"Why are they attacking John Boehner when nobody knows who he is??"

[kentuck]

Oh, really?

I keep hearing that from the media talking heads.

But they know who Nancy Pelosi is and who Harry Reid is and who Steny Hoyer is and who Chris Van Hollen is but they have never heard of the Tan Man, John Boehner?

Excuse me if I am a little skeptical.

I guess the media believes if they repeat it often enough, people will forget orange-tanned Republican named Boner...er...Boehner?

After all, he is hardly ever on the TV, unless you count Face the Nation yesterday. Yeah, that's the ticket.

[nmbluesky]

1. Who said that?

[kentuck]

3. I just heard it discussed on the Chris Mathews Show....

Tweety was having a discussion with a couple of operatives of both Parties and they all agreed it was probably a bad idea to attack John Boehner because nobody knows who he is...

[Chipper Chat]

5. I watched all 3 snooze channels today.

I can't remember when or which one said that. I can only confirm that it was said.

[blondeatlast]

2. He's orange an he bawls a lot. How could anyone paying the remotest bit of attention

not know who he is?

The m$m is fucking stupid--but then, you knew that already.

[napi21]

4. Ohhh...THEY KNOW who the orange man is! I don't know what

the nedia is playing with the nobody knows him, but they're wrong.

[RKP5637]

6. Everyone should know the Orange Boner Man! n/t

[gauguin57]

7. Meet John Boehner

[blondeatlast]

8. He's not crying. nt

[MurrayDelph]

9. Most of the civilians that Faux targets

were people we not only had never heard of, but would NOT have heard of it they weren't trying to gin up more outrage.

[Hawkowl]

10. The enemy needs a face

And orange is very visible. He also bears a lot of responsibility so I think it is a good strategy to make him the poster boy for obstructionism and corporate greed.

[Safetykitten]

11. Well again, us Democrats are very bad at the framing thingy.

I mean, the republicans build it up over time, making sure the person on their little list is known by face even in the remotest part of the nation.

Us? na....just spring it on people.

[JaneQPublic]

12. The talking heads want it both ways...

...on one hand, they keep hammering on some poll suggesting a majority of voters favor GOP candidates this November.

But on the other hand, they insist that nobody knows the guy who, they say, these same voters would make the new Speaker of the House by voting GOP.

[EFerrari]

13. Everyone knows this guy is a drunken corrupt f#ck.

Today Thom recounted a story about him handing out checks on the floor of the House.

They know EXACTLY who he is.

[Journeyman]

14. Of course we know who he is! He's the former mascot for Syracuse University. . .