(Permanent Musical Accompaniment to This Post) Being our semi-regular weekly survey of what's goin' down in the several states where, as we know, the real work of governmentin' gets done and where the good shepherd grieves. Let's begin in Tennessee with a really terrible comedy sketch. From Puck: I have to believe that a seat in the United States Senate makes for a lousy getaway car.
Hegseth would be Target 1 for a new Democratic congressional majority, and he's been adjudged to be a public clown in any case. I don't think even Blackburn is dumb enough to do something like this right out of the gate. (They don't give out them home ec degrees at Mississippi State to just every mook, pal.) The alternative, alas, maybe be Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Area 51) because Tennessee.
Before we leave Tennessee, let's give a nod to state senator Brent Taylor, who is currently running for Congress in the state's 9th Congressional District. This week, Taylor copped to sending out nude pictures of himself. He also copped to have stopped aging at 19.
From Nashville Scene: Let us move on up to Alaska where, after The New York Times expressed horror at a sharp political trick that has been around since the dawn of time, the wheels of the official ratfck have begun to turn. Those of us who grew up in the Commonwealth (God save it!) find the outraged innocence of the governor—and that of the NYT—pretty damn hilarious. Steve M. of No More Mister Nice Blog, also a local lad, compared the ploy to a similar gambit in a Massachusetts governor's race.
As is the case with the two Dan Sullivans in Alaska, there were two Edward Kings on the ballot differing only in their middle names. It has no effect on the eventual election; the Democratic Ed King won by about 100,000 and was a terrible governor, by the way. And, if you need your shenanigans committed by historical icons, remember that, in 1946, when John F.
Kennedy first ran for Congress, two candidates named Joe Russo mysteriously turned up against him in the Democratic primary. One of the Joe Russos was a Boston city councilor and a popular local politician. The other one was a janitor.
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