This is getting posted for a couple of reasons. #1 - WHIO was having problems last night and was off the air for a period of time. A lot of people missed this. #2 - Interested to see everyone's reaction ... so consider this an open thread about the 60 Minutes segment. [you will have to watch one commercial in order to see the official CBS video]
Thanks for showing. I look forward to seeing what Mr. Boehner can accomplish. I believe a little passion is what this country needs! :)
ReplyDeleteAlthough I can appreciate a man in touch with his feelings, Mr Boehner is a bit too weepy in this interview for my taste. If this were President Obama crying can you imagine how Rush & the conservative "entertainment media" would be skewering him for being too emotional? We need a leader who cares and is STRONG and not a "cry baby". If Boehner were to run for president I think his uncontrollable weepiness could pose a problem. Just my opinion.
ReplyDeleteI'm not a fan of his to begin with and never realized what a drama, cry baby he is!
ReplyDeleteDJ, thanks for posting this, I believe that I learned more about John Boehner in that segment than I've learned in the last 20 years. He and the president may surprise everyone.
ReplyDeleteI think he may have started out with humble roots but has been too involved with big money contributors for too long. He is sympathetic to his contributors who keep him in office and his aspirations going. His policies favor big money at the expense of the many families like the ones he came from. I think he has lost his moral compass and needs to either find his roots or step aside. Too much money and too much power corrupts and he is that person. He may have started out in one place but he has now lived in a totally different world for too long.
ReplyDeleteEveryone in Washington needs to work together. To go into this jobs refusing to cooperate and negotiate only hurts the families like he came from. Repub or Dem, you need to work things out. Forget ideology on either side and cut the "chickencrap" rhetoric. What is good for the country is moving forward, not stalled in the mud.
Boehner is a career politician who's time has come to move on. His hands are too greased to have a good hold on what needs done.
All though I did not realize John Boehner was so sentimental, I do believe he is one with passion and will not compromise his values and beliefs. I think he is going to do the best for the country he possibly can do with the circumstances in front of him. Being raised with 11 brothers & sisters surely gives him a natural ability to stand strong so he should do just fine as the new Speaker. I don’t think we have to worry too much of him inheriting the Presidency… and if it did come to that, I think he would be just fine. If the President will work with the new majority in the House, maybe there will become a “balance” and something just may get done to put this economy & jobs into a recovery.
ReplyDelete8:18, he still appears stronger than Obama who has to call lil Billy Clinton to come fix things. Obama looked like an inept fool when he appeared with Clinton. I'll take an emotional speaker of the house over a spineless president any day.
ReplyDeleteI don't know how he'll do as Speaker, but I believe in giving everyone a chance at the new job. The crying crap is over done. In the days of working at a bar, that puts me in mind of an old drunk sitting at the end of the bar, crying in his beer... not to say he is, but just saying. He's gonna have to think about the middle and lower class people. Since the Governor-elect gave away all the future jobs of the high speed train... we in Ohio need someone to think about us when other businesses want to bring jobs. Obviously we will be having a Governor who doesn't see the need for jobs. So Mr. Boehner, save the tears and bring on the jobs.
ReplyDeleteI see a man with depression.
ReplyDeleteGood video... thanks for sharing it. He needs to drop the profanity esp for the children who hear this and history. Otherwise, I'm impressed. He seems to have a heart for our country & the struggles of the small business and peoples in general. In contrast, be honest, the president comes across as pompus, proud and totally unyeilding as we have seen the last two years. These guys are total opposites. I hope they rule the same way, as opposites. That's the balance. Compromise isn't the answer at this time in history. We've just came through a period of total insanity in spending, in health care legislation, protecting the borders and in dealing with those who would harm our country. I'm ready for some responsible leadership. This is a start.
ReplyDeleteJust what we need, an actor instead of a real politician. Last year I was out of town when John Boehner came on TV and used profanity. A person only uses that kind of language when they have nothing intelligent to say. I wrote a letter to tell him I was disappointed to hear him using that language on TV. A few weeks later, I received mail from him, I thought he would acknowledge my letter, but all I got was a envelope of Republican junk, asking for donations. I was very upset that he refused to acknowledge his use of bad language. I wouldn't vote for him if he ran for dog catcher.
ReplyDeleteWow when did the word “hell” become profanity? I hear it and a lot worse on TV & Radio everyday… holy smoke (non-profane) he didn’t answer your letter complaining to him for using profanity… that is hard to believe, since he has so much time on his hands while he’s in this transition. I certainly can see why you would be so upset and not vote for him if he was running for dog catcher…
ReplyDeleteWhy do you people post under under an 'anonymous' pseudonym? Is Greenville and Darke County SO VERY BIGOTED that is is dangerous for you to stand up and state your views under your real moniker? Are you embarrassed to have an unpopular opinion? Patrick Henry, Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson would not be pleased with this, you know. They stood out on a risky limb sawing the branches for you. As a rabid humanist, I really do not like Boehner's positions at all, but he will at least have a chance to make a difference.
ReplyDeleteYes, hell is not profanity, it is a real place that we should all fear. The word hell was not even used in the above comment. However when a politician uses God in the manner that John did, it is profanity, and we who worship God should let him know how we feel about it. Maybe he will choose his words more carefully from now on.
ReplyDelete