John Boehner is an alcoholic.

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92. The links I provided go back three years and they all name Boehner.

Further, Joe Scarborough names Boehner as a drunk. Bob Ney says he's a drunk. Sean Hannity says Boehner is a drunk--these aren't lefties trying to score points, these are REPUBLICANS calling the guy out. And this isn't "news"--it's been a story since the "minority leader" became the majority leader. And it's been coming from the right as much if not more than from the left: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/16/john-boehner-drinking_n_797605.html

I don't think a Congressman has to end up in a traffic stop while his stripper companion "The Argentine Firecracker" escapes by running headlong into the Tidal Basin before one recognizes that the individual has a problem with alcohol. ( I reference this historical scandal which provided a great deal of tongue wagging on the Hill : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilbur_Mills#Scandal_and_retirement )

The bottom line is that when one is "impaired" at work, one's job performance suffers. There's a time and place for everything--nothing wrong with "partying" but there's everything wrong with being smashed while crafting the nation's laws. There's no excuse or justification for it. The guy needs to stop being drunk at work, get himself some help if that's an insurmountable chore, or get gone from public life.