Salon asks the obvious question:
“Is John Boehner hitting the bottle?”
“No one with any credibility has come out and said that Boehner is an alcoholic. The Fix contacted a large number of politicians, former colleagues and opponents for input, including former Speaker Dennis Hastert, outspoken freshman Republican Representatives Steve Sutherland of Florida and Patrick McHenry of North Carolina, even well-known Republican pollster and message strategist Frank Luntz, but none wanted to speak on the subject. But all these jokes and allusions are dancing around the topic. And there are plenty of people who admire Boehner for having the courage of his transgressions. Unlike President Obama, who never wanted to be photographed smoking before he finally quit in August, Boehner has smoked and sipped his wine in public.”
No d’uh.
If I was Speaker of the Whackado joint, I would be blasted every afternoon—at least in session. And also, too, who cares. The whole bunch is impaired one way or the other…boooze is provbably the least of the transgresions. Never heard he was a full out drunk when I was there, but he was a known drinker to occassional excess. So was I.
In answer to the question; Yes, yes he is.
A young immigrant friend once asked “Why would anyone spend millions of dollars trying to get a job that pays so little and causes you so much aggravation?”
Well first off, it’s not your money that’s being spent and you can look down upon those your suppose to represent while at the same time make promises you can’t keep nor could ever deliver. Then there’s the open bribery on the floor of congress that no one admits to, like junkets to everywhere on earth under the guise of creating jobs and greater public interest. In other words, golfing in tropical locals. And if your really good at crawling to private business interests who claim their corporate taxes are too high, you’ll be rewarded with a cushy, lucrative job as a government lobbyist doing all those things you claim you hated while a public servant.
Well that and the connections to have cheap labor deported once your done with it.