# Do you find John Boehners constant boobing offputting? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 4, 2013, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-john-boehners-constant-boobing-offputting/646018 "2013-01-04T00:44:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-john-boehners-constant-boobing-offputting/646018/1 "2013-01-04T00:44:59Z")
I know I’ve kind of tipped my hand with the thread title but I’m curious what others think about this guy. I think he comes across incredibly foolish looking and appears to be totally unable to control his emotions. I think a man, or woman, in a position of national power like he is should display exceptional bearing at all times barring the death of a family member or some other personal tragedy etc… Do you find his uncontrollable emotions to be off putting and/or a display of weakness? ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-john-boehners-constant-boobing-offputting/646018/2 "2013-01-04T00:48:36Z")
Well, I’m female if it matters. His crying doesn’t bother me. Of course, I cry at commercials these days, so there is that. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-john-boehners-constant-boobing-offputting/646018/3 "2013-01-04T00:52:16Z")
Awfully thin skinned for a politician, let alone a leadership position. ---
**Author:** ![ReticulatingSplines](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@ReticulatingSplines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReticulatingSplines)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-john-boehners-constant-boobing-offputting/646018/4 "2013-01-04T00:57:06Z")
I can’t decide whether he’s more of a pussy or an asshole, so I’ll take the middle ground. Thus, he is a taint. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-john-boehners-constant-boobing-offputting/646018/5 "2013-01-04T01:16:11Z")
Boobing? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-john-boehners-constant-boobing-offputting/646018/6 "2013-01-04T01:23:03Z")
Yeah… “boobing”? ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-john-boehners-constant-boobing-offputting/646018/7 "2013-01-04T01:34:59Z")
Are you guys serious? Ok… Crying, pouting, sniffling, choking up etc… ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-john-boehners-constant-boobing-offputting/646018/8 "2013-01-04T01:59:40Z")
Never ever heard that definition. Not even urbandictionary has an entry like that. But yeah, very strange for a politician. Especially such a high profile, ridiculously visible position such as speaker. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-john-boehners-constant-boobing-offputting/646018/9 "2013-01-04T02:14:02Z")
Boobing? Is boob a verb now? It would be more acceptable for a liberal. A “boobing” conservative is a little off-putting. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-john-boehners-constant-boobing-offputting/646018/10 "2013-01-04T02:27:01Z")
If he was a normal guy, I’d give him a pass. But he’s a jerk and he’s addicted to tanning salons. So the crying puts him over into buffoon territory. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-john-boehners-constant-boobing-offputting/646018/11 "2013-01-04T02:30:04Z")
You get to tell the opposition to go fuck himself, or you get to weep. You don’t get to do both. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-john-boehners-constant-boobing-offputting/646018/12 "2013-01-04T02:38:29Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > If he was a normal guy, I’d give him a pass. > > But he’s a jerk and he’s addicted to tanning salons. So the crying puts him over into buffoon territory. LOL. +1 Yep. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-john-boehners-constant-boobing-offputting/646018/13 "2013-01-04T02:46:59Z")
I’ve heard of _boohooing_ and blubbering, but never boobing. I think you might’ve misread or misunderstood something, **Cubsfan**. As for Boehner- I don’t know how often he really does this compared to his reputation, but yes, when people get excessively emotional at mundane events for no clear reason I do roll my eyes. It’s not a judgment of their supposed inability to control their emotions, it’s a suspicion that they want to be the center of attention. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-john-boehners-constant-boobing-offputting/646018/14 "2013-01-04T03:09:31Z")
Honestly, I think it’s cool that a man in a position of power and responsibility can cry in public without it completely torpedoing his career or destroying his reputation. Hopefully, this is a sign that we as a culture are finally moving past all that “boys don’t cry” bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-john-boehners-constant-boobing-offputting/646018/15 "2013-01-04T03:16:46Z")
I think he’s a pathetic little man, but it has nothing to do with his crying. ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-john-boehners-constant-boobing-offputting/646018/16 "2013-01-04T03:31:08Z")
Can we split the vote? In general, it does not really bother me that Boehner cries or get emotional. Sometimes, however, it just seems inappropriate for the setting. ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-john-boehners-constant-boobing-offputting/646018/17 "2013-01-04T03:37:35Z")
Yeah, boobing is a stupid term, plus it sounds misogynistic. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-john-boehners-constant-boobing-offputting/646018/18 "2013-01-04T03:41:19Z")
He’s just a [Sensitive New Age Guy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWuJi8gO-sc) ---
**Author:** ![ed\_anger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbce88/32.png) [@ed\_anger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ed_anger)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-john-boehners-constant-boobing-offputting/646018/19 "2013-01-04T03:46:42Z")
Boehner is as cool as fucking ice, he has you in his control. The man was just reelected to Speaker, he knows what he is doing. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-john-boehners-constant-boobing-offputting/646018/20 "2013-01-04T04:01:01Z")
> [@ed\_anger](#): > > Boehner is as cool as fucking ice, he has you in his control. [Now we know what Boehner is hiding under all that fake tan.](http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/mr.%20cool%20ice) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-john-boehners-constant-boobing-offputting/646018.md?page=2)