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Obama’s top dogs target Boehner (TODAY Show invokes "Boehner" 20x in 3 min.)
TODAYshow.com ^ | 9/13/10 | Staff

Posted on 09/13/2010 8:08:08 AM PDT by teddyballgame

In case the rest of the media didn't get the memo - the plan is say the name "Boehner" so many times that people start understanding who this guy is. Boehner, Boehner, Boehner.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 111th; alinskytactics; boehner; democrats; dncmedia; dnctv; elections; enemedia; liberalfascism; liberalmedia; mediabias; obama; obamasminions; obamedia; scarecrow; target
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The TODAY Show doing it's best to help the WH.
1 posted on 09/13/2010 8:08:10 AM PDT by teddyballgame
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To: teddyballgame

Like the American public is going to get all excited about what Boehner does or doesn’t do.

Pelosi is a player to American voters. So is Reid. Boehner is a ???? They don’t know him and don’t see him as a big deal - good or bad.


2 posted on 09/13/2010 8:10:39 AM PDT by Persevero (Homeschooling for Excellence since 1992)
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To: teddyballgame

Axelrod said Boehner 6 times in his interview Sunday.


3 posted on 09/13/2010 8:12:07 AM PDT by Mikey_1962 (Obama: The Affirmative Action President. He's shovel ready!)
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To: teddyballgame

As Quinn said this morning, the MSM will soon be resurrecting the favorable - unfavorable poll ratings for Speaker of the House, like they did when Newt was Speaker.

That is, unless the Speaker Boehner numbers show positive...


4 posted on 09/13/2010 8:12:07 AM PDT by FroggyTheGremlim
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To: teddyballgame

The only valid story is about Pork Barrel Barry and his profligate spending Democrat Congress people. It’s no surprise that David Axelrod’s flying monkeys will push forward any distraction or red herring to divert the public’s attention away from the main problem facing the nation. I don’t care about any mosque issues, who the Republican minority whip is, Snooki etc. The only important thing is rolling back the spending.


5 posted on 09/13/2010 8:12:49 AM PDT by purplelobster
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To: Persevero

Yeah, I just find it amusing thsat the Today Show is eagerly playing along tring to repeat his name as often as it possibly can. I’m trying to find the transcript of the Robert Gibbs interview with Merredith Vierra - it was even worse.


6 posted on 09/13/2010 8:12:58 AM PDT by teddyballgame
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To: teddyballgame

Boehner is the new Bush.


7 posted on 09/13/2010 8:14:14 AM PDT by jazminerose
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To: teddyballgame

I guess it’s dawned on them that saying “Bush” 20 x in 3 min. wasn’t working out the way they had planned.


8 posted on 09/13/2010 8:14:38 AM PDT by Sooth2222 ("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself." M.Twain)
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To: teddyballgame
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9 posted on 09/13/2010 8:15:44 AM PDT by devane617 (November!)
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To: teddyballgame

Merideth Vierra to Robert Gibbs, “why would the Presdient invoke Congressman Boehner’s name eight times (roll clip) and is it a strategy to keep saying Boehner, Boehner, Boehner, I mean who is this guy Boehner? Could you, Boehner, explain, Boehner? Boehner.”


10 posted on 09/13/2010 8:15:53 AM PDT by teddyballgame
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To: teddyballgame

They have a lot of work ahead of them just to get the guy’s name to register with average Americans. They have no clue who he is.


11 posted on 09/13/2010 8:17:11 AM PDT by Buckeye Battle Cry (If Pelosi were Pope abortion would be a sacrament.)
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To: teddyballgame

I don’t think it is so much for the lost-cause 2010 elections they’re doing this as it is a preemptive strike against the incoming speaker. They’ve got to prepare the ground for the shock-n-awe media air strikes already planned to make him the Speaker Gingrich of January, 2011.


12 posted on 09/13/2010 8:17:55 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: teddyballgame

Trying to “freeze” and “Polarize” Boehner per the Alinsky model. It doesn’t seem to be resonating with the masses. Imagine that!


13 posted on 09/13/2010 8:19:01 AM PDT by subterfuge (BUILD MORE NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS NOW!!!)
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To: Persevero
I agree, this tactic is not going to get them any traction. They are attempting to (1) raise Boehner to a national level, which frankly he is not a household name so that's a major task that in the long run only helps Boehner, and (2) then attack him using arguments that are mostly easily deflected by Boehner himself. This could easily backfire and make Boehner a national figure who is respected if Boehner plays his cards right.

But even Boehner fails to rise to the occassion, the most likely scenario is that a couple weeks from now they realize this tactic is not working since other than his own race nobody is actually running AGAINST Boehner, so who cares? The dems then turn to some other tactic de jur that also does not work. This is the pattern in the Obama administration. Do something goofy for a while, realize it doesn't work when it's too late, then think of something else goofy to do.

14 posted on 09/13/2010 8:19:18 AM PDT by drangundsturm
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To: teddyballgame

As Quinn said this morning, the MSM will soon be resurrecting the favorable - unfavorable poll ratings for Speaker of the House, like they did when Newt was Speaker.

That is, unless the Speaker Boehner numbers show positive...


15 posted on 09/13/2010 8:20:27 AM PDT by FroggyTheGremlim
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To: jazminerose
The reason they are picking on Boehner is that he tends to be a mealy-mouthed wimp who lacks the cojones to tell anything 100% as it is.

E.G., he's half-hearted. If he came out swinging, he might do the party a hell of a lot of good. Ain't gonna happen. He's a good-enough guy, but a careful, cautious, career politician. Typical Republican elected official. Wouldn't want to offend anyone. A friendly puppy. Not a pit bull.

The country has reached the state in which anyone driving in the "Middle of the Road," is only going to get everyone angry. A lesson the RINOs are learning very, very slowly.

We need an attack dog who will bark back at Team Obama, and bite. If Newt Gingrich ever realizes that he is toast as a candidate, he could do this.

16 posted on 09/13/2010 8:22:17 AM PDT by Kenny Bunk (Revive The Poll Tax and Literacy Requirement for voter registration.)
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To: teddyballgame
BTTT

Boehner to the rich: don’t blame me. If you like your money, stop funding the Democrats!

17 posted on 09/13/2010 8:24:10 AM PDT by EdReform (Oath Keepers - Guardians of the Republic - Honor your oath - Join us: www.oathkeepers.org)
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To: eCSMaster

To me, the real ju jitsu is in having Boehner NOT take the speakership after the GOP regains the majority.

I think one of the smoothest moves would be for him to announce that he was not going to assume the speakership and allow Eric Cantor or Paul Ryan or someone who can emerge with positive media image and present a positive message effectively and coherently to take the gavel. I don’t think Bohener can do that. It it would be a rather large act on his part to waive the Speakership - but you can’t say he deserves it in the way Newt did after he engineered the 1994 results. Boehner is essentially an innocent bystander beneficiary of the popular revulsion to Obama.


18 posted on 09/13/2010 8:27:52 AM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: teddyballgame

If we do win the House, Boehner might not be he best man for the job. As the zero administration targets Boehner, it might be a good time to look for someone better. If Paul Ryan weren’t so damn young, he would be a shoe-in for speaker. Ryan stood up in a big way to the arrogant and condescending at the faux “health-care summit”.


19 posted on 09/13/2010 8:29:26 AM PDT by grumpygresh (Democrats delenda est)
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The sophomoronic Democrats will pronounce the name Boehner, pronounced Bay-ner incorrectly as "boner" because they have the minds of 12 year old idiots.

How cute.

And typical.

Goes to show how very bankrupt the Democrat party is.

20 posted on 09/13/2010 8:30:32 AM PDT by BirdGirl
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