Monday, September 13, 2010

Who Dat?

"Easygoing and well liked, with a perpetual tan, a low golf handicap and an ever-present cigarette between his fingers" -- of whom are we speaking here?

The president? It sure enough sounds like him, but wrong.

Would you believe the president's newest whipping boy? What's his name again? Oh, yeah, John Boehner (pronounced BAYner). Who's that again? Chances are you didn't know much about him until the president began pulling his name out of the hat to heap criticism upon his head. By now, though, at minimum you probably know he's the House Minority Leader and likely you know a great deal more.

When the president pulls out a name and repeats it six or seven times in one appearance, people sit up and take notice. When he mentions that same name in nearly every subsequent appearance, people begin to ask, "Who dat?" Reporters begin to check him out, interview him, and photograph him.

Soon he is a household name. Voila! Leader Boehner becomes a political hot button. People begin to wonder if he'll run for president in 2012.

Seems he won't need a campaign team or an ad campaign to introduce him to the people. He's had a presidential introduction; he's been flung into the face of the nation. It's as though the president is saying, "You people WILL get to know Mr. Boehner."

You think the president wanted to help him out? Because, well, you know . . .

Maybe there is a sense of brotherhood or kinship since they are both "easygoing and well liked, with a perpetual tan, a low golf handicap and an ever-present cigarette between his fingers."

One problem - one of the tanned, chain-smoking golfers is a Democrat, the other a Repulican.

OofDah!

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