Boehner Responds to Reid: 'Go F— Yourself'

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[RummyChick]

"Go f— yourself," Boehner repeated.

Politico reports on the exchange:

House Speaker John Boehner couldn’t hold back when he spotted Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in the White House lobby last Friday.

It was only a few days before the nation would go over the fiscal cliff, no bipartisan agreement was in sight, and Reid had just publicly accused Boehner of running a “dictatorship” in the House and caring more about holding onto his gavel than striking a deal.

“Go f— yourself,” Boehner sniped as he pointed his finger at Reid, according to multiple sources present.

Reid, a bit startled, replied: “What are you talking about?”

Boehner repeated: “Go f— yourself.”

The harsh exchange just a few steps from the Oval Office — which Boehner later bragged about to fellow Republicans — was only one episode in nearly two months of high-stakes negotiations laced with distrust, miscommunication, false starts and yelling matches as Washington struggled to ward off $500 billion in tax hikes and spending cuts.

[grumpygresh]

Boner is clearly frustrated and this shows he is not up for the job. Sure, we all would like to f**k over these commies, but we need to do this in an effective way.

[Gene Eric]

A frustrated Boehner stuck in the middle with no dedicated allies.

[Secret Agent Man]

..startled....

harry did complain about how tired he was, after all.

[Cheerio]

Boehner Responds to Reid: 'Go F— Yourself'

Boys and girls ask yourself this - Why is this story - so called - even being reported on the morning when most all Conservatives cannot even stand the sight of Boner?

[conservative98]

We’re less than 50 minutes from Boehner’s resignation at 5pm tonight. Let’s go boys and girls.

[conservative98]

23 minutes to Boehner’s resignation...

[RummyChick]

Meet the new boss

[Vaquero]

Well, he has the same greeting for dingy hairy that I have for 0 bummer every time I hear his voice.

You too, eh?

[Darren McCarty]

It’s a temper tantrum. All he’s got. Weak.

[conservative98]

Mark Levin

22 minutes ago...

I'm told Cantor's office is leaking all over Boehner today, hoping to replace him as speaker. As far as I am concerned, Boehner, Cantor, & McCarthy need to go. All 3 of them.

[Nextrush]

A news leak designed to enhance Boehner’s image????

They how much the grassroots dislike Reid.

[navymom1]

Wow, our Speaker certainly has a whopping command of vocabulary.

[novemberslady]

I predict Boehner is out

Hope Cantor isn't in.

[Tzimisce]

He tells us conservatives to go f**k ourselves every day. :D

[chopperjc]

Sorry to disappoint but twitter saying no serious challengers to Boehner. He will sail through.

[NFHale]

Kinda wishing the ENTIRE GOP contingent of the House and Senate would stand up and collectively say same to the Dems, from Dumbo on down.

[Wisconsinlady]

This doesn’t impress me one bit. Now if he would have said it and then walked out with his entire caucus BEFORE voting the way Reid wanted him to, maybe then....

[lwoodham]

Now if Boehner had said that and then opened a can of whoopass on that seedy eyed maggot Harry Reid I might have gained some respect.

[Mountain Mary]

Good one, hummingbird.

[NonValueAdded]

If true, I will give him 1/2 point.