John Boehner, keeping it classy.

Republican congressman, John Boehner (R-OH) has been sworn in as the Speaker of the House of Representatives.  As all Republicans, he is committed to keeping it classy, just as it was when he was a regular congressmen and dispensing tobacco lobbyist checks to his fellow congressmen on the house floor.

Consider what Matt Taibbi, at Rolling Stone magazine, had to say about this indolent corporate shill and cocksucker:

Boehner suggested that by voting for Obamacare, [Steve] Driehaus "may be a dead man" and "can't go home to the west side of Cincinnati" because "the Catholics will run him out of town," Driehaus began receiving death threats, and a right-wing website published directions to his house. Driehaus says he approached Boehner on the floor and confronted him.

"I didn't think it was funny at all," Driehaus says. "I've got three little kids and a wife. I said to him, 'John, this is bullshit, and way out of bounds. For you to say something like that is wildly irresponsible.'"

Driehaus is quick to point out that he doesn't think Boehner meant to urge anyone to violence. "But it's not about what he intended — it's about how the least rational person in my district takes it. We run into some crazy people in this line of work."

Driehaus says Boehner was "taken aback" when confronted on the floor, but never actually said he was sorry: "He said something along the lines of, 'You know that's not what I meant.' But he didn't apologize"...

(h/t Brad DeLong's blog)