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DEL.ICIO.USThanks for coming, Mr. Bauer. Or whoever you are.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Stray stories from the state Republican convention:
— The following comes from author and political commentator Phil Kent:
At the fund-raiser for Mitt Romney at the posh 1818 Club on Friday, the candidate was making the introductions to the room.
Romney gestured to Ralph Reed and said, “Why it’s good to see Gary Bauer here.” (For the detached, Bauer is a former presidential candidate with ties, like Reed, to the Religious Right.)
Romney then caught himself. “Oh, I’m a little mixed up here,” he said. But Romney still couldn’t place Reed’s face — and had to move on.
After the event, Romney approached Reed and apologized for misremembering him.
— A particular person was passing out copies of the 2002 “Declaration of a New Georgia” on Saturday. This was the platform that Republican candidates, including Sonny Perdue, embraced during their campaigns of 2002.
One section of the document was devoted to a condemnation of “billions [spent] on pork barrel programs” included in the mid-year budget “for partisan political purposes.”
Reporters were directed to a particular line item: “$250,000 to construct a fishing area in Burke County.”
Thank goodness we don’t do anything like that anymore.
— We’re told that convention volunteers went into a panic on Friday night when, in the dining hall where Newt Gingrich was to be the keynote speaker, a blue brochure was discovered on every seat.
The title? “Why Newt Gingrich Should Not Be President.”
Aides scurried from seat to seat, scooping up the folded flyers. But ultimately, someone actually opened the literature up.
The inside was blank.
Get it? There’s no reason why Gingrich shouldn’t be president. Oops.
This is what we call too smart by half.
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By RJL
May 19, 2007 8:47 PM | Link to this
Pearl before swine.