BREAKING: Boehner, Cantor in Standoff with Capitol Police

[The Desperate Blogger]

Unconfirmed reports indicate that Capitol police have called for a hostage negotiator to respond to an ongoing situation in the Capitol building in which House Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor have barricaded themselves in a conference room, demanding that they be joined there by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell along with President Obama and the Obama family dog Bo. Authorities have confirmed that the eight Republican House members appointed by the 'Cincinnati Cinnamon Stick' to the conference committee which he was expecting to negotiate the pending tax holiday legislation with Senate Democrats are with the Speaker and Majority Leader, but it is not certain if they are there voluntarily or have been taken hostage like the rest of the country.

The standoff began early this afternoon when Boehner returned to the Capitol shortly after extricating himself from the bus Sen. McConnell had just thrown him under. First he summoned Cantor and the others into the conference room, and shortly after all were assembled he and Cantor began contacting various press outlets and communicating their demands.

Newton Toomey, a Capitol police official familiar with the situation who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that as a precaution, authorities are acting based on the assumption that the top two ranking House Republicans are armed. Toomey also indicated there is a suspicion among many at the scene that 'The Bronze Clod' may be suffering from a condition he described as "tanning booth stroke" which might be impairing his judgment. "With him you can't always tell," he noted.

A spokesman for the families of the eight committee members told reporters that their loved ones remain confident they are safe and will remain so. "All of them have earnings putting them in the top 1-2% of Americans. The families are supremely confident that neither Mr. Boehner nor Mr. Cantor would ever do anything to harm anyone in their tax bracket, and they expect a peaceful resolution to the current situation as well as having much more time to spend with the current Representatives after the 2012 elections."

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[janedrake]

Hilarious - although I have to admit, the subject headline "got me" at first, lol.

[Treestar]

"Cincinnati Cinnammon Stick"

[There Is No Spoon]

Last known image - Boehner appears to be attempting to cut off Cantor's nose using the "death by a thousand (paper) cuts" method:

[Treestar]

Republicans are just not photogenic. It is amazing. I can't figure out why that would be so.

But the various photos of Michelle Bachmann, the one with the corn dog, the one where Mittens is putting on a plastic glove, just so many - and the one above. What is it about Republicans? It was tougher to notice in the pre-internet days, but now it just comes right out.

[jaxx]

When I saw this headline I thought OMG they're beating the hell out of each other.


What a fun read TDB!

[SeattleGirl]

LOL! Great read, TDB!