very quick to dismiss them. Personally, I can't do that because I have to believe that even the worst people have something human inside them.

[tomp]

62. of course. i get what you are saying.

i agree with your idea that the wide range of humanity exists in all of us.

i don't know what we're seeing in boehner with his crying. for all i know he's having a psychotic episode. i would have to examine him to know more.

i do feel that however human boehner may be, he is a danger to others, as frankly are a very high percentage of politicians, including democrats, and they ALL should be removed from positions of influence, and then helped with whatever we can do to help heal them.

first things first. no politician should be having uncontrollable crying jags. the fact that this is bursting out of him is only a more obvious sign of his ill health. his general daily activities, like those of most of his colleagues, is there for all to see, but less "obvious."

[old mark]

28. I'm REALLY sorry - this guy is about to become Speaker Of the House.nt

[lpbk2713]

29. Go Barbara.

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:


Barbara might be prone to making understatements
now and then but her heart is in the right place.

[felix_numinous]

31. Republicans MO is to have unstable people in power

from Reagan (Alzheimer's), Bush Sr was on halidol with Dan Quayle (idiot) as his life insurance, Bush Jr (life long addict), MCCain (emotionally unstable), not to mention Palin and O'Donnell, and the countless other emotionally and sexually dysfunctional members.

Every one of these people needs handlers in order to keep up the appearance of competency--and Boehner's handlers no doubt are in the background somewhere, to keep him propped up with some kind of meds.

These unstable people are just a front, a mask, it is no accident they are there-- to distract and disguise the power behind them. They are in place only because of their compliance, and their public dysfunction rarely precludes their job security.

[rucky]

32. And she's seen enough people cry on-air to know.

[OneGrassRoot]

56. Good point. ;) n/t

[Dappleganger]

34. He's a drunk.

What do you expect, a Rhodes Scholar?

[wndycty]

40. LOL

:kick:

[kentuck]

44. He's a sanctimonious drunk

:hippie: :toast:

[upi402]

49. 'sanctimonious' is a good word for it

'Phony' comes to mind too.

[Skittles]

47. Ms. Walters would be correct

the man is very unstable

[samplegirl]

50. I'ts called over acting people!!!

[BigBearJohn]

51. With a name like "boner" -- I'd be crying too

[ClassWarrior]

59. If you have a weeping orange boner, consult your physician.

NGU.

[patricia92243]

60. Now that is funny!! n/t