Posted on 12/12/2010 4:34:05 PM PST by Sub-Driver
Boehner: Obama disrespectful to me By: Jake Sherman December 12, 2010 05:30 PM EST
John Boehner thinks President Barack Obama is engaging, smart and brilliant but also remains smarted by the president accusing him of taking taxpayers hostage to secure a tax break for the rich.
In an interview with Leslie Stahl of “60 Minutes” for broadcast Sunday night on CBS, Boehner said Obama showed him “disrespect” by calling him a hostage-taker.
“Excuse me, Mr. President I thought the election was over,” Boehner said, according to a transcript obtained by POLITICO. “You know, you get a lot of that heated rhetoric during an election. But now it's time to govern.”
The relationship between the president and the incoming House speaker was set to be the focal point of the Sunday night piece, the most recent foray by Boehner into prime-time news.
Their most recent example of working together bore fruits for the GOP. The deal Republicans secured on the Bush-era tax cuts, which also extend unemployment insurance, has the GOP giddy. Boehner said he found “common ground” with Democrats, but said he rejects using the word “compromise.”
Boehner’s kind words about the president also come with a caveat: the two see the world very differently.
“I think he's engaging,” Boehner said in the taped piece. “Certainly smart. Brilliant. But— you know, we come from different backgrounds. And I think our view of the economy— is also very different.”
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He hates you Boehner, get over it, and get on it. Repeal Obamacare full speed ahead and take no prisoners, stop expecting the left to be nice.
I assume Boehner is talking about the new POTUS-designee, bill clinton, right?
Barry is full of himself...........
...amongst other things ....
Glad to see Boehner speaking up, it shows courage and strength and ‘tics off Zero no doubt’...lol
What a stupid statement. The frickin' Republicans will never learn will they?
Boehner: Obama disrespectful to me
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just don’t let Obammy have any mulligans when ya go golfing.. or let him bum any cigs off of you.
But that was A-OK with state-run media.
What do you expect from a low-life Chicago thug?
What a stupid statement. The frickin' Republicans will never learn will they?
It may be boilerplate (or it may not), but I agree with you that it is stupid for any Republican to ever have said such a thing, and doubly so now.
And no, the Republicans don't seem to learn... at least not the ones who refuse to enjoy a good "cuppa" with the rest of us.
Mr. niteowl77
Different backgrounds is correct ..one comes from Ohio and the other Kenya.
You can take the thug out of Chicago, but you can’t take Chicago out of the thug.
I believe Baraq is the smartest EEO/Affirmative Action person to be elected POTUS.
I just get sick of this idiocy. Obama is an affirmative action baby. He's dumb. He can't even talk without a teleprompter. I'm sure he went through Harvard Law with affirmative action C's, and would have flunked out if he'd been white.
Why the hell is Boehner repeating this liberal propaganda nonsense?
There’s a reason he said that.....because in the next sentence he denigrated Obama....it’s standard procedure. Plus, I don’t think Boehner really believes he’s “brilliant”....but, will say it to get heard. PSYCHO-Politics
“What a stupid statement. The frickin’ Republicans will never learn will they?”
It would be stupid to say, even if it were true.
I consider Obambie to be mediocre at best.
Like many con artist, he could be engaging if not for his narcissism.
Boehner, he’s disrespectful to the whole darn country, specifically the constitution.
Obama can speak reasonably well with a teleprompter but is not that great at communicating. Never have I seen him display anything that indicates he is that smart compared to most politicians. Certainly I have never seen evidence of brilliance.
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