Tuesday, October 24th, 2006...6:17 am
Hastert the Unspeakerable Coming to Tucson
Republicans all over the country are saying the phrase “Dennis who?” when it comes to Speaker Dennis Hastert. Candidates like Ron Lewis in Kentucky and Shelley Sekula Gibbs in Texas have said “no thanks” to a Hastert appearance in their, yes, Republican districts. Even Don Sherwood, who has been hounded by allegations that he beat his mistress, cancelled an appearance because he thinks that Hastert would give him a bad name.
Well, apparently there is one candidate who thinks that Hastert is a stand-up guy. There is no “cut and run” from the speaker by our own Randy Graf.
Hastert will be coming to town for a fundraiser for Graf. According to an invitation that got sent out, you can pay $250 for lunch or $500 for a picture with the speaker. Given that he won’t be Speaker for very much longer, how much will that picture actually be worth?
One can also pay $2100 to attend a “roundtable” with the Speaker. Gosh, a roundtable. A lot of dialogue will go on there, I bet.
I’m saving the best part for last. The event happens next Tuesday. Next Tuesday is…Halloween. I leave the jokes there for y’all.
I was thinking that someone should send a bunch of teenagers wearing blazers to the event. But naw, frontrunners don’t need to do stunts like that.
This gives Graf and Hastert a chance to compare notes on how to deal with ephebophiles in their organizations.
NB - I used the title to finally make the H. P. Lovecraft reference that I have been waiting so long to make.
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October 24th, 2006 at 12:50 pm
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October 24th, 2006 at 3:58 pm
I thought the national GOP bailed on Graf.
But then again, Dennis Hastert (who suggested just a few days after Katrina that they should bulldoze it all) probably isn’t all that out of touch with Graf.
October 24th, 2006 at 5:09 pm
I would say this will be the final nail in Graf’s coffin. Just in time for Halloween!
Welcome to Tucson Fat Bastard!
October 25th, 2006 at 1:05 pm
Does anyone know why politicians so often are old, ugly white men with big guts?
Is there some unwritten rule that once in politics you must never exercise and you must eat enough for a family of four?
Just wondering…
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