COLUMBUS, Ohio — House Republican leader John Boehner has used a vulgar expression to refer to Democrat Barack Obama and his voting record in the Illinois legislature.
While campaigning for Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Wednesday, Boehner told a small crowd at a bar in the college town of Oxford that failing to vote “yes” or “no” on an issue meant a lawmaker was a “chicken—-.” The Ohio congressman said the last thing the country needs is to have a “chicken” in the White House.
Boehner spokesman Jessica Towhey confirmed the remarks Saturday but said he wasn’t calling Obama the vulgar term.
“The point that Boehner was making was that Barack Obama has consistently avoided making tough decisions and taking tough votes, and voters need to know that,” she said.
