Boehner goes golfing during shutdown negotiations

[catgirl]

Sam Stein at Huffington Post: Senate Dems Ding Boehner For Golfing Amid Shutdown Negotiations

WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats took some shots at House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) Thursday for leaving town and playing a round of golf while congressional negotiators work to avoid a government shutdown.

Boehner was on a fundraising trip to Florida during this week's congressional recess, and on Wednesday reportedly hit the links at "an undisclosed course in Sarasota." This prompted a bit of snark from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-Nev.) Twitter handlers, who asked the Speaker for his score.

The Republican National Committee quickly noted that President Barack Obama had likewise been in Florida the week before, fundraising for Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson. That's a valid point, but as a Senate Democratic Leadership aide pointed out, in the run up to the last government shutdown in 1995, Boehner criticized then-President Bill Clinton for playing a round while Congress continued its work.

"Now is the time, not to play golf as the president did yesterday, now is the time to act. The president has talked about balancing the budget," Boehner said at the time. "But so far, the president has offered no leadership and the president has offered no plan."

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/24/boehner-golfing-senate-dems-tee-off_n_827899.html

[SpiralHawk]

1. Teh Boehner goes AWOL to play with his putter

Soooooo Republicon.

[Ikonoklast]

5. Jesus, that screams "Suburban Tool".

[catgirl]

6. He could star in a Bleach ad n/t

[rasputin1952]

10. He'd make millions for the Eye Bleach manufacturers...

:D

[rasputin1952]

9. Some people should NEVER wear shorts in public!

Actually, in this case, some people should never be {i]seen in public!

[cloudbase]

2. Clinton knew how to play around.

Or is that a round. . .

Anyway, Boehner can't play golf, since he doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground.

[Blue Owl]

3. Par for the course

n/t

[MadMaddie]

4. Oh dear!!

:spank:

[underpants]

7. You could have at least given us a FORE!!

:rofl:

[underpants]

8. Boehner is nothing but a money machine and a joke

He routinely makes promises only to walk out the meeting room door to find the rank and file directly counteracting him.

I have no idea why the Dems even talk to him other than decorum. Fox News runs that show and everyone knows it. Frum admitted it and got booted out (again).

[old mark]

11. K&R- Was there any booze around? Seems like Boehner is never too far from a bottle...nt