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O’Reilly Thinks Boehner’s Tears Are ‘Sincere,’ But He Won’t ‘Govern That Way’

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Bill O’Reilly‘s “body language” readers are vintage Factor by now, but while many times they’re trotted out to investigate the latest mystery hand signs from Nancy Pelosi or whatever it is your favorite member of the liberal elite is trying to say with that suspicious nod, today’s body language analysis was all about tears– the newsworthy, seemingly endless tears of soon-to-be Speaker of the House John Boehner.

The footage of Rep. Boehner in dispute comes from a clip from an interview with CBS, where Rep. Boehner explains that he finds it difficult to discuss children at this point in his career and that he “can’t go to schools anymore” because “all these kids running around… can’t talk about it.” With that declaration, his throat tightens and his eyes gloss over, the emotional episode ending with Boehner noting that his job is “making sure these kids have a shot at the American dream.”

“What is that?” asks an incredulous (but respectful) O’Reilly, adding with a shadow of a shrug that “I think he’s sincere,” to which his body language analyst, Tonya Reiman agrees. “We can’t talk about the kids?” O’Reilly continues, wondering what’s left to talk about if “the kids” are off the table.

Reiman helpfully adds that “there’s not much he can talk about,” and O’Reilly later lessens the blow by added that, while he finds the whole thing bizarre, he doesn’t “think he’ll govern that way.” “You hope,” Reiman adds helpfully.

Compare O’Reilly’s handling of Boehner’s tears whilst holding his nose at the entire ordeal to a supportive (?) Rachel Maddow– and, of course, to the outright disgust with him on The View. Seems that O’Reilly falls somewhere in the middle of the men-who-cry spectrum, something we could probably tell you just by looking at his friends.

Tonight’s discussion on Boehner’s tears via Fox News below:

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  • http://reddit.com Jon

    Grown-man crying… maybe that should be the new GOP logo. Describes most of the party these days.

  • ROCKSTEADY

    Yep they are cryin all the way to the Bank.

  • http://reddit.com Jon

    ROCKSTEADY said:
    Yep they are cryin all the way to the Bank.

    Yeah? So what is their plan to fix the economy? Who cares about the bank when the dollar is devalued by the FED?

  • ordinary

    “Boehner”, that sounds like a German surname. But how un-German can you get. Where is your Teutonic fortitude Boehner! I know, we Americans are all heinz 57. Last names don’t mean much. He could be 90% Italian. Plus I’m stero-typing. Sorry.

  • ROCKSTEADY

    Jon said:
    So what is their plan to fix the economy

    I think we have to wait untill they stop crying to find out.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Clifford-EElisary/1434665168 Clifford E.Elisary

    I CRY ALL THE TIME ALSO, WHEN THINGS MOVE ME. HAVING SAID THAT ONE CAN ONLY IMAGE WHAT THE FOX-REPUBLICAN PROPAGANDA MACHINE, FROM ORIELLY, THROUGH THE REST OF THOSE FOOLS WOULD SAY IF IN THE COURSE OF AN INTERVIEW SPEAKER PELOSI WOULD BE CAUGHT SOBBING, THESE FOOLS WOULD NOT BE REACTING THE WAY THEY ARE TOWARD SPEAKER ELECT BOHNER…..THEY WOULD BE COMMENTING ON HOW WEAK WHO EVER IT WAS, PELOSI OR CLINTON, THE RIGHT MACHINJE WOULD HAVE A FIELD DAY……

  • BlackWidow

    The man is a drunk! He acts( Hell No Hell No) manic sometimes and then sobs his eyes out the other times,. This should be a fun two years.

  • BlackWidow

    Clifford E.Elisary said:
    I CRY ALL THE TIME ALSO, WHEN THINGS MOVE ME. HAVING SAID THAT ONE CAN ONLY IMAGE WHAT THE FOX-REPUBLICAN PROPAGANDA MACHINE, FROM ORIELLY, THROUGH THE REST OF THOSE FOOLS WOULD SAY IF IN THE COURSE OF AN INTERVIEW SPEAKER PELOSI WOULD BE CAUGHT SOBBING, THESE FOOLS WOULD NOT BE REACTING THE WAY THEY ARE TOWARD SPEAKER ELECT BOHNER…..THEY WOULD BE COMMENTING ON HOW WEAK WHO EVER IT WAS, PELOSI OR CLINTON, THE RIGHT MACHINJE WOULD HAVE A FIELD DAY……

    Clif great comments but please don’t yell!

  • ROCKSTEADY

    Jon i am no way a rethug i was being sarcastic.

  • CosmosDan

    I agree with ORielly , he won’t govern sincerely.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Helen-Nordo/100000884291530 Helen Nordo

    I admire a man who can cry when you hit on a subject that is close to his heart, it shows he is human, not merely a politician putting on a big show. I have, on occasion, seen Ronald Reagen hold back tears, unfortunately, John was trapped in one of those “gotcha” moments and, of course, the democrats will use that to their advantage. A man like Boehner, who came from humble roots is to be admired, not ridiculed. I can assure you he earned his degrees, and paid for them whatever the cost..he can prove that he did, indeed, attend a specific college,( there are some that had it handed it to them on a silver platter.).John is the kind of guy I admire, not one that was trained to fight for the “wrong reasons”, to be a spokesperson on how to rip off the country..I like the old fashioned real Abe Lincoln sort of guy that came up from simple roots, WORKED his way up to the top and now, for a moment or two of reflection, may show a flow of emotion..that means he is a warm, sensitive man that could understand the needs of those less fortunate and can, hopefully, understand what the working class is going through. It wasn’t a “Gotcha” moment John, it was a warm & sensitive reflection of what you REALLY are. God Bless You & God Bless Our America!

  • The Real Royal King

    CosmosDan said:
    I agree with ORielly , he won’t govern sincerely.

    I thought the same thing.

  • The Real Royal King

    Helen Nordo said:
    A man like Boehner, who came from humble roots is to be admired,

    The Boston Strangler came from humble roots. Do you admire him, too?

  • puck30

    Jon said:
    Grown-man crying… maybe that should be the new GOP logo. Describes most of the party these days.

    You all didn’t have a problem when Robert Wexler would cry a river on cue.

  • puck30

    The Real Royal King said:
    The Boston Strangler came from humble roots. Do you admire him, too?

    You came from crappy roots but we don’t give a s***. The Boston Strangler…..do you know how stupid you just sounded?

  • The Real Royal King

    puck30 said:
    You all didn’t have a problem when Robert Wexler would cry a river on cue.

    Wexler wasn’t the Weeper of the House.

  • puck30

    Wexler never cried???? Now you are smoking crack!

  • puck30

    The Real Royal King said:
    The Boston Strangler came from humble roots. Do you admire him, too?

    While we are at it, if you go by Crangle’s logic, Jeffrey Dahmer came from humble roots.

  • nrgetick

    ha ha ah ha ha ah what say you teabaggers about your orange messiah now ha ha ha ha ha ha

    i cant go by a school without..mfhhmfhfhh,,those kids,.ah wahhha hhh

    what a crock of shit. The interviewer is like *sniff sniff* is that vapor rub i smell?

  • Kermit

    lol Yeah Right!! He is drunk 95% of the time and he cry over everything the pertains to him!! What a f reeking Joke!

    The Weeper of the House!

    Now if Nancy Pelosi did this you would be all over her…. so NOW it is perfectly ok to be drunk and cry all the time?

  • http://reddit.com Jon

    puck30 said:
    You all didn’t have a problem when Robert Wexler would cry a river on cue.

    Sorry puck, our economy is in the gutter and the new speaker of the house is crying. Other countries our laughing at us.

  • BFD

    LOL at Pelosi saying he cries all the time on the job too.

    I respect a man who has to wipe a tear away, but a man who blubbers like a baby, is…well…a blubbering baby.

  • the real john t

    Hillary Clinton cried while being interviewed during the NH primaries. The RWers screamed she was too emotional to govern. Now Bohner cries as often as Glenn Beck and it makes him a very good leader. Give me a friggin break. What a bunch of hypocrites.

  • BFD

    the real john t said:
    Hillary Clinton cried while being interviewed during the NH primaries.

    And don’t forget, Hillary didn’t full-on cry. She just glazed over in that robotic way she has. And the Right went wild!

    Hillary is more a man than Boehner will ever be.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kim-Barker/693546751 Kim Barker

    He can’t talk about the kids because his policies have screwed them over for the benefit of the wealthy.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kim-Barker/693546751 Kim Barker

    And since the kids remind him what effect his policies have had for those least capable of defending themselves, it reminds him what a sell out he is. It’s a blatant example of how the world (created mostly by Democrats in power) that he grew up in that allowed him to build a life for himself is not going to be available for the kids in the near future because they have to grow up in a world cultivated by GOP polices primarily that bust unions and underfund schools in states like Ohio that he grew up in. For those kids, they don’t stand a chance. Why is it that conservatives have a hard time facing the results of their haphazard policies? It’s easy to accept your policies as being superior when you don’t have to stare into the faces of the unintended consequences.

  • Just4thefax

    Fact: I would have a republican with a heart and God fearing soul onboard than a Clinton that pulled out a fake cries for the camera at Ron Brown Funeral no less! Clinton is and always will be a theft of senior citizens of white water and an asshole for his continuous lies!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDtcyVbPvC4
    You D-bagger left nuts are a bunch of lunatics that are warped and seem to gravitate on all things that are inhumane or are against God and country!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kim-Barker/693546751 Kim Barker

    Just4thefax said:
    I would have a republican with a heart and God fearing soul

    I think you’re mistaking “God fearing soul” with “Johnny Walker Black”. Someone with a soul would not scream HELL NO at the mere suggestion that the American people deserve health insurance. You fake conservatives surely love your double standards and are full of sorry excuses for irrational behavior.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kim-Barker/693546751 Kim Barker

    Just4thefax said:
    seem to gravitate on all things that are inhumane or are against God and country!

    BTW, stop standing behind sorry and misappropriated patriotism. It’s INHUMANE to let tens of thousands of Americans die because they don’t have health care for the sake of the corporate bottom line. And there’s nothing GODLY or PATRIOTIC about being unwilling to look in the eyes of the kids whose lives are destroyed by your sorry policies. If you loved your country, you would work hard to make sure those kids do have a chance at a better life. It’s not like Boehner isn’t in a position to make that happen.

    It’s not UNPATRIOTIC to call Boehner our for his inconsistencies and irrationalities. Grow up and stop hiding behind the flag or God whenever someone criticizes the emotionally weak people you look up to. If he can’t hack the consequences of his job, then he shouldn’t do it. If he’s putting on a show, he should work for Fox and not the good people of Ohio.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kim-Barker/693546751 Kim Barker

    Helen Nordo said:
    I admire a man who can cry when you hit on a subject that is close to his heart

    I can understand that Boehner short-changing his constituents and the effect that those short-changes have had on those who can least defend themselves, the children, might remind him of how big a sell out he is. Especially when the mostly Democratic world he grew up in allowed his kind to go to college and propel himself forward. Not so with this generation of kids. With underfunded schools, cuts to college scholarships, and the lack of decent jobs in places like Southern Ohio (where Boehner presides), those kids are doomed. And they can thank the union busting GOP and their unwillingness to pay the taxes that support the kind of policies and hand ups that helped the likes of John Boehner get ahead for their predicament.

    Unfortunately, John was trapped in a wet brain moment that happens when his years of alcohol abuse are mixed with the rare occasion where he realizes that to get ahead, he has had to sell out the likes of his unemployed siblings and others like them. It can make even the most stoic drunk misty at acknowledging the social conscious that they long ago lost in their unyielding thirst for power.

    If he truly wants to understand the needs of the working class, then he has to spend more time with the KIDS of the working class and less time with lobbyists.

    BTW, John Boehner is no Abe Lincoln. Don’t fool yourself into thinking otherwise.

  • kalaxey

    great information.
    Regenerate MD

  • Just4thefax

    Kim Barker said:
    I think you’re mistaking “God fearing soul” with “Johnny Walker Black”.

    Fact: No. Idiot my words where clear! Re-read it again loony tunes. Oh by the way go buy your own insurance and quit being a kleptomanic with American tax payers money! Looser!

  • Just4thefax

    Kim Barker said:
    stop standing behind sorry and misappropriated patriotism. It’s INHUMANE to let tens of thousands of Americans

    Fact: This is America you are free enough to buy your own so do so!

  • Just4thefax

    Kim Barker said:
    hack the consequences of his job

    Fact: Get one yourself and quit begging for others to give you handouts dumb shit!

  • Just4thefax

    Kim Barker said:
    Not so with this generation of kids. With underfunded schools, cuts to college scholarships, and the lack of decent jobs

    Fact: I paid for school and had a job paying for it myself. Get off the soap box of laziness and provide it for yourself! People like you are pathedic!

  • The Real Royal King

    Just4thefax said:
    Fact: I would have a republican with a heart and God fearing soul onboard than a Clinton that pulled out a fake cries for the camera at Ron Brown Funeral no less! Clinton is and always will be a theft of senior citizens of white water and an asshole for his continuous lies!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDtcyVbPvC4
    You D-bagger left nuts are a bunch of lunatics that are warped and seem to gravitate on all things that are inhumane or are against God and country!

    Yet, he left office with high favorable numbers and remains wildly popular. Peace and prosperity will do that.

    Just4thefax said:
    Fact: I paid for school and had a job paying for it myself. Get off the soap box of laziness and provide it for yourself! People like you are pathedic!

    That doesn’t seem to have worked out all that well for you.

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    The Real Royal King said:
    The Boston Strangler came from humble roots. Do you admire him, too?

    He was known by a phony name, just like you.

  • Just4thefax

    The Real Royal King said:
    left office with high favorable numbers

    Fact: Kool Aid does wonder for the weak minded!

    The Real Royal King said:
    worked out all that well for you

    Fact: I have a good job with the company! why don’t you work and quit taking handouts!

  • ROCKSTEADY

    Kim Barker said:
    Grow up and stop hiding behind the flag or God whenever someone criticizes the emotionally weak people you look up to. If he can’t hack the consequences of his job, then he shouldn’t do it. If he’s putting on a show, he should work for Fox and not the good people of Ohio.

    Very nice Kim!

  • The Real Royal King

    gordonbloyershow said:
    He was known by a phony name, just like you.

    Actually, people, notably crime reporters and police officers called him that, much as we call you Basil Marceaux or Gordon Blower. He always used his full name, Albert DeSalvo.

  • Just4thefax

    ROCKSTEADY said:
    Grow up and stop hiding behind the flag or God

    Fact: When is the last time you stood as pledge was read or even understand it? Do you actually know all the verses of Star Spangeld Banner?
    http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/lyrics/spangle.htm
    http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/lyrics/spangle.htm
    Here it is left nut read it asshole and understand it asshole!

  • ROCKSTEADY

    Just4thefax said:
    Grow up and stop hiding behind the flag or God

    You skipped over the grow up part i see.You will be so surprisd when God tells you at the pearly gates that your kind are not welcome in heaven.

  • Just4thefax

    ROCKSTEADY said:
    You skipped over the grow up part i see.You will be so surprisd when God tells you at the pearly gates that your kind are not welcome in heaven.

    Fact: I walk in the light so should you! Thats right some only see dark!

  • Just4thefax

    Fact: That right 22 year olds have lots of wisdom! Try putting a booster chair up to the PC if it helps your debate child!

  • ROCKSTEADY

    Just4thefax said:
    I walk in the light

    HAHAHAHHA I see the light has gone out for you.Sad human.Peace be with you.

  • Just4thefax

    ROCKSTEADY said:
    HAHAHAHHA I see the light has gone out for you.Sad human.Peace be with you.

    Fact: hahahahah Healthcare hahahahahahahah….This is how Ozerocare works!
    Fact: I’ve been looking all over the place for healthcare. If you can’t afford to see a doctor, you get referred to the airport for a free x-ray and complete “Enhanced pat-down.”There’s even a coupon included for a no-wait security checkup. “Mention Al-Qaeda and get a free colonoscopy.” that is the facts of government ran healthcare and it’s a sham!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kim-Barker/693546751 Kim Barker

    Just4thefax said:
    Fact: I paid for school and had a job paying for it myself. Get off the soap box of laziness and provide it for yourself! People like you are pathedic!

    Well maybe if you spent less time working and more time paying attention in school, you’d know how to spell PATHETIC.

    What’s PATHETIC is that you’re calling people lazy who know how to spell words like PATHETIC and in another post you misspelled the word LIE by spelling it LYE. What Cracker Jack box did you get your degree out of anyway?

    BTW, I paid for school out of pocket, too. Still, I don’t feel the need to cry about it. It’s not an exceptional accomplishment especially when they give degrees to illiterates like you.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kim-Barker/693546751 Kim Barker

    Just4thefax said:
    Fact: Get one yourself and quit begging for others to give you handouts dumb shit!

    FACT: I have one. Too bad TWO of Boehners own siblings don’t. What a lowlife family he must come from. No wonder he’s so unstable.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kim-Barker/693546751 Kim Barker

    Just4thefax said:
    Fact: This is America you are free enough to buy your own so do so!

    Actually those who have pre-existing conditions cannot. And neither can the precious children who Boehner can’t even be man enough to look in the face. Spare me, tool. You speak of what is and is not humane when you have no other rationale and then you turn around and tell an uninsured child to get their own insurance. You have no humanity so stop hiding behind words like “humane” when you don’t even know the meaning of the word. And stop hiding behind a Constitution or a Bible that you clearly have not read. If you can’t defend the policies you defend with LOGIC, then stop trying to desperately defend the indefensible.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kim-Barker/693546751 Kim Barker

    Just4thefax said:
    Fact: No. Idiot my words where clear! Re-read it again loony tunes. Oh by the way go buy your own insurance and quit being a kleptomanic with American tax payers money! Looser!

    It’s LOSER and it’s KLEPTOMANIAC. You really need to start using spell check if you want at all to seem half as educated as you think you are.

    It’s clear why the likes of Limbaugh, Beck, and Boehner appeal to you. You don’t even have a basic grasp on the English language let alone logic. You keep hiding behind the same tired tired talking points.

    BTW, if it’s uninsured Americans who you despise, then you must hate Red Staters especially in states like Texas because that’s where the greatest number of uninsured Americans live. You’re right, fake conservatives need to stop mooching off the rest of the country and learn how to pull their own weight. They really are pulling the rest of the country down.

  • giraffe

    What a shock — Boehner’s Tears – good acting lessons can produce ANYTHING — but O’Reilly is an idiot to think we believe anything he says – this statement adds to the list of reasons that FAUX news should be viewed as a comedy show — and not taken seriously. Honestly — when I first saw the Glen Beck show — I laughed very hard thinking FAUX had produced a better comedian than Jon Stewart! When I saw that USA citizens took Beck’s words literally as “news” or even “facts” — I cried. USA= WAKE UP!

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