# John Boehner, Crier of the House? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 14, 2010, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-boehner-crier-of-the-house/564065 "2010-12-14T01:01:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-boehner-crier-of-the-house/564065/21 "2010-12-15T16:21:52Z")
I’m guessing you meant “sing” but the mistake is genius. They could all learn the song in American Sign language and sign it every time he does it. Bwaaaahahaha! ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-boehner-crier-of-the-house/564065/22 "2010-12-15T17:15:35Z")
He is only crying because there is a Democrat. Once they are extinct, then he’ll be happy. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-boehner-crier-of-the-house/564065/23 "2010-12-15T18:53:41Z")
Yes, that is a wonderful typo. Wouldn’t even need the floor to do it. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-boehner-crier-of-the-house/564065/24 "2010-12-15T21:29:49Z")
And like that guy who shouted “you lie” at Obama, someone could shout “you cry” every time he weeps, and then, like Rocky Horror meets Geico R. Lee Ermy, they could all throw a box of tissue at the well and yell “tissue?”. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-boehner-crier-of-the-house/564065/25 "2010-12-16T00:03:05Z")
Crying is apparently the new right-wing meme - now [Mitch McConnell](http://pageonekentucky.com/2010/12/15/mitch-mcconnell-cries-on-senate-floor-again/) is utilizing the waterworks. W.T.F. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-boehner-crier-of-the-house/564065/26 "2010-12-16T00:10:05Z")
One of the commentators on MSNBC pointed out the irony of all the right wing women telling Dems to “man up!” etc., when sobby ol’ Boehmer is gonna be the Pubbies’ chief stud in Washington now. Maybe they are telling the Dems to do what they wish their male compatriots would do? ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-boehner-crier-of-the-house/564065/27 "2010-12-16T00:12:07Z")
As [Rachel Maddow points out](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#40668500), Boehner also poured on the waterworks when telling us how very, incredibly important it was to pass the TARP bill that he now decries as a terrible idea. I think he’s a crocodile. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-boehner-crier-of-the-house/564065/28 "2010-12-16T13:30:21Z")
Tammy Faye Boehner. I like it. I’ve decided this is how I wil think of him from now on. Heck, he even wears too much mascara! ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-boehner-crier-of-the-house/564065/29 "2010-12-16T16:39:55Z")
Maybe it is an allergic reaction to the media asking him questions. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-boehner-crier-of-the-house/564065/30 "2010-12-16T17:46:11Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > And like that guy who shouted “you lie” at Obama, someone could shout “you cry” every time he weeps, and then, like Rocky Horror meets Geico R. Lee Ermy, they could all throw a box of tissue at the well and yell “tissue?”. Oooh… I like it! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-boehner-crier-of-the-house/564065.md?page=1)