Orange People say the darndest things

[marmar]

from the WaPo:



Boehner defends criticism of financial overhaul as excessive

By Dan Balz
Washington Post Staff Writer

Wednesday, June 30, 2010; 2:30 PM


House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) fired back at the White House Wednesday, arguing that "they're the ones who are out of touch" with the American people while defending his critique of the financial regulatory reform bill as excessive regulation.

Led by President Obama, Democrats pounced on the Republican leader for comments he made to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review earlier in the week, when he likened the pending financial legislation to "killing an ant with a nuclear weapon."

That brought a quick rebuke from White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs on Tuesday, and Obama was expected to elevate the dispute on Wednesday by seizing on Boehner's words during remarks in Racine, Wis.

"If the Republican leader is that out of touch with the struggles facing the American people, he should come here to Racine and ask people if they think the financial crisis was an ant . . . These Americans don't believe the financial crisis was an ant," Obama said in prepared remarks that were released by the White House. ..........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/20...

[Turbineguy]

1. Purple is

a more appropriate color.

[rzemanfl]

2. I saw your subject line and knew exactly who you were speaking

of.

[Liberal_in_LA]

3. This thread is racist. There is no connection between stupid remarks and orange skin

[marmar]

4. LOL

[Taitertots]

8. Come on, have you ever heard anything that wasn't stupid coming out of an orange face

The oompa-loompa crowd are not notorious for their intellect.

[Auggie]

5. The Repukes are great

at creating people I can really despise

[Historic NY]

6. Time to swat them out of the box....Mr. President.

[theoldman]

7. What he meant was we are using an ant to stop a nuclear weapon.

[applegrove]

9. Obama is da BOMB! I love it when he fights back.

[canetoad]

10. I thought this was going to be

a thread about the Bhagwan.

[cutlassmama]

11. his face is oranger than his tie, LOL