John Boehner 'Affair' To Be Focus Of New York Times Expose, NY Post Reports

House Minority Leader John Boehner was asked by a liberal blogger Thursday to answer questions about an affair with a lobbyist, an allegation that will reportedly be the focus of an upcoming New York Times expose. Boehner ignored the question outright.

The Post sees a journalistic plot to drop a bombshell on the upcoming midterm elections by smearing a high-profile GOP leader:

Insiders on Capitol Hill are buzzing about an upcoming New York Times exposé that will detail an alleged Boehner affair. Sources say the Times is looking for the right time to drop the story in October to sway the election, similar to how the Times reported during the 2008 presidential campaign on an alleged John McCain affair that supposedly had taken place many years before and that was flatly denied by the woman in question.

Mike Stark, an activist and blogger, intercepted Leader Boehner after his highly publicized "Pledge to America" unveiling to ask him about the accusation:

"Speaker Boehner, have you been cheating with Lisbeth Lyons, the lobbyist for the American Printing Association?" Stark asks. Boehner did not respond.

Stark later contacted Lyons, the Vice President of Government Affairs at Printing Industries of America, to get a comment on the allegations. She didn't provide any.

The New York Post has since caught up with Lyons, who said the rumors were "unfounded."

"As you can imagine, I was stunned by such a question," Lyons told the Post. "I found it to be highly insulting, particularly as a female political professional, as well as unfounded. Beyond that, I have no further comment on the matter."

A Boehner spokesman blamed Democrats' allies in the liberal media for fabricating the charges.

"This is bull[bleep]," the spokesman told the Post. "The American people oppose Washington Democrats' job killing, so their desperate liberal allies are resorting to outright lies. It's low, and it's dirty."

[UPDATE: Boehner spokesman Michael Steel tells HuffPost Hill, "It is deeply disappointing that even a scandal-mongering rag like the NY Post prints ‘bull(bleep)’ when the spokesman clearly said it’s ‘bullshit.’"]

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Comments

[maigrey]

07:18 PM on 11/08/2010

EEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!
Something mated with that?
I wonder if the orange comes off in the shower?

[newamericanliberal]

12:42 AM on 11/12/2010

Or if Orange comes out of his......

[maigrey]

03:16 PM on 11/12/2010

Rolling on the floor laughing out loud and scaring the bejeezus out of my birds.
Fanned for going there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DavidMartindale]

05:58 PM on 11/08/2010

I bet Boehner has never sexually satisfied a woman but then again I shouldn't throw stones

[Jennifer Hagan]

11:36 AM on 11/08/2010

I really don't care if he cheated or not. Not my business. I would say that if he were liberal or conservative. However, if he is going on a platform of morality and demands that we all live according the standards that he claims to uphold, i think he should get reamed. I'm tired of people who say family values, family values for all and then live like they are in a cathouse.

[Sweetbay]

09:05 PM on 11/07/2010

"No comment." Wait..............isn't that the answer you give when there is truth to the question and you just don't want to deal with it at that moment?

[hawkseye]

11:07 PM on 11/07/2010

Either that or "I didn't inhale".

[Puzzlr]

04:44 PM on 11/07/2010

"A Boehner spokesman blamed Democrats' allies in the liberal media for fabricating the charges."

Wonder what he'll say once the charges prove true?

[newamericanliberal]

12:43 AM on 11/12/2010

The media is liberal if has bad news or criticism, great if it is praise.

[only livin boy in NY]

04:32 PM on 11/07/2010

wow cant wait for the other shoe to drop...oh wait the elections over?

[thepoliticalcat]

04:31 PM on 11/07/2010

FTA: Boehner spokesman Michael Steel tells HuffPost Hill, "It is deeply disappointing that even a scandal-mongering rag like the NY Post prints ‘bull(bleep)’ when the spokesman clearly said it’s ‘bullshit.’"

So, do I understand Mr. Steel correctly? He thinks that the press shouldn't print it because HE thinks it's b0ol cheat?

[rainbow69]

04:00 PM on 11/07/2010

Actually, I believe Boehner because I can't imagine ANYONE wanting to be with him. Just the thought of that makes my stomach churn.

[blueollie]

03:54 PM on 11/07/2010

Oh so NOW the NY Post is a "scandal mongering" rag. The Republicans are happy to believe it when it suits them.

[MossyOak]

11:13 AM on 11/07/2010

I'll be happy to write the screenplay: Deny, deny until you can't anymore, go through the scripted admission of guilt and fake remorse, take a vacation, hire Elliot Spitzer as your adviser, then come back with a book and/or teevee show. Actually I take some of that back.... John Edwards never actually came back from his "vacation."

[Angel Inge]

12:03 PM on 11/07/2010

True that, MossyOak, but Edwards is a Democrat, so even though he did a sleazy thing, he MAY have some shame. Its a good thing that he has kept to himself.

[edlindaspy]

01:14 PM on 11/05/2010

Boehner was in denial ,,,,,when asked by the Daily Kos,,,,his response? No Comment...When the Daily Kos called Lizbeth Lyons, a lobbyist,,he made sure he told her to state,,,,No Comment,,,

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/9/23/143551/011

[blueballs]

02:36 PM on 11/04/2010

Think all of this talk about Boehner's love affair with alcohol is just rumor? Take a look at Mr. Boehner's performances and judge for yourself

http://boehnerbooze.wordpress.com/

(The website calls attention to minute 1:59 of the first video, an interview with ABC. Don't miss it.)

Considering that this man is 3rd in line to be president, all we can do is hope for continued good health for Obama and Biden.

[huffingtonpostwriter2]

08:41 AM on 11/04/2010

I'm not very superstition person, but this stuck in my mind. On November 2008 when we elected President Obama to be our leader, right after the election day it was raining and certain delusional, brain washed people started spreading a lie throughout the internet saying "These are tears of our Four Fathers crying from heaven, for we have failed them by Electing President Obama."
We just now elected republican congress and ain't sunshine outside either and it will not be through the end of the week.
So, I can't wait to hear their explanations for this rain.

[theobserver4]

07:22 PM on 11/04/2010

It's quite clear:

It's Obama's fault

[ClarkNova]

03:07 PM on 11/07/2010

You have four fathers? Mama must have been a busy little lady.

[somsoc]

10:54 PM on 10/27/2010

A republican't with ties to 'The Family', he is a chosen, he can do no wrong, just ask Doug Coe. Like Vitter, Ensign and Mark Sanford, as well as other members of that c ult, they can do no wrong.

[somsoc]

10:53 PM on 10/27/2010

a republican't with ties to 'The Family', he is a chosen, he can do no wrong, just ask Doug Coe. Like Vitter, Ensign and Mark Sanford, as well as other members of that cult, they can do no wrong.