You can make up your own mind about Boehner as a politician... That’s why I’m not being a book reviewer here. I’m being – in political memoir terms – one of those people who walks around in grocery stores giving out free samples of cheese. (Limburger in this case, given that Boehner is German and how Washington smells.) You’ll want the whole wedge. I mean, who wouldn’t read a book full of things like Boehner’s story about meeting the venerable southern Democrat Senator Howell Heflin for the first time shortly after the Monica Lewinsky scandal broke... Seeing me holding a Camel in my hand, he said, with a thick Alabama drawl, ‘I’m glad to see you smoking a cigarette.’ He told me he had just gone to the White House that day, his first visit since the Clintons were elected... ‘I lit up my cigarette like I always did,’ the senator told me, his eyes flickering with annoyance, ‘and these kids come running over to say, ‘Oh, senator, senator, you can’t smoke here.’ And I looked back at them and I said, ‘I can’t smoke here? But would it be OK if I put a penis in my mouth?’
There is nothing more dangerous than a reckless asshole who thinks he is smarter than everyone else. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Senator Ted Cruz. So, depending on what kind of Republican you are, you may come away from reading On the House irked at its Republican author. I myself don’t “want Washington to work” quite as much as Boehner does. But do not let irritation interrupt your reading pleasure. John gives the other side its due, too... I lost it on Harry Reid [Democratic Senate Majority Leader 2007 to 2015]. He’d been talking all kinds of shit on the Senate floor... I went over, got in Reid’s face, and said, ‘Do you even listen to all that shit that comes out of your mouth? You can go fuck yourself.’ And... The thing about Bernie, by the way, is that he is probably the most honest person to ever run for president... he genuinely believes all the crazy shit he says. But you should read the book even if you’re a left-wing Democrat. Because Boehner is every bit as honest as Senator Bernie, and he genuinely describes all the crazy shit he saw in Washington, D.C.
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