Russert implies NYT's article about Boehner can't be so 'cause he came from such 'humble beginnings'

[flpoljunkie]

What a brown-noser! On MSNBC's Morning Joe, Luke Russert was given a tour of the old Boehner family home and talked about how John Boeher was one of 12 children raised in a Catholic family--who, because he worked so hard putting himself through Xaxier in seven years, believes in self-reliance...blah, blah, blah...

That's right because he came from such 'humble beginnings' he cannot be the lobbyist tool he is (famous for handing out tobacco company lobbyist checks on the House floor in 1996).

He (Boehner) maintains especially tight ties with a circle of lobbyists and former aides representing some of the nation’s biggest businesses, including Goldman Sachs, Google, Citigroup, R. J. Reynolds, MillerCoors and UPS.

They have contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to his campaigns, provided him with rides on their corporate jets, socialized with him at luxury golf resorts and waterfront bashes and are now leading fund-raising efforts for his Boehner for Speaker campaign, which is soliciting checks of up to $37,800 each, the maximum allowed.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/12/us/politics/12boehner.html?_r=1

[JamesA1102]

1. Little Russert got cushy internships at NBC while

other people's children went to fight a war his father helped the Bush Administration sell to the public.

[The Backlash Cometh]

4. On the contrary. I find that people who come from humble beginnings

sometimes feel like the world owes them all the luxuries they missed out on.

[JamesA1102]

10. How is that "On the contrary"? nt

[The Backlash Cometh]

15. Sorry. Should have linked up to the original post.

[JamesA1102]

21. Oh OK. That makes more sense. NT

[QC]

12. [phone]

[Arugula Latte]

29. Very good point, James A. ... Tim Russert was such a salesman for Bushco.

A pox on his son, too, who is following in Daddy's Republican ass-kissing footsteps.

[asjr]

2. Humble beginnings my ass. Hitler was a house

painter. Didn't take him long.

[Alcibiades]

13. Hitler wasn't a house painter

He was an amateur artist who tried, and twice failed, to gain admission to the Akademie der bildenden Künste in Vienna. He probably should have had a safety school, but it's a sign of his vanity that, despite his extreme conventionality as an artist, he decided not to bother if he couldn't get into the most prestigious arts school in Austria.



http://www.snyderstreasures.net/pages/hartworks.htm

[The Wizard]

30. Hitler

"Now there was a painter. He could paint an entire apartment in one afternoon----two coats."
(Franz Liepkund)

[babylonsister]

3. I caught part of that. No amount of whitewashing can compete

with the fact that boner is dumb as a box of rocks, for those paying attention anyway.

[flpoljunkie]

5. But Boehner is apparently a world class schmoozer to high powered corporate lobbyists

Boehner's K Street Cabinet: http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2010/09/12/us/politics/12boehner-graphic.html?ref=politics

[rfranklin]

6. And apparently a world class boozer...

and vying for the lead role in "Black Like Me"

[boomerbust]

7. Puff Piece

The Rise Of Boner

[Frustratedlady]

9. Pun intended, I presume.

[Jennicut]

8. You can be corrupted and start from humble beginnings and also

be wealthy and very much on the side of the poor. I mean, look at Teddy Kennedy. This is meaningless.

[flpoljunkie]

14. Apparently, Russert chose to ignore this glaringly obvious truth

He was on The Daily Rundown with an abbreviated version of his earlier Morning Joe homage to Boehner's 'humble beginnings.'

[WI_DEM]

11. Luke Russert is a joke.

[flpoljunkie]

16. It's on again! More Boehner fawning from Luke Russert on MSNBC!

Truly makes me want to gag!

[Raine1967]

17. Boner's Humble beginning is a fairy tale.

And then he sold his soul to the Devil.

it truly is a "Grim" fairy tale.

[jenmito]

18. MSNBC has been playing that package all morning and I'm sure they'll continue to do so. n/t

[flpoljunkie]

19. Yes, indeed. This is the third time this morning, by my count.

Russert does look a bit chagrined. He should be ashamed of his blatant brown-nosing, posing as journalism.

[niceypoo]

20. Sure was humble of him to hand out tobacco lobby checks...

...on the house floor. Yeah, just a regular little guy looking out for all us little guys.

[COLGATE4]

22. Tell me with a straight face that Russert Jr. would have gotten

his gig if he weren't scion of Russert Sr.

[FrenchieCat]

23. I saw about 1 minute of that, and turned the channel.

Russert is a bought whore, and no one should forget this EVER!

[LiberalFighter]

24. Don't most criminals come from humble beginnings?

[flpoljunkie]

25. Let me just say, it's not unheard of!

[jenmito]

26. They're running the whole thing AGAIN! n/t

[BlueIdaho]

27. Young master Russert is a legacy hire.

He doesn't know his hole form an ass on the ground.

[GeorgeGist]

28. As I am sure his father advised him ...

integrity is for paupers.

[flpoljunkie]

31. On 5th segment Russert says no doubt some of that 'meeting with lobbyists' stuff goes on but Boehner

comes from a 'humble background.' Boehner gets 'both his charm and his heart from his father.' And, he played football while in pain. What a guy!

The Republican party doesn't need to promote his background, Luke, as you disingenuously suggest. You and MSNBC are doing a fine job for them! A shameless display, Russert!