Comments on: A week in the capitol http://thedirtroad.net/jeff/journal/2006/05/16/a-week-in-the-capitol/ Jeff's stuff Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:27:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Geof F. Morris http://thedirtroad.net/jeff/journal/2006/05/16/a-week-in-the-capitol/#comment-114 Geof F. Morris Wed, 17 May 2006 03:19:55 +0000 http://thedirtroad.net/jeff/journal/2006/05/16/a-week-in-the-capitol/#comment-114 When I was last in the Capitol, my distant cousin was also my Congresscritter. Of course, Trent Lott was also majority leader, too. [I loved that he gave Dick Durbin a 15-minute brush-off to fit our Mississippi geeks into his schedule. It was the summer of 1997 during the government shutdown.] Going to D.C. does humanize 'em a bit. When I was last in the Capitol, my distant cousin was also my Congresscritter. Of course, Trent Lott was also majority leader, too. [I loved that he gave Dick Durbin a 15-minute brush-off to fit our Mississippi geeks into his schedule. It was the summer of 1997 during the government shutdown.]

Going to D.C. does humanize ‘em a bit.

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