John Boehner dings Obama, looks to new Congress in rhyming holiday poem

John Boehner dings Obama, looks to new Congress in rhyming holiday poem
(Image credit: YouTube.com/John Boehner)

'Tis the season to be jolly — but not so jolly you veer off-message. That's why it's no surprise House Speaker John Boehner's (R-Ohio) cheerful holiday jingle contains a thinly veiled jab at President Obama within its rhyming words:

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Kimberly Alters is the news editor at TheWeek.com. She is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.