Boehner: Republicans ‘took it in the shorts with Bush-Cheney.’

[kpete]

Boehner: Republicans ‘took it in the shorts with Bush-Cheney.’

boehnerIn an interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) pinned the blame for his party’s current failures on the Bush presidency:

“We’re digging ourselves out of a deep hole,” he admitted. “We took it in the shorts with Bush-Cheney, the Iraq War, and by sacrificing fiscal responsibility to hold power.”

Boehner has only to blame to himself. He voted to authorize use of military force against Iraq, and voted against a House-approved Iraq withdrawal in 2007. He also voted for the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts, which were largely responsible for turning our nation’s surplus into a massive deficit. As Boehner himself said in 2006, “I think that Republicans ought to stand up and support George W. Bush for the job that he’s done.” (HT: Political Wire)

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/06/12/boehner-on-bush/

[NewJeffCT]

1. took it in the shorts?

I've never heard that expression before. Is it the same as taking it in the ass?

[jkshaw]

12. It's as bad as Utah politician's

"Oh my heck!"

[notesdev]

2. So his resignation is... when?

That's how you take responsibility, Mr. Boehner, if you really want it.

[timtom]

3. Why would he even dare to say that now?

Horse is out the barn door.

2000 was the time to make that determination! It doesn't take a freaking political genius to see what the hell was on the table.

"Took it in the shorts" indeed!

What about the rest of us, dickweed!

[C_U_L8R]

4. Boehner & the GOP didn't sacrifice nothing

they stuffed their pockets with our money and apparently blew it all on spray-tans

[tularetom]

5. All that shit he sprayed on his face has seeped into his brain

He sure sings a different tune from what he did while his party was "taking it in the shorts".

[charlie]

6. Bush-Cheney had nothing to do with Craig or Vitter's shorts n/t

[blueclown]

7. Which Pukes other than Vitter wear diapers? n/t

[Ganja Ninja]

8. I never heard him complain.

:wtf:

[gratuitous]

11. Indeed

Where was Boehner when Bush-Cheney were running the country into ruin? What did he do to try to stop them? And since he now admits that the Republicans sacrificed fiscal responsibility to hold onto power, why should we listen to any of his ilk now about budgetary matters? Confession is good, but it has to be followed by a change of heart and an effort to undo the damage caused by the mistake. What is Boehner going to do to set things right again?

[Captain Hilts]

9. Giving Bush Carte Blanche was the fault of Republicans in Capitol Hill. nt

[hvn_nbr_2]

10. "took it in the shorts"?

I think it would be more accurate to say that they got in Cheney's shorts and they're still wallowing there.

[sutz12]

13. "Stuffed it in their shorts" maybe...

...or in their mattressess, or in their outhouses. The fact is they probably needed to expand their domiciles to "stuff" all of the money they raped from the American people.

:puke: