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Boehner: Obama's 'never even had a real job for God's sake'

4:44 am - 08/03/2012


House Speaker John Boehner went over the top today when he ripped into President Barack Obama during an interview with Fox News Radio.

When talking to Kilmeade & Friends about Obama's speech in Ohio yesterday, Boehner said this:

"Sometimes I have to catch my breath and slow down because the rhetoric in this campaign is just so over the top. And that's because the President's policies have failed. Listen - 93% of Americans believe they're a part of the middle class. That's why you hear the President talk about the middle class every day, because he's talking to 93% of the American people. But the President has never created a job. He's never even had a real job for God's sake. And I can tell you from my dealings with him, he has no idea how the real world, that we actually live in, works."

Boehner also said it's been "months" since he's last interacted with Obama in a meaningful way.

"Eleven months ago, Labor Day last year, the president decided to check out," Boehner said. "And he's been AWOL from the legislative process ever since."

By Steve Frank, Thu Aug 2, 2012 4:06 PM EDT

Source includes an audio of the interview.
cpsings4him 3rd-Aug-2012 11:25 am (UTC)
HOW is "teaching" not a "real" job??
ladypolitik 3rd-Aug-2012 11:39 am (UTC)
Well you know, somehow, there's something utterly unsurprising about the way Boehner and other reactionaries tend to generally regard teachers/education with dismissive contempt.

Edited at 2012-08-03 11:40 am (UTC)
brother_dour 4th-Aug-2012 01:30 am (UTC)
They cut public school funding again and again, then ridicule public school for its problems. Don't forget that, too.

Edited at 2012-08-04 01:30 am (UTC)
cgallivan 3rd-Aug-2012 12:13 pm (UTC)
If you aren't raiding businesses, downsizing/outsourcing the work force, selling off pieces of said business, taking pains to not pay taxes; then you aren't really working.
carmy_w 3rd-Aug-2012 02:04 pm (UTC)
Don't forget inheriting great personal wealth!!
cgallivan 3rd-Aug-2012 02:06 pm (UTC)
you say that like Mitt didn't work up a sweat when he cashed that check.
carmy_w 3rd-Aug-2012 02:20 pm (UTC)
But of course! Poor thing, it was HARD WORK signing that check and depositing it in the Bank of the Caymans!

ROFLMAO!
sankaku_atama 3rd-Aug-2012 01:44 pm (UTC)
Hey, you know, pressing a button to vote against a bill that you didn't even read, or that someone else penned is obviously much more of a 'job', after all.
fenris_lorsrai 3rd-Aug-2012 03:20 pm (UTC)
Gubermint "jobs" are not "real jobs"!
wrestlingdog 3rd-Aug-2012 09:07 pm (UTC)
Please, have you seen how many politicians (especially Republicans) talk about teachers? It's amazing they think it's a job at all.
antique_faery 5th-Aug-2012 01:14 am (UTC)
It must not be considering they keep getting laid off and classes keep getting larger.
sleeky 6th-Aug-2012 05:13 am (UTC)
They get recess and summer vacation.
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