WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republican leader John Boehner isn’t planning on giving up his cigarettes, even if he becomes House speaker.
The Ohio lawmaker was asked on CBS’ “Face the Nation” how he could keep smoking given the connection between cigarettes and cancer.
Boehner said tobacco is legal and people have a right to decide for themselves whether to smoke or not.
Asked if people should be encouraged not to smoke, Boehner said he wished he didn’t have what he called “this bad habit.”
President Barack Obama smokes on occasion, and Boehner was asked if it might be a good thing if he and Obama quit together.
Boehner’s answer to moderator Bob Schieffer: “I appreciate your suggestion.”
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donna426
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 7:36pmWhy would republicans vote to put Boehner in as house speaker when he voted for tarp? Come on that makes him a Rino and not to be trusted, I’m sure there is a better candidate than him.
Report Post »hempstead1944
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 8:56amDoes anyone actually care? If you do, you are wasting your time……
Report Post »Midwest Belle
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 7:28pmWho Cares?
Report Post »Jack007
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 8:19pmPeople who care care
Report Post »Jack007
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 7:11pmI’ll betcha all the Tea in China the Oval Office reeks of Cannabis too!
Report Post »FindKeyToTheTruth
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 7:01pmObama has been known to smoke a camel or two.
Report Post »FindKeyToTheTruth
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 6:58pmI hope the Obama isn’t smoking in the White House. That‘s the peoples house and we don’t want it to stink of smoke.
Report Post »hbear
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 7:33pmHey, the smoke can be cleaned up——what about the “blue dresses and cigars” of Bill Clinton????Did you care about that in the people’s house?????
Report Post »Mq !!
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 7:42pmThe “tobacco” in the Oval Office is a far cry from the worst stench that’s been coming from that place lately.
Report Post »leumas
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 6:53pmCigartte smokers and gays have the exact same disease. They suck.
Report Post »No More
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 6:47pmWHO CARES WHO QUITES SMOKING!!! How about they worry about the country burning down.
Report Post »Mq
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 6:42pmJust once I’d like to see some dignified gentleman like Congressman Boehner respond to a question like that by simply saying, “Mr. Schieffer, why don’t you mind your own business and allow me the personal privacy and choice that every American is entitled to. Now, do you have any questions which actually MEAN something to your audience, or are you simply interested in making me, or any Republican, look bad like you’ve made a career of for the last 40 years?”
Just Once!!! Is that asking so much?
Report Post »RoseAnnaDanna
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 6:58pmDing, ding ding. We have a winner. I totally agree. The Schieffers need to be put in their place.
Report Post »Joseph
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 6:34pmSmokeing is a sure sign of being on the verge of not being able to control your emotions.Ask any professional in the field of psychiatry
Report Post »RoseAnnaDanna
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 6:55pmJoseph, Spare the lecture. Psychiatry and Psychology are fields that have been allowed to dominate our way of life. Look at the mess they have our children in with Ritalin, ADHD, etc. Well, I have a news flash for you. Since they offer no cure per se all they have is talk and medication. With all the medication they push, they still have no idea what effect it really has on the brain or there would not be all the dangerous warnings and side effects. The brain is still an area yet to be discovered. Grab your bootstraps and quit whining and creating victims over emotions.
Report Post »hbear
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 7:31pmGarbage!!!
Report Post »Jack007
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 6:33pmSmoke-em if you got-em men!
Report Post »hbear
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 6:32pmPeople need to mind their own business. This is America and smoking is legal.
Report Post »hbear
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 6:30pmYou know, this kind of garbage makes me sick. Smoking or not, it is legal—if the politically correct of this Country were REALLY serious, they would make smoking illegal. Heck, no they won’t, the taxes etc. make money for the government. I say, make both smoking and alcohol illegal. Then you would know they were serious and it wasn’t just a political game. Both those men have a right to smoke—it is legal so buzz off. I used to smoke but gave it up by choice.
Report Post »Debrabate
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 5:44pmI dont care if either of them quit smoking… I am not giving up my cancer sticks.
Report Post »North_Star
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 5:32pmMaybe both should quit smoking?
Report Post »Joseph
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 6:36pmMabey both should listen to themselves and say “YES WE CAN!”
Report Post »Okpulot Taha
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 5:09pmROSEANNADANNA delights us, “Our congresscritters are the biggest of sinners and ought to be paying huge taxes for the lies they try to jam down our throats.”
Hey! You stop talking like that. Should Congress pay for all their sins, America would be truly bankrupt as would we; those girls and boys on Capitol Hill would use our taxpayer money to pay for their sins, and keep right on sinning.
Say, isn’t that what they are doing now?
Okpulot Taha
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RoseAnnaDanna
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 6:41pmOkpulot Taha, how right you are. It seems we are the ones in the Catch-22 position. We have no way of raiding their very large pockets filled with paybacks, payoffs and inside information on upcoming contracts that they can get a jump on via investing. Sure wish there were some better answers. Seems like we always just replace them with more of the same. There are a few good congresscritters that really do care about the country, as opposed to themselves, but they are oh so rare.
And, another thing that bugs me. We donate to various candidates all over the country yet when they get to Washington they don’t want to hear from anyone outside of their own constituency (til they again want support). When they vote on a bill it affects all of us not just their constituency. Yes, they have some issues that are relevant to there specific state and they should account for that but not through earmarks. If a bill can‘t stand on its own merits it shouldn’t be made law.
Report Post »RoseAnnaDanna
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 4:56pmOh and smoking is none of Shieffer’s business. I wonder when he will ask the won if he will quit and quit pandering to special interests?
Report Post »1Rebel
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 4:56pmSounds like a personal issue, not a public one IMHO. Its only an issue if you think Obamacare is good policy! Under Obamacare, all personal choices will be subject to Goobermint review: i.e. hobbies, how you drive, how much you drive, drinking habits, weight issues……
Report Post »RoseAnnaDanna
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 4:54pmAhhh, the sin tax our local and federal government couldn’t do without. Our congresscritters are the biggest of sinners and ought to be paying huge taxes for the lies they try to jam down our throats.
Report Post »Joseph
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 7:59pmBut they will say it‘s all George W Bush’e fault anyways
Report Post »charmingtail
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 4:31pmLOL…. remember when the media lightened Obama’s skin in pics…then they darked his skin in pics? Boehner is a good man. Boehner can quit smoking when Democrats quit stealing from scolarship funds and giving our tax dollars to their friends and families!!!
Report Post »Okpulot Taha
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 4:39pmCHARMINGTAIL comments, “Boehner can quit smoking when Democrats quit stealing from scolarship funds and giving our tax dollars to their friends and families!”
Ha! Ha! Gotta love those Congressional Black Caucus members, Rangel, Waters, Johnson….
Love your moniker, “Charming Tail”. I am biting my tongue to keep from quipping. Probably best, Democrats might impose a tax on charming tails should they hear of this.
Okpulot Taha
Report Post »Choctaw Nation
Okpulot Taha
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 4:26pmHow about Michelle Obama lose some weight in exchange for Barack quitting smoking?
Michelle losing weight would give her more credibility in her fight against childhood obesity.
Nine years back when Barack was a “nobody” as reported in the news recently, I am sure Barack cussed outrageous taxes on cigarettes. Today, he uses those taxes to fund social engineering.
My gripe is paying a ten bucks a bottle tax for my rodeo riding husband’s favorite to sip, whiskey.
Smoke or not, drink or not, raw sex or not, these are decisions for each individual to make. However, those taxes we pay on enjoyable vices, are not our decision to make. Those taxes are a reflection of social engineering being imposed upon us.
I think we should impose outrageous taxes on picking and flicking boogers. This would lend well to solving our economic woes, and would stop all that disgusting public booger picking.
Then there are those boys who spit on our sidewalks.
Okpulot Taha
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Johnny Constitution
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 5:14pmWhoa there. You’re going to have to warn us before you stat talking about Michelle Obama and raw sex in the same post. It’s disconcerting.
Report Post »notimeforthis
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 4:17pmIs that as deep as Bob Schieffer can go? There really is no hope to get real journalists not Jurno-lists!
Report Post »CherryBomb
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 4:15pmHow about Barack stop acting like a jackwagon and you mind your own damn business, old man? And, no, my orange skin is not stimulated by bending to the democrat’s will.
Report Post »smartypoop
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 4:11pmWho cares if either one of them smokes, unless its impacting national policies makes no never mind to me!
Report Post »wpwilder
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 5:31pmYeah, really. Who cares?
CruzerDog
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 7:36pmDo we really want Obama to be any more nervous? I say, if he does, please hide the nuclear codes…
Report Post »Ken
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 4:08pmMr. Schieffer, what cutting edge journalism… I am impressed.
Report Post »broker0101
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 4:07pmObama smokes????? It’s almost as if he hides it from us…..
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