Being bullied by IFFy’s Hoffman

The head of Idaho’s self-proclaimed “most influential” political organization, the anti-government, anti-tax, anti-regulation Idaho Freedom Foundation has been hit, hard , judging by his over-the-top reaction to a legislator calling him out. Joe Jaszewksi’s photo of Wayne Hoffman, pulled out of the Idaho Statesman’s files, is almost too precious, showing him on the Capitol steps blowing through a bullhorn . Bill Dentzer’s story describes (and links to ) Rep. Packer’s weekly podcast with her statement, “I don’t know that they’re necessarily an honest, conservative voice. There’s just a lot of ironies and hypocrisies that I see in place” following her (persisently unnamed, weirdly) interlocutor’s leading question about IFF’s tactics, which “if they were employed on an elementary school level, they would be in the principal’s office for bullying.” He said “that’s just my point of view,” she said “I agree,” he said “and I’m sure I’m going to get attacked for that,” and here we are/ Fort Boise . More here.

Question: I’m surprised that Hoffman & Co would target Packer for a political attack right on the heels of her calling IFFy out for being bullies. Thoughts?