Boehner's unemployed brother sticks up for House leader's opposition to extending benefits

[OhioChick]

, July 23, 2010

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A brother of U.S. House Republican leader John Boehner (BAY'-nur) would have seen his unemployment benefits dry up if the congressman had succeeded in his push to defeat an extension-of-benefits bill passed this week.

Boehner and most fellow Republicans opposed the measure Thursday, but 61-year-old Bob Boehner said Friday he isn't bitter.

Bob says he doesn't want his brother voting for government programs that aren't paid for, even if that hurts him. He lost his job with the southwest Ohio city of Reading in February.

Sister Lynda Meineke says Bob is one of two brothers and two brothers-in-law back home who are out of work. The congressman told reporters before the vote that three brothers had lost jobs during the recession and he wasn't sure which if any had found work.

http://www.fox8.com/news/sns-ap-us--boehnersjoblessbrothers,0,5615844.story

:wtf:

[AmericaIsGreat]

1. Normally I'd say that's respectable

But his stance is uninformed. They are going to be paid for, just not from where the Repubs want.

[roguevalley]

18. so assholishness runs in the family. stoopid is as stoopid does.

his remarks are beyond the pale. how is he going to take care of himself? idealogues are nuts.

[Andy823]

2. But...

It's OK to keep giving billions in tax breaks to the super rich "WITHOUT" paying for them, right?

All this shows me is that his whole family are morons just like he is! And it's easy to say they "support" him now that they will get their unemployment extension, no thanks to John. So I wonder will Bob Boehner refuse to take the money since it's "NOT" paid for? I really doubt it!

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

4. Ain't that the truth!!

Hypocrisy is a mainstay of the Republican party and always has been.. As they say that apple don't fall to far from the tree.

[sandnsea]

3. He was the "safety service director"

Reading, OH, home of the BarBe Q mannequin. It was his job to make sure the mannequin didn't burn the eyes of passers-by. 61? Who wants to bet this is a second job after he retired from another one. This is the kind of stuff that board volunteers do in my town.

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090705/NEWS01/907060329/BarBe-Q-goes-back-to-zoning-board

[NC_Nurse]

5. Wonder how much John is paying him to say that?

Either that, or he's like many other low info voters who don't realize how screwed they are by assholes like his brother.

[slampoet]

6. That man can't be his brother. He's not even Orange!!

[TheCowsCameHome]

11. He came from a different orchard.

Give him some slack.

[slampoet]

14. Oh i thought Boner's people where Carrot-Americans.

[TheCowsCameHome]

19. Lol - Duzy!

:headbang:

[Tikki]

7. Fine, he doesn't have to take it then...give his share...

to the family down the road who needs it. Boehner's brother can eat what hurts him.




Tikki

[Cassandra]

8. Insanity...

begins at home.

[xultar]

9. fine you fuck. Don't take the benefits, you hypocritical asshole.

[TheCowsCameHome]

12. +100

[PumpUpTheVolumeDance]

10. Politics is thicker than blood, I guess.

What an awful political ploy. Typical Republican mental acrobatics.

[Arkana]

13. And how much was Bob Boehner paid by the Republican Party to say this, I wonder?

[dogday]

15. John Boehner, get your guest room ready!

your brother is going to need a place to stay with no benefits...

[rustydog]

16. Repukes are not stoopid...They want to kill benefits to the group

who do not contribute thousands to the party.
What do they matter? Who gives a rip if their kids eat one or no meals a day?

You have to support BP, Bear Stearns, Bank of America!!!! The real America to the GOP is not the people whose labor creates the wealth for the corporations, it is the corporations period.

How else do you explain the apology to BP a Foreign Corporation and the filibustering of extended benefits to those who worked for those corporations?

[Snotcicles]

17. It's one thing when your congressman stabs you in the back, but

doesn't it feel like he used a duller blade when he is your brother?