Entries for December 01, 2006

We've been hearing for days about a very funny yet sad tale of a Senate Republican aide's hellish experience doing get-out-the-vote efforts for now evicted Rhode Island Sen. Lincoln Chafee. It's been making the rounds in GOP circles and now we've got it. In exchange for authenticating it, we agreed to keep the aide's name out and let him make a few edits. What he writes in his report about the weekend before Election Day should be enough to scare any future GOTV volunteer. The memo:

We just got the annual White House Christmas card from the first family and, yes, it's really a Hallmark. The stamp is right there on the back. This year's choice is an oil painting of the Oval Office done by James Blake. And in case my photo of the inside isn't clear enough, it reads:

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. Psalm 119:105

May the light of the season shine bright in your heart now and in the new year.

2006

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