Thread: Please, tell us what you really think sir :)

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May 23, 2007
Boehner: Immigration Bill Is "Piece Of Shit"

House Minority Leader John Boehner, speaking to a private gathering of Republican activists last night, called the Senate's immigration compromise bill a "piece of shit" but said that he had promised President Bush earlier in the day that he would let his teeth be a barrier to such thoughts in public.

Boehner spoke last night at a small reception for the Republican Rapid Responders on Capitol Hill.

"I promised the President today that I wouldn't say anything bad about ... this piece of shit bill," he said, according to two attendees.

Earlier in the day, Boehner released a statement saying that "The Senate agreement appears to recognize that additional border security measures and more effective immigration law enforcement must come before any other issues are addressed, but I have significant concerns about parts of the Senate proposal -- particularly provisions that would reward illegal immigrants who have consistently broken our laws."

A senior Republican official said yesterday that while the chances of the bill, which opens pathways to citizenship for most of the U.S.'s 12 million illegal immigrants, are "50/50" in the House and that the White House would spend its time lobbying Democrats, rather than Republicans, to achieve a majority.

Yesterday, the Senate beat back an amendment by Sen. Byron Dorgan that would have scrapped the bill's new guest worker program. The defeat of that effort was interpreted as a sign that a solid majority of Senators are prepared to support the bill's main tenets, for now.

What happens when they hear from constituents over Memorial Day is unknown and unknowable.

A Boehner spokesman was not able to comment.

Boehner's tendency towards candor occasionally irks his staff, a fact that Boehner brought up with last night's audience. In 2006, Boehner called an idea put forth by then. Sen. Maj. Leader Bill Frist to provide Americans with a $100 rebate on gasoline "stupid." [MARC AMBINDER]

WHY did he promise boosh not to say how bad it is in public?

THESE PEOPLE ARE PLAYING GAMES WITH OUR LIVES!!!!!

Originally Posted by American

WHY did he promise boosh not to say how bad it is in public?

THESE PEOPLE ARE PLAYING GAMES WITH OUR LIVES!!!!!

I doubt h promised anything.. this is his way of complaining about it..

Dobbs just covered this too just now.

Actually, while I don't want to encourage rampant profanity, I do sort of admire a politician who isn't afraid to speak his/her honest thoughts - even when it might be controversial...