Boehner Out Golfing Amid Government Shutdown Talks

Boehner Out Golfing Amid Government Shutdown Talks

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.) assistants, who asked the Speaker for his score.

The Republican National Committee quickly noted that President Barack Obama was set to go to Florida in early March for a fundraiser with 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."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/2 ... 27899.html

Wow... It takes a bit of chutzpah to go out and play golf after the usual cheap-shots and criticism of the other side for doing EXACTLY the same thing??!?

And, WHERE ARE THE JOBS??? :bash

How come you got nothing to say about union thugs and their violence and racism loudmouth?

Feel free to start your own thread about it.

This thread is about Boehner out golfing while Government Shutdown talks are going on.

Practicing to become President.

Yes, being able to play golf instead of doing your job certainly does seem to be a qualification to be a GOP president.

Whats Odumdbo's excuse?

WHERE ARE THE JOBS?

LadyJazzer wrote: Feel free to start your own thread about it.

This thread is about Boehner out golfing while Government Shutdown talks are going on.

The thread already exists but cowards like you who have something to say about everything suddenly become mum when it's your ilk caught doing exactly what y'all want to holler about if you think a rep or con did it. You're less consequential than a fart in a wind storm with less credibility than barry.

Deflectors on maximum!

LJ:

How does it go now? Oh, the Faux outrage of the demented and perverted. I got it!!! With no credibility left at all, the left can't get out of this, so create an outrage over nothing. Is this like Nero (Obomination) Fiddling while Rome is Burning???

He has backtracked so much, he is becoming A GreeK?