Comments | ontd_political: John Boehner turns down Air Force One ride to Tucson

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John Boehner turns down Air Force One ride to Tucson

Jan 13, 2011 04:22

Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) turned down an offer by President Barack Obama to travel on Air Force One to Arizona for a memorial service on behalf of the victims of Saturday’s shooting, a decision that has upset some Democrats ( Read more... )

gabrielle giffords, arizona, fuckery, john boehner

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luomo January 13 2011, 16:28:35 UTC

“It is disrespectful for Speaker Boehner to skip joining the President’s and bipartisan congressional delegation to the Tucson Memorial so he could host a Washington D.C. cocktail party for RNC members,” said a Democratic leadership aide, speaking on the condition of anonymity.

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doverz January 13 2011, 16:30:04 UTC

$$$$$$$$

And that's what it all comes down to.

doverz January 13 2011, 16:31:02 UTC

I get the fact that Boehner had this planned for a while, but he couldn't have postponed it for like one day??? I'm sure he has enough money/clout/whatever to convince wherever the event was being held to do so.

entropius January 13 2011, 17:26:54 UTC

Giffords had to put off her next fundraiser for a little bit more than one day, you prick.

hinoema January 14 2011, 13:30:32 UTC

Oh, hells yes, you go, etc. I drove by Gifford's office yesterday while I was shopping, and you could see everyone stopped at the light looking over at the flowers and the people and trying not to cry, me among them. Fuck Boehner and his party if he can't miss a fund raiser to show respect over an attempted assassination and a bloody massacre.

popehippo January 13 2011, 16:33:31 UTC

On behalf of Ohio to the Rest Of The Country: I am so goddamned sorry. 8|

gothic_oreo January 13 2011, 19:19:48 UTC

This

emofordino January 14 2011, 03:41:58 UTC

co-signed.

aviv_b January 13 2011, 16:35:03 UTC

I'm not going to fault him on this. I'm sure that this was a pre-arranged committment that he wasn't obligated to cancel.

Now if he had missed the Memorial Service to raise $ I'd feel differently. But he was there, and he spoke without any partisan wank (yeah, color me surprised).

Edited because I thought he had attended. Yeah, in this case he probably should have cancelled the fundraiser and attended. His words about the tragedy were without partisan wank and you can still color me surprised.

Now Sarah Palin on the other hand.....

hinoema January 14 2011, 13:32:26 UTC

Plus, if McCain or Brewer had been the victim and Pelosi had done this, you wouldn't be able to think for the howls of outrage and offense coming from him and his lot.

salukfan January 13 2011, 16:35:21 UTC

I can understand not wanting to postpone/cancel an event, but it just *looks* good to go to this, Boehner.

OT but... purple01_prose January 13 2011, 21:14:55 UTC

Icon love!

myriadne January 14 2011, 14:51:38 UTC

Exactly! This is my response. Surely people would have understood. And if they didn't... well, that's telling, isn't it?