So, those are nicotine stains? (reuters photo)
Yeah right, Pledge to America, blah woof honk. It will get all kinds of coverage so look elsewhere. Here, we are still preoccupied with House Republican Leader John Boehner’s mesmerizing pallor, while thinking his voice sounds like Rudy Tomjanovich.
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President Obama once referred to Boehner as “a person of color,” adding that it’s “not a color that appears in the natural world.” To his vast credit, Boehner laughed that off while others worked up the obligatory dudgeon, telling CNN, “I enjoy being outside” and “I’d rather be heckled than ignored.”
Still, as we say in the news business, questions persist. Like, when is Boehner ever outside? We are spared from direct inquiry, however, because the Wall Street Journal is on the case:
Addressing a perennial source of jokes, Mr. Boehner says his dark complexion is natural, similar to that of his mother and four (of 12) siblings. “I have never been in a tanning bed or used a tanning product,” Mr. Boehner said. His staff showed a high school group photo where he has the darkest face in Moeller High’s all-male class.
Good thing his staff had that photo ready to go. But we do take issue with Don Draper comparisons.
Mr. Boehner, a sharp dresser with a two-pack-a-day habit, sometimes gets referred to around Capitol Hill as Don Draper, the character on the television show “Mad Men.” “I’m still who I am. I’m a businessman. I can’t be something I’m not. No apologies. Zero,” Mr. Boehner said in the recent interview, smoothing his hair before heading to a political event.
