He's sometimes called the tan man (or tanned man), but not the tin man.
The latter fictional character, of course, is from L. Frank Baum's book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and this wonderful, tin woodman eventually obtained a real heart.
This is something that Republican Representative John A. Boehner of Ohio ought to work on obtaining, and while he's at it, get a brain, too.
Mr. Boehner gave us a few bones and boners to pick (on) recently.
Here are a few to stew on (but not enough for a top-ten list):
"Will we fight or will we retreat? That is the question that is posed to us. Some of my friends on the other side of the aisle often refer to Iraq as a distraction."
(And Afghanistan?)
"The American people have written off the Democrats. They're willing to look at us again."
(Especially at the perpetually tanned man from Ohio.)
"They have called Operation Iraqi Freedom a war of choice that isn't part of the real war on terror. Someone should tell that to al Qaeda."
"They're snuffing out the America that I grew up in."
(George W. Bush and them should receive credit for that, Mr. Bonehead.)
"This is killing an ant with a nuclear weapon."
(It shouldn't be this easy for a politician to lob around the word nuke or nuclear in today's World of Terror, but when you're cute and tan like the bone man...you can!)
"The number one responsibility of the federal government ... is to provide security to the American people. As difficult as it is and as expensive as it is, we don't have a choice."
(He was commenting on funding the war in Afghanistan. I guess we've already won in Iraq.)
"We need to look at the American people and explain to them that we're broke."
(O.K., and while you're at it, say that you'll take a cut in your salary.)
"It's easy to kick somebody when they're down. George W. Bush [has] dealt with more difficult issues than any president since Franklin Roosevelt. And I've told my colleagues it's time that we go stand up for the president."
(This is one of Boehner's biggest boners.)
IT'S THE OIL STUPID!
