Thanks for this - hadn’t seen it. Given that the stories seem to be about 3-4 years old and they didn’t seem to hurt him getting re-elected as a Rep from Ohio or elected as Speaker, I wonder if they’ll have any bearing now. Regardless of whether he did or didn’t have affairs, he’s been a lousy Speaker and he needs to go.
Not only does he cave to Obummer, he isn’t getting the message out. When Pelosi was Speaker, she was on TV every week with her presser (saw them on FNC). I’ve rarely seen Boehner doing the same thing. Perhaps he does so and I’ve missed them or the media doesn’t cover them often, but he’s the Speaker for heaven’s sake, he could push for more coverage and if the LSM didn’t cover it, IMHO he has somewhat of a bully pulpit - Pelousy sure knew how to use it.
One reference I saw says that the NYT is getting ready to do a bigt hit piece on Boehner,so we shall see.
It’s sometimes hard to get a coherent word out of Boehner.
Disgraced Ex-Congressman Attacks John Boehner in New Book
Ney’s most dramatic accusations are against his fellow Ohioan John Boehner, the man he once saw as his biggest rival to someday being speaker. He describes Boehner as “a bit lazy” and “a man who was all about winning and money. He was a chain-smoking, relentless wine drinker who was more interested in the high life—golf, women, cigarettes, fun, and alcohol.” He said Boehner “spent almost all of his time on fundraising, not policy.” He “golfed, drank constantly, and took the easy way legislatively.” Ney recalled Boehner handing out checks on the House floor and said his ties with a tobacco company were so tight that lawmakers could get free cigarettes from Boehner’s office. His golfing, Ney said, was “nonstop” and “paid for by lobbyists.”
Ney wrote: “If the Justice Department were ever to make John produce receipts for his addiction to golf just for the years from 1995 to 2004, he would be hard-pressed to comply. John got away with more than any other Member on the Hill.”
The most inflammatory accusation against Boehner in the book is Ney’s contention that he ended his reelection campaign after winning the primary in 2006 only after Boehner, then the majority leader, summoned the cash-strapped and embattled congressman to his office and told him if he quit the race, Boehner would take care of him. “If you resign the next day, I will personally guarantee you a job comparable to what you are making, and raise legal defense money for you that should bury all this Justice Department problem for you,” Boehner said, according to Ney. He said he pressed Boehner, repeating the terms and getting assurance that the offer was “ironclad.” When Ney called back the next day to accept the deal, he wrote that he again repeated the terms to Boehner, who agreed. “Because of Boehner’s promise, I stepped aside,” he wrote. But Ney said Boehner did not keep his word. “I had been lied to and ditched,” Ney said.
http://www.wnd.com/2013/03/insider-spills-beans-on-d-c-s-dirty-secrets/
“I’m not calling anyone an alcoholic, being a recovering alcoholic, but I’ve got to tell you John Boehner is a constant drinker of wine. He’s been seen with lobbyists for decades on a nightly basis and drinking. I’m not judging him, but I think it’s part of the story.