Paul McCartney, you hurt John Boehner's feelings....Clearly, you have a problem with orange people..

[marmar]

from New York magazine:




John Boehner Wants Paul McCartney to Apologize for Cracking the 10 Millionth Bush Joke


While at the White House on Wednesday to perform and accept the Library of Congress's Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, Paul McCartney made a joke about George W. Bush's lack of intellectual curiosity.

"It's a fantastic honor (for) the Gershwin family to give me this incredible award and for me to be awarded it by the Library of Congress. And in fact, after the last eight years, it's great to have a president who knows what a library is."

Now John Boehner, the Republican leader in the House of Representatives, wants him to apologize. "I hope he'll apologize to the American people for his conduct, which demeaned him, the White House and President Obama," said in a statement. Furthermore, Boehner's spokesman points out that Laura Bush was a librarian, so McCartney's joke wasn't even factually accurate like all other jokes. Now who hasn't been to a library, Paul?


http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2010/06/house_minority_leader_john_boe.html?f=most-commented-24h-5

[Captain Hilts]

1. Library of Congress events aren't appropriate venues to make snarky comments no matter how justified

[marmar]

2. Perhaps, but I'm not big on the ceremony and tradition thing.

[johnnyplankton]

6. What if you whisper?

[Captain Hilts]

10. well that's okay....shhhh.....welcome to du!

[Gman]

13. Normally I'd agree but

we're talking Bush here. Anything snarky like that about Bush can be forgiven. Boehner should be very relieved Sir Paul didn't refer to Bush as an unelected, stolen election felon and an unindicted, unextradicted war criminal.

[Captain Hilts]

25. I know, I hear you. It's tough to say it, but stuff like this shouldn't be

a forum.

[MrModerate]

18. There's an Emily Post-style guide for entertainers specifically at the Library of Congress . . .

And you're privy to it? Please share.

[Captain Hilts]

26. Emily would tell me to ignore such a snarky post. Besides, this is Washington, not Queensland. I

don't tell you what's proper there.

[inna]

20. why not?

[Captain Hilts]

24. Because the LoC belongs to both parties and we'd be pissed if a right winger used it as a forum.

And rightfully so.

[Patsy Stone]

3. I thought he had a problem with bluish people?

[Sebastian Doyle]

5. Boner is their cousin

He's an Orange Meanie.

[Patsy Stone]

8. True dat.

True dat.

[Captain Hilts]

9. We have a winnah!!!! nt

[Canuckistanian]

4. Boner can suck eggs

That's a damn funny joke Sir Paul made, becuase it's TRUE.

[Lasher]

7. Boner-Loompa

[jaxx]

11. This is the 'emoting' people want to see?

Every time I see one of these pukes out there whining and throwing tantrums I'm doubly glad Barack Obama is president. I'll take level headed sense over a vaudeville act any day.

[dynasaw]

12. Clueless Republicans

Republicans haven't a clue as to how embarrassing GWB was in the eyes of the rest of the world.

[Merlot]

14. I thought they were done demanding apologies...

that's all they did during the bushco years. It's getting kinda old.

And when is bushco and the repubs going to apologize the mess they've made of this country?

[applegrove]

15. "Orange People". LOL! Clearly Boehner is trying to punish someone for speaking out. He's not very

good at it.

[MrMickeysMom]

16. Oh, Mr. Boner....

The boy who couldn't find his ass with a funnel needs a perp walk, so what the FUCK you talking about?

[MrModerate]

17. I suspect Sir Paul is too much a gentleman to tell Boehner to go fuck himself . . .

So I'll do it for him: John, go fuck yourself.

[David Zephyr]

19. George W. Bush: "I liked the Beatles until they got weird."

Hey John Boner, you are a dick and you are the joke and history will record you as both.

And historians will love the Beatles for generations and generations to come.

John Boner, you will be a villain in history. And that's truly funny.

[Mendocino]

21. Boner isn't orange,

more of a burnt vermillion ochre.

[nilram]

22. Yes, here's a good apology: "I'm so sorry, Congressman, that your president was so stupid." -nt

[The Backlash Cometh]

23. Bush only went into a library to pickup Laura.