House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, crossed a line, according to the White House, when he reportedly used “colorful language” to describe one of President Obama’s recent policy pushes.
“Reportedly, yesterday morning, the Speaker of the House told his Republican colleagues that this is just a phony issue,” Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters today while discussing the student loan interest rate issue. “I understand that the Speaker of the House may have actually used even more colorful words to describe this issue, which is unfortunate.”
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Earnest was referring to a report about a closed-door Republican meeting. “”Let’s call bulls— bulls—,” Boehner said, according to Politico. “This election is about jobs, jobs, jobs.”
The White House drew attention to those comments for the second day in a row. Stephanie Cutter, Obama’s deputy campaign manager, promised in a campaign video to call out the Romney team for “their B.S.” whenever she sees it. And the president himself said during a 2010 appearance on the Today Show that he wants to “know whose ass to kick” over the Gulf oil spill.
If you’re Obama or one of his supporters, apparently, “colorful language” isn’t such “a big f—ing deal” (to quote Vice President Joe Biden).
