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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCould Boehner's speakership be history? His daughter is set to marry a black man.
John Boehner's 35 year old daughter Lindsey, (far right in family picture) is engaged to a Jamaican man who has been busted several times for marijuana. House speaker John Boehner opposes marijuana legalization.
The right wing of his party is not going to like this.
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Lindsay Boehner, the anti-pot House Speakers eldest daughter, is getting ready to marry Jamaica-born construction worker Dominic Lakhan, according the Boca Raton-based National Enquirer.
And the 38-year-old groom was once arrested by sheriffs deputies for possession of marijuana.
Records show, the Enquirer reports, that Lakhan was pulled over for a traffic violation in Pembroke Pines back in 2006.
And not only was Lakhan driving with an opened can of Natural Lite beer, the report reads, there was an odor of burnt cannabis emitting from the interior of the vehicle.
A search of the vehicle revealed two bags containing approximately 2 grams cannabis . . . inside the center of the ashtray. Suspect admitted to the possession of the cannabis, stating that it was for personal use.
Lakhan was arrested and charged with misdemeanor pot possession.
Lindsay Boehner and Lakhan, by the way, are already living together in a rented house on east side of Delray. Both are described by neighbors as really cool.
Meanwhile, the perpetually-tanned John Boehner, a GOP congressman from Ohio, is adamantly against the use of pot, even for medicinal purposes.
Full Story:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2314065/John-Boehners-daughter-marrying-Jamaican-born-man-arrested-possession-marijuana.html
http://gossipextra.com/2013/04/24/john-boehner-daughter-drugs-marriage-delray-beach-2537/
To be honest I don't know how newsworthy it is to some people here. But in an era where so much of the GOP movement is based on demographic animosity, I think its thread worthy. And yes, I think the groom's ethnic background more than trumps his drug past when it comes to politics.
Mass
(27,315 posts)Boy, hard to make worse when it comes to reliable sources. I dont know if it would be newsworthy with a real source, but just like that, it is really NOT newsworthy of anything except the trash.
aaaaaa5a
(4,667 posts)I took the links that had pictures. But its all over the net. I wouldn't post the story if I thought for a second it was untrue.
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sendero
(28,552 posts)... know that since the Enquirer lost a lawsuit a long time ago they are careful about what they publish. I would believe their story over something the NYT published, as an example.
Every year or so this happens here, someone cites an Enquirer story, derision follows and the story is ALWAYS EVENTUALLY PROVEN CORRECT.
onenote
(42,821 posts)when the stories all refer to a single misdemenor possession charge from 7 years ago?
aaaaaa5a
(4,667 posts)ecstatic
(32,781 posts)types. I think it depends on if he thinks/talks like a teabagger. On the other hand, I don't hear much about politicians' kids so it may not matter.
LittleBlue
(10,362 posts)Bizarre pairing. She looks like your typical high-class politician's daughter, he looks like a Rastafarian or something.
Boehner must have shit himself.
Good luck to them.
aaaaaa5a
(4,667 posts)TexasTowelie
(112,620 posts)My apologies, but that is the question that I would expect to hear this area.
aaaaaa5a
(4,667 posts)undeterred
(34,658 posts)I think Halloween colors would be fun for a wedding.
Nay
(12,051 posts)Leslie Valley
(310 posts)3 or 4 times today already.
Congratulations.
aaaaaa5a
(4,667 posts)JI7
(89,283 posts)SpartanDem
(4,533 posts)Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)And maybe he will make the Speaker change his views on a few things.
onenote
(42,821 posts)This marriage will have zero impact on his speakership.
840high
(17,196 posts)aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)Looks like something's stuffed up in there. Maybe he's a Rastafarian? It'll make an interesting wedding reception to see him next to the Boner. The reggae music will at least be good I'll bet.
shanti
(21,675 posts)way to stick it to pops, lindsay!
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)K&R
brush
(53,968 posts)LeftInTX
(25,720 posts)Hope he doesn't cut it cuz I wanna see the wedding pics.
DreamGypsy
(2,252 posts)that my ganja hat.
bhikkhu
(10,725 posts)...and I am getting over the idea of smoking pot as a mark against anyone's character. I think the repugs are well along the way as well.
So what are we talking about?
Wounded Bear
(58,765 posts)No problemo, bro!
Niceguy1
(2,467 posts)I can't believe I wasted my time and electrons reading this drivel.
DreamGypsy
(2,252 posts)...that his genes are not reality, diversity destroying.
Hey, Lindsey, any time you and the ganja man want to drop by...don't hesitate. Just lock the old man in the liquor closet and come on over.
There is hope for Amerika yet!
ps: Got a question , in that 364 Time 3:31 photo - is the central figure Mrs. Boehner, or is that John in drag?? Inquiring minds must know.
HiPointDem
(20,729 posts)construction worker in the first place, at a club?
it just doesn't seem like their paths would cross that easily.
second, both those daughters have the same expression their mother does.
Historic NY
(37,458 posts)anyway Christmas dinner ot the Boehners is going to be interesting...
HiPointDem
(20,729 posts)travel in the same circles.
white congressperson's daughter -- jamaican construction worker
Historic NY
(37,458 posts)HiPointDem
(20,729 posts)partly it was the hat. not fashionable in the us, i think.
malaise
(269,256 posts)Not true
HiPointDem
(20,729 posts)" Jamaica-born construction worker Dominic Lakhan"
if he's not a construction worker, what is he?
shanti
(21,675 posts)a reggae show, a jamaican vacation. any and all of those places. trust me
BlueCheese
(2,522 posts)The Republican Party had a black chairman not too long ago. Their last presidential nominee was a Mormon. Don't overestimate the power of that fringe of the party. The main party couldn't care less about Boehner's daughter.
malaise
(269,256 posts)He is not Afro-Jamaican. His father is 100% Indian from Trinidad. His mother is Jamaican. Muslim? As you can see those are locks. I'm literally rolling on the floor laughing.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)as father in law to a non-Ivy League man.
malaise
(269,256 posts)It is funny given what he's about to face from his baggers. No wonder the ReTHUG scumbag is always crying.
RudynJack
(1,044 posts)He has an undergraduate degree from a very small college in Cincinnati - and it took him 7 years to get that.
reformist2
(9,841 posts)TheCowsCameHome
(40,169 posts)having that jerk Boner for a father-in-law.