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House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) enjoys a glass of red wine and a cigarette, and he wouldn't be willing to give that up to be the country's chief executive.
Listen, I like to play golf. I like to cut my own grass," he told Jay Leno on Thursday's "The Tonight Show." "You know, I do drink red wine. I smoke cigarettes, and Im not giving that up to be president of the United States."
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"They don't realize I've got a lot of other roles that I play," he said. "Some members, I have to be the big brother figure. Some I have to be the father figure, others I have to be the dean of students or the principal. Some of them, I have to be the Gestapo."
When Leno asked if the infighting within the GOP is the worst he's ever seen, Boehner hedged before nodding his head. "Oh, no ... well, maybe it is. Probably. It's bad."
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spanone
(135,844 posts)MineralMan
(146,317 posts)his chances of becoming President approach zero.
tridim
(45,358 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Coyotl
(15,262 posts)Maybe then the wino won't sound like he's been smoking something
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Adrahil
(13,340 posts)global1
(25,252 posts)Jeb. Leno followed up with saying we'd have a Clinton/Bush race again and he laughed.
rock
(13,218 posts)Sure, thing John.
HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)PLEASE.
Now I KNOW he's a perfect Republican.
arely staircase
(12,482 posts)he will be lucky if he is speaker this time next year. the chances of the tea party wing of the GOP or the Dems taking over next year are pretty good.