Claire McCaskill, the esteemed U.S. Senator from Missouri, apparently thinks that her hide is more valuable to Missouri than the economic boost that the 2012 Democratic National Convention could bring to St. Louis. She denies it, but isn’t that always the way with politicians. If history repeats, the cover-up will cause greater grief than the crime. I’m hoping the price she pays will be a term limit. Check this article:
http://tinyurl.com/mccaskill-sells-missouri-out
In case you missed the link near the end of that article, there is another interesting story about Michelle Obama getting caught between the warring factions of the Carolina barbecue culture. Being from Louisiana, I was particularly amused by the article’s quotation from a culinary author that equates the pairing Charlotte and barbecue to mentioning Minneapolis and gumbo together. See it here:
http://tinyurl.com/michelle-obama-barbecued
The First Lady simply wanted to make an ingratiating remark about the city that will host the 2012 Democratic National Convention and innocently found herself in the crossfire between a barbecue equivalent of the Hatfields and McCoys.
I’m glad I just hide out in a bank on weekdays and write when I can. Being a politician apparently makes one vulnerable to hoof-and-mouth disease, and having only one degree of separation from a politician creates vulnerability to target-on-back syndrome.
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