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Boehner Tells Obama to Shove His Commie State Dinner Up His Ass
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Speaker John Boehner's decision to skip the White House state dinner for Chinese President Hu Jintao, following his declining to join President Barack Obama aboard Air Force One last week, has again raised the question of whether the two political leaders are having trouble getting along.
Boehner's office dismissed suggestions that Boehner's empty seat at the White House affair was in any way a snub. Two other congressional leaders, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, also sent their regrets because of various logistical reasons. Boehner is meeting Hu on Capitol Hill Thursday morning for substantive talks.
Boehner has turned down dinner invitations from both Republican and Democratic presidents, his office said. Those included the two other state dinners held by the Obama White House, with the leaders of Mexico and India.
But there persists a perception that Boehner, never close personally to Obama, is keeping his distance physically as well. Last week Boehner declined a seat on Air Force One when Obama, joined by a bipartisan group of lawmakers, flew to Arizona to lead memorial services for the victims of the Tucson shooting attack on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
Instead, Boehner remained in Washington to attend a reception for a candidate for Republican National Committee chairman. The next morning he led off debate on a resolution to honor Giffords, who was critically wounded, and the six people who died in the attack.
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