{"id":2394,"date":"2014-08-22T19:52:25","date_gmt":"2014-08-22T19:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=2394"},"modified":"2014-08-22T19:53:13","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T19:53:13","slug":"paul-ryan-hates-john-boehners-constant-smoking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=2394","title":{"rendered":"Paul Ryan hates John Boehner&#8217;s constant smoking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/boehner-paulryan.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2395\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?attachment_id=2395\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/boehner-paulryan.jpg?fit=1000%2C687&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,687\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;AP&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, left,  joined by House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., takes reporters&#039; questions, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013, as House Republicans signaled support for a budget deal worked out yesterday between Ryan and Senate Budget Committee Chair Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. The budget deal was one of a few major measures left on Congress&#039; to-do list near the end of a bruising year that has produced a partial government shutdown, a flirtation with a first-ever federal default and gridlock on President Obama&#039;s agenda. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite) ORG XMIT: DCSA110&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;AP BUDGET BATTLE A USA DC&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"AP BUDGET BATTLE A USA DC\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, left,  joined by House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., takes reporters&amp;#8217; questions, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013, as House Republicans signaled support for a budget deal worked out yesterday between Ryan and Senate Budget Committee Chair Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. The budget deal was one of a few major measures left on Congress&amp;#8217; to-do list near the end of a bruising year that has produced a partial government shutdown, a flirtation with a first-ever federal default and gridlock on President Obama&amp;#8217;s agenda. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite) ORG XMIT: DCSA110&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/boehner-paulryan.jpg?fit=474%2C326&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2395\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/boehner-paulryan.jpg?resize=300%2C206&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"AP BUDGET BATTLE A USA DC\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/boehner-paulryan.jpg?resize=300%2C206&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/boehner-paulryan.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/boehner-paulryan.jpg?w=948&amp;ssl=1 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> I&#8217;m just posting this because I think it&#8217;s hilarious. According to this USA Today<a href=\"http:\/\/onpolitics.usatoday.com\/2014\/08\/21\/paul-ryan-john-boehner-cigarette-smoke\/\"> story, <\/a>Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan said that in meetings with House Speaker John Boehner, he tries to sit as far away as possible because of Boehner&#8217;s constant smoking.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI try to sit as far away from him as I can in meetings that I know are going to be stressful,\u201d House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., told <em>Time<\/em>\u00a0in a Q&amp;A published Thursday. \u201cI just hate getting that smell in my clothes.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>OK, maybe just worth a chuckle. What isn&#8217;t quite as funny is Boehner has long been a stooge for Big Tobacco in Congress and has taken hundreds of thousands (maybe even millions) in contributions from Big Tobacco. <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/boehner.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2396\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?attachment_id=2396\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/boehner.jpg?fit=610%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"610,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"boehner\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/boehner.jpg?fit=474%2C233&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2396\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/boehner.jpg?resize=300%2C147&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"boehner\" width=\"300\" height=\"147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/boehner.jpg?resize=300%2C147&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/boehner.jpg?w=610&amp;ssl=1 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> Several years ago, Boehner even handed out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/10\/05\/opinion\/05herbert.html?_r=0\">checks from the tobacco industry&#8217;s lobbyists<\/a> to members of Congress &#8212; on the floor of the House no less &#8212; \u00a0in order to garner their votes on some issues benefiting the tobacco industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m just posting this because I think it&#8217;s hilarious. According to this USA Today story, Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan said that in meetings with House Speaker John Boehner, he tries to sit as far away as possible because of Boehner&#8217;s constant smoking. \u201cI try to sit as far away from him as I can in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=2394\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Paul Ryan hates John Boehner&#8217;s constant smoking<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2395,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[328,327],"tags":[676,675],"class_list":["post-2394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-john-boehner","category-paul-ryan","tag-john-boehner","tag-paul-ryan"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/boehner-paulryan.jpg?fit=1000%2C687&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4hpEa-CC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3598,"url":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=3598","url_meta":{"origin":2394,"position":0},"title":"New Speaker of the House Paul Ryan has to fumigate John Boehner&#8217;s cigarette smoke from his office","author":"Pepe Lepew","date":"November 4, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Something that isn't talked about much with cigarette smoke is the sheer stench of it that's left behind in the walls, furniture, carpet, drapes, etc. There's actually a term for this stench -- third-hand smoke. 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