I reported this last September.
So far, the media, with the exception of the National Enquirer, has ignored the story.
Let's tally the score...
Weiner has reporters hounding him for a week after a known charlatan, Andrew Breitbart, breaks a story about Weiner's indiscretions... a story that happened to be accurate, the same way a broken clock is twice a day.
On the other hand, Senator Tom Coburn, the bagman for Senator John Ensign's cuckold, enjoys media silence.
Notwithstanding my record of accurate reporting on Republican scandals, the media has all-but ignored a sex scandal involving the third-in-line to the Presidency, House Speaker John Boehner.
Hey Boehner: how ’bout that pledge you made to your wife?
with 55 comments
It was Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) who told abstinence education advocate Rep. Mark Souder (R-IN) that he had to resign from Congress after having an affair with a staffer. It was also Boehner that told members of his caucus that they had to stop using the “party house” to entertain young Republican female lobbyists.
While everyone knows that John Boehner enjoys the good life of luxury travel and golf junkets, many are convinced that enjoys a mistress, too.
I began hearing this from several sources last month with increasing amounts of detail, including the name of the lobbyists Boehner is supposedly having a relationship with – Lisbeth Lyons, Vice President for Government Affairs for the American Printers Association.
I decided I’d look into the story, but I hadn’t decided how to pose the question directly to Boehner. Last night, I learned the location of the House Republican Leadership’s “Pledge to America,” event.
I was able to catch up with Boehner just as he was leaving the event. His silence (which does not equal an admission, of course) in the face of the repeated question does not, it seem to me, to be one you’d expect from a happily married man confronted with an accusation of being unfaithful. Note the complete lack of outrage at being asked about allegations that are unfounded or untrue. There wasn’t even a simple “no,” to put the issue to rest.
Here’s the video. You be the judge of his response:
So far as I’m concerned, if someone asked me if I was cheating on my wife, it would be very easy for me to simply say, “Absolutely not. No truth to that whatsoever.” John Boehner couldn’t bring himself to mouth those words.
Of course, he didn’t admit to the affair either, so I decided to take the next step. I called Lisbeth Lyons for comment. Her reaction is not what I’d expect of someone confronted with an unfounded personal allegation like this. Here’s the audio:
Again, there isn’t any reaction I’d expect, such as calling me crazy, threatening to sue, or saying “absolutely not.”
Simply put, that wouldn’t be the natural response given by any woman that I know that wasn’t sleeping with the most powerful Republican in Washington.
The bottom line is this: At an event John Boehner offered numerous pledges to America, he wouldn’t comment on whether or not he was keeping a fundamental pledge he made to his wife. John Boehner forced Mark Souder to resign for adultery. Shouldn’t he at least have to say what the truth is?