Quote of the Day: John Boehner is Orange

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| Sat Sep. 25, 2010 8:16 AM PDT

From James Joyner, responding to complaints that photos in the Republican "Pledge To America" pamphlet are exclusively of white people:

This isn’t strictly true. First off, John Boehner is prominently featured. He’s orange.

Plus it turns out that if you look closely there's a black woman in one of the photos. Diversity!

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