60 Minutes Overtime: Lesley Stahl Really Likes Republican John Boehner, "He Was So Authentic...I Think People Are Really Going T

Does John Boehner's 60 Minutes Interview Confirm That He's A Pathological Cryer?
Did you see all the Golf references in the 60 Minutes segment on Rep. John Boehner? You can thank your donations to Blue America and Americans for AmericaPac, because CBS contacted us for permission to use our "golf ads" in their program. Lesley Stahl brought up his Golf game a couple of times as she gave CBS a puff piece on Boehner just in time for Christmas. I didn't really expect too much from her, but it would have been nice to mention a little of his sordid history of handing out checks fr...

Barbara Walters Rips Tearful John Boehner: 'This Guy Has an Emotional Problem'
House Speaker-to-be John Boehner already has his share of attacks coming from the White House and Democrats on Capitol Hill, but he may want watch out for incoming fire from the ladies of ABC's "The View." During a "Hot Topics" segment on daytime Talk Show Monday, the discussion turned to Boehner's appearance on Sunday's "60 Minutes," in which the congressman from Ohio repeatedly held back tears as he talked about growing up with 11 brothers and sisters; about his refusal to visit schools becau...

CBS News on John Boehner Interview: Real Men Do Cry
Newly-elected House Speaker John Boehner gave an extensive interview to CBS News’ 60 Minutes, and the way they teased the thing in promos, I’m surprised they didn’t do a mock-up of a Crying Game poster. In a 13 minute interview, was the crying the real takeaway? Sure, the guy has been known to squirt a few in the past (and been mercilessly mocked for it), but surely, there were more noteworthy things to focus on. Having watched the interview, Boehner does cry with comical frequ...

Boehner: Obama Is Brilliant, But Insulting
From CBS’s 60 Minutes: Meet The Next House Speaker, Rep. John Boehner (CBS)  John Boehner is about to replace Nancy Pelosi as speaker of the House, and become the Most Powerful Republican in the country - and third in line to the presidency. He was swept in with the biggest Republican landslide in the house since 1938. As "60 Minutes" and correspondent Lesley Stahl set off to meet him, we had two questions: Which John Boehner will show up as speaker? The Compromise...

'The View' Co-Hosts Mock John Boehner For Crying In '60 Minutes' Interview (VIDEO)
John Boehner's interview on "60 Minutes" has drawn a lot of attention for the number of times the incoming Speaker of the House cries in it. On Monday's "View," all the co-hosts except Elisabeth Hasselbeck took turns mocking Boehner for his copious tears. Barbara Walters was the first to lay into Boehner. "This guy has an emotional problem," she said. "Every time he talks about anything that's not 'raise taxes,' he cries." That sent the audience into gales of laughter. Walters continued, "If y...

Cackling hags on The View Joy Behar and Barbara Walters mock John Boehners 60 minutes interview calls him Weeper of the House
Cackling hags on The View Joy Behar and Barbara Walters mock John Boehner’s 60 Minutes interview calls him Weeper of the House The irony of these cackling hags complaining about John Boehner’s crying is so thick that you can cut it with a knife. The same cackling hags that couldn’t keep their emotions in check when Obama got elected in 2008, or threw a tantrum and walked off the set when Bill O’Reilly said there’s a “Muslim” problem are now mocking Joh...

John Boehner says Barack Obama disrespected him during tax-cut extension battle
John Boehner says Barack Obama disrespected him during tax-cut  extension battle. On an appearance on 60 Minutes on Sunday evening, incoming Speaker of the House John Boehner scolded Barack Obama for what he says was the disrespect that the president showed him during the battle over extending all of the Bush-era Tax Cuts. Specifically, Boenher really disliked the time last week when Obama held a Press Conference to broadly accuse the GOP of taking the American People hostage over their pri...

John Boehner Cries Some More
He's cried on the floor of the House. He cried on election night. And in last night's 60 Minutes interview, soon-to-be Speaker of the House John Boehner cried two more times — once while talking about offering Children the American Dream, and once when his wife said she was proud of him. It would be easy to mock Boehner for his uncontrollable, unsightly blubbering, but you know what? It's actually pretty refreshing. Here's a politician who cares so much that his standard reaction to the m...

Boehner Cries Again
Incoming House Speaker John Boehner, who has a well-known tendency to cry, will tear up again on CBS's "60 Minutes" airing Sunday night. You must login to comment. The Fox Nation is for those opposed to intolerance, excessive government control of our lives, and attempts to monopolize opinion or suppress freedom of thought, expression, and worship. Read more... We invite all Americans who share these values to join us here at Fox Nation....

Boehner: I'm no tanner
Washington (CNN) - Politics is serious business - but not all of the time. From the halls of Congress to the Campaign Trail to the international stage, there's always something that gets a laugh or a second glance. Here are some of the things you might have missed: Losing Snooki's vote? In a CBS "60 Minutes" interview Sunday, incoming House Speaker John Boehner - often savaged by comedians for his perpetual tan - put the rumors to rest: "I've never been in a Tanning Salon in my life," he said. ...

Did John Boehner really pass out tobacco bribe checks on the House floor?
Did Rep. John Boehner, the House Republican Minority Leader who is likely to become the next Speaker of the House actually hand out Tobacco Company checks as bribes to legislators before a US House vote? Yes, he did…and he even admits that he did it. Take a look at this You Tube video in which John Boehner admits handing out checks to bribe lawmakers before a key tobacco vote in the US House. Of course, everybody knows that the tobacco lobby, like other Special Interests, bribes congressme...

Boehner: First Votes Will Be Budget Cuts
The Huffington Post reports: Incoming Speaker of the House John Boehner recently announced that his first measure to cut spending as leader of the House of Representatives would be to reduce Congressional Budgets. “Well, how about we start with cutting Congress? I’m going to cut my budget, my leadership budget five percent. I’m going to cut all the leadership budgets by five percent. I’m going to cut every committee’s budget by five percent,” Boehner told Le...

Boehner Tears Up Again On '60 Minutes'
(NewsCore) - Incoming House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), who has a well-known tendency to cry, will tear up again on CBS’s “60 Minutes” airing Sunday night. Boehner has gotten teary in the past when discussing everything from the Troop Surge in Iraq to the bank Bailout; the loss of his leadership position in 1998 to the Republican Party’s victories in the 2010 Midterm Elections. According to a CBS report about its show, Boehner “cried several times during intervie...

John Boehner: Obama 'Understands' I'm Better At Golf
WASHINGTON — Golf-loving Rep. John Boehner (BAY'-nur) says playing 18 holes with someone is a good way to get to that person. That might be hint from the House speaker-in-waiting to fellow golfer President Barack Obama. Boehner is about an eight-handicap golfer and when asked on CBS' "60 Minutes" about being better than the president, Boehner said, "He understands that." Aides say Boehner doesn't have much time for the game lately, and the Ohio Republican says he's never had an invitatio...

ABC News mocks...
John Boehner, the incoming Speaker of the House, the Most Powerful Republican in Washington, and a man who in a matter of days will be second in line for the presidency, has twice had an opportunity to introduce himself to the American People. And on both occasions, he cried - a lot. There is a tradition of politicians crying in America, but it's not a proud one. It almost always ends with getting beat at the polls. Already some of the incoming speaker's supporters are getting worried th...

Boehner: I Reject The Word Compromise
During an interview with incoming House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) last night on 60 Minutes, host Leslie Stahl noted that President Obama has said Boehner will “have a responsibility to govern” as Speaker. “You can’t just stand on the sidelines and be a bomb thrower,” Obama said. “We have to govern. That’s what we were elected to do,” Boehner told Stahl, adding that it won’t involve compromising, but instead finding “common ground...

Mondays intriguing people
Incoming House Speaker John Boehner shared his thoughts about President Obama, his humble upbringing, his political style, and even his skin color and emotions on “60 Minutes” on Sunday night. “Everybody who knows me knows that I get emotional about certain things,” the Ohio Republican said. And he demonstrated what moved him to tears. When it came to the topic of the American Dream, Boehner choked up. “There are some things that are very difficult to talk about,...

Orange Julius And A Side Of Ham
Incoming House Crying Man Speaker John Boehner wants you to know that he's naturally orange, and it makes him sad that people think otherwise. Incoming House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), who cried during an emotional Speech on election night, let the tears flow once again in an interview with Leslie Stahl of "60 Minutes" which aired Sunday. Stahl asked him why he got choked up on election night. "Talking, trying to talk about the fact that I've been chasing the American Dream my whole career," B...

GOP watch: Common ground vs. compromise?
So what’s the difference between finding “common ground” and “Compromise?” On 60 Minutes, incoming Speaker John Boehner refused to use the word, saying it “is a dirty word,” especially among Tea Partiers. Here was the exchange: Stahl: You’re saying, “I want common ground, but I’m not gonna compromise.” I don’t understand that. I really don’t. Boehner: When you say the word “compromise”…a lot of Amer...

Ladies of The View Openly Ridicule John Boehner
By now you’ve probably heard that the next Speaker of the House, John  Boehner, tends to get a little emotional when speaking about certain things. I could do without the tears, but really, there’s nothing wrong with it. I’m sure the media and people like the ladies of The View would love it if Boehner was a bleeding heart liberal getting all weepy. But since he’s a Republican it’s cause for ridicule. Barbara Walters went as far as to say Boehner has an “em...

Barbara Walters: John Boehner Has An Emotional Problem
It’s to do with the crying, I guess. Something tells me that if we were talking about, say, President Obama or former President Clinton getting a little misty these ladies would all be cooing about how sensitive he is. But a Republican? Clearly showing a bit of emotion is sign of deeper problems. Discussion question: I thought feminists felt that men were supposed to be more sensitive? Barbara is a liberal, they judge whoever they want for any reason. Protect Terrorists? No problem! Stand ...

Barbara Walters on Boehners tears: I think he might have an emotional problem
Via Greg Hengler, behold as the master of the weepy celebrity confessional interview, who’s been turning emotional problems into “news” for decades, suddenly discovers how off-putting tears can be. She’s right that there’s a different standard for crying when women politicians do it, but I’m not so sure that that difference benefits men. If Pelosi cried, she’d risk being branded as “soft” but she’d still be well within the bounds of a...

60 Minutes Paints Boehner As Crybaby Bad Guy
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Boehner Cries, Claims He Doesn't Go Tanning In 60 Minutes Interview (VIDEO)
Incoming House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), who cried during an emotional Speech on election night, let the tears flow once again in an interview with Leslie Stahl of "60 Minutes" which aired Sunday. Stahl asked him why he got choked up on election night. "Talking, trying to talk about the fact that I've been chasing the American Dream my whole career," Boehner said. "Some things, there are some things that are very difficult to talk about. Family, kids -- I can't go to a school anymore, I use...

Tonight's 60 Minutes Today: John Boehner, Man In The Arena
On 60 Minutes tonight, John Boehner gets mostly friendly treatment. He also takes the opportunity to make clear that he is ready to deal with President Obama. An excerpt, per a release from CBS: BOEHNER:   We have to govern.  That's what we were elected to do. STAHL: But governing means compromising. BOEHNER: It means working together. STAHL: It also means compromising. BOEHNER: It means finding common ground. STAHL:   Okay, is that compromising? STAHL: What are you sayi...