My Name is Chris, and I Want to be Your Next Congressman
My oldest son’s Easter vacation began today, so I’m charged with entertaining two whippersnappers for the next week. It’s a great day in Saint Louis; we plan to hit the zoo after naps. My five-year-old is lobbying hard for Six Flags tomorrow.
After cleaning up the fourth cataclysmic juice spill this morning, this struck me as a really good scam:
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Two former staff members of U.S. Rep. John Conyers Jr., D-Michigan, say the longtime Detroit congressman made them baby-sit his children, run errands and work on political campaigns while they were on his congressional payroll.
Sydney Rooks, whom Conyers hired as a legal adviser in his Detroit office, recalls the lawmaker brought his two young sons into her office several times, saying, “Rooks, they’re your responsibility for right now. I’ll be back later.”
She said later could be a few minutes or an hour. “Later could be frantically calling around trying to find him because it was now 8 or 9 p.m. or later in the evening and not knowing what to do with the children,” she said.
Don’t get me wrong. It’s not just about the babysitting. I’m really concerned about building a stronger, safer America and everything. We need to secure our borders before the terrorists are all hired as nannys and candy store clerks. Also, strong leadership is needed to halt the gay plague spreading across our once great nation. And jobs. I don’t want to forget about the jobs. I have a plan for that too.
One Response to “My Name is Chris, and I Want to be Your Next Congressman”
Wow, you’ve gotten so good at the lying that you actually sound like a politician.
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You just want it for the babysitting, admit it.
Comment by refuge on April 14, 2006 at 4:07 pm.