On “Long Journey” from Reading to Congress, Boehner Still the Same Guy

The Cincinnati Enquirer highlighted Congressman Boehner’s “long journey from Reading, Ohio to the U.S. Capitol” where he’s leading the fight to create new jobs, cut government spending, and change the way Congress works. According to the Enquirer, friends and colleagues say he’s the same guy he’s always been:

“…Boehner is a native of working-class Reading, one of 12 children from a Catholic family who grew up in a five-bedroom, one-bathroom home on Hill Street.

“Long before he crusaded for tax cuts, he was a football player for Gerry Faust’s Moeller High School Crusaders.

“After a short stint in the U.S. Navy in 1969 – Boehner was discharged after less than three months because of a bad back – he worked odd jobs, including as a bartender, roofer and a janitor before attending Xavier, where he almost quit until a respected accounting professor intervened. …

“Graduating from Xavier, Boehner worked as a salesman at Nucite Sales, a marketing firm for packaging and plastics manufacturers. He bought the company and became president, a job he held until he joined Congress and House ethics rules forced him to resign. …

“He is also a man, friends and colleagues in state say, who hasn’t changed much since his Reading days, at least in private.

“High school friend and teammate Jerry Vanden Eynden said he is bothered by the portrayal of Boehner as a rich elitist.

“‘If we needed a dollar for gas, our dads didn’t give it to us,’ he said. ‘We had to go work for it…people don’t realize that about him.’”

Read the whole article here. With his small business experience and background in the private sector, Boehner is leading the way on a “Pledge to America” that calls for stopping the tax hikes on small businesses to help create new jobs, cutting spending back to pre-“stimulus” levels, posting all bills online at least three days before a vote, and much more. Learn more here.

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READ MORE:

• Letter to the Editor: “Boehner Understands What This Country Needs to Turn Things Around” (9/28/10)
• Telegraph on Boehner: “Classic Up-By-The-Bootstraps Tale of the American Dream” (9/20/10)
• MSNBC Looks at Boehner’s Humble Beginnings (9/13/10)

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