And Republicans are meant to have no dress sense... pah!

Watching the other night’s election coverage, you may have noticed House Speaker elect John Boehner getting a little teary at the thought of a career spent “chasing the American Dream.” But here’s a man who’s found a way to combine a serious golf addiction (depending on which report you want to believe, 119 or 120 rounds last year) with a career as one of the United States’ most powerful elected officials. Surely that counts as actually living the American Dream?

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