My how times change. Anyone else here old enough to remember when Edmund Muskie’s tears cost him the nomination? Of course, Muskie had reason to be emotional…IIRC an assholish right-wing newspaper publisher, William Loeb, had been slandering his (Muskie’s) wife. The day after Muskie’s public display of emotion Loeb’s glaring headline was something to the effect of Do we want a crybaby for President?…and the Muskie campaign bit the dirt.
I’d never heard “boobing” before either. I opened the thread hoping that the OP had meant something else and had made a hilarious typo. Does Boehner often bob around in an annoying manner?
Hi is a pussy. Today he was crying because he got re-elected as House Speaker, and all his friends had promised to vote for someone else. But as it turns out, he is the real face of the Republican party, a bunch of cry babies.
ETA: Oh yeah, ‘boobing’, if that’s what it means, it’s a waste of a good term.
Bet he cries all the way to the bank.
(But yes, he is a pussy, and for many reasons.)
I thought that as well.
I thought the thread was about him acting like a boob, a jerk.
Crying, huh?
Boenger is a prick.
Oh for Chrissake… “You like me! You really like me!”
The guy’s an 'effing skirt.
I haven’t paid any attention to his crying reputation, but I do find it interesting it hasn’t kept him from being in the spotlight and representing his party.
I remember the Muskie flap, and I don’t give a damn if politicians shed appropriate tears. Sincere emotion is not a sin.
But Boehner’s being an ass has nothing to do with his crying.
His family Xmas must be a blast. “Oh my, a tie. And such a pretty tie. sniffle OPEN WEEPING”
I find it a tad unprofessional under the circumstances, but I refuse to call him a “pussy” just for bring emotional. And I have better reasons to dislike the man than his blubbing.
Yeah I have nothing with tears in general, but did he really get misty-eyed after being re-elected speaker of the house? Dear lord… what a boob.
Yeah, dude, we were serious. :dubious: And put me down in the “sniffling is OK but he’s an ass for plenty of other reasons” checkbox.
Thanks to Jon Stewart, he is always referred to in our household as “the world’s saddest tangerine” anyway. 
He has a reputation for being a bit of a drunk, so I just assumed his emotionalism sprang from him being half in the bag most of the time.
Not to be confused with “The Annoying Orange”.
Yes. I also find it offputting that you didn’t properly punctuate the OP, so perhaps I’m just irritable.
Same here.
my guess is that NOBODY else uses “boobing” to mean that. I suspect you are thinking of “blubbing” or something else.
Boo Hooing?