Wednesday, January 05, 2005
I missed out on Rathergate...
...I'll be damned if I miss out on Turkeygate. Detroit Congressman John Conyers, who's busy trying to prove Kerry won Ohio, (but probably thinks Dino Rossi needs to take his beating like a man) took 60 turkeys from a Detroit food bank that he said he was going to distribute to poor constituents. Despite promising to account for how the turkeys were distributed, Conyers' office hasn't told anyone what they did with said birds. A federal court worker (and presumbably not-so-destitute) has said they were offered free turkeys by a Conyers staff member, and Conyers' staff apparently haven't been able to settle on what happened. The Detroit Free Press - (Motto: A great paper for a crummy town!) has coverage here and here.
Marc at Hubs and Spokes gets in at a slightly lower ground floor here. Conyers could probably dissolve the controversy with a quick release of where the turkeys went, and a little self-deprecating quip about office management. And the Atlanta Hawks could win the NBA championship if stuff happened that ain't gonna happen in this universe. Conyers has been in office for 40 years. His heavily Democratic district ensures he never faces a serious challenge for re-election. We should be getting a "How dare they question my devotion to the poor!" statement any minute now, and his defenders will point out that his critics are right-wingers, and expect that to settle the matter.
This could be fun.
Marc at Hubs and Spokes gets in at a slightly lower ground floor here. Conyers could probably dissolve the controversy with a quick release of where the turkeys went, and a little self-deprecating quip about office management. And the Atlanta Hawks could win the NBA championship if stuff happened that ain't gonna happen in this universe. Conyers has been in office for 40 years. His heavily Democratic district ensures he never faces a serious challenge for re-election. We should be getting a "How dare they question my devotion to the poor!" statement any minute now, and his defenders will point out that his critics are right-wingers, and expect that to settle the matter.
This could be fun.
