m$nbc.com....Should powerful men weep in public?

[spanone]

now look below the title...

John Boehner, Glenn Beck among the many men who openly cry.

is glenn beck a 'powerful man'?

and is this really a 'debate'?

there is a new wrinkle in the debate over whether it's okay for men to try, especially powerful men in public forums. this after john boehner the next house speaker teared up during a " 60 minutes " interview.
outgoing speaker of the house nancy pelosi says she doesn't cry over politics, but she can't say the same about the surprisingly emotional man who's replacing her.
john boehner , soon to be the most powerful figure in the house of representatives often cries over pending legislation.
put it at the top of our list. it's provided for the safety and security of the american people .

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/40658791/ns/today-today_people/

[TwilightGardener]

1. Only OK if you're a Republican.

[spanone]

2. otherwise you're a wimp...imagine how they would castrate harry reid for weeping?

[TwilightGardener]

4. It would be over for him. But Republican tears are the stuff of manly patriotic love.

[Iris]

3. Someone metioned here that he will be 3rd in line for the Presidency

personally, I think someone at that level, whether he is a man or a she is a woman, should have some control over public displays of emotion.

[liberal N proud]

5. They will say it demonstrates compassion or something like that.

Something neither one of these assholes has!

[Warren DeMontague]

6. I'm more concerned about the fact that they talk out of their rectums.

:shrug:

[Forkboy]

7. Well, in Beck's case it's all phony. In the Dim Weeper's case it seems uncontrollable.

I think it's fine for men to cry openly if it's genuine, but seeing it happen so often and so easily with him makes me think there's more to it than that.

[snagglepuss]

8. What is odd to say the least is that this blubbering is fairly recent is it not.

I think he is taking cues from teleevangelists.

[Donnachaidh]

9. I love the way the media is falling all over itself, making excuses for sloppy drunk tears

Hypocrites.

The shitstorm of name-calling against Hillary -- and then THIS? Give me a frigging break! Guess Boner doesn't have a pair of *manpants* and the msm doesn't mind at all.