A Thing that Happened

I’m not typically overtly political, but I was at a candidate forum a month or so ago and a teabagger running for Lee Terry’s seat was regurgitating some Glenn Beck crap. I couldn’t help but go up to him after the event to tell him that he came off like he was… well, regurgitating some Glenn Beck crap. It bothers me when politicians trying to get votes give the same speeches in person to their potential constituents that they would give to a Fox News Reporter.  Anyway.  He shut down and stared at me like I had four heads.  This is a thing politicians do when they don’t want to agree with you but also don’t want to tell you to go fuck yourself.

Fast forward to Monday night at the Omaha Beef game where I ran into Lee Terry on the way out. I couldn’t help but tell him about what a nutjob I thought his primary opponent was, including how I told the guy he was Glenn Beck. Congressman Terry and I LOLed, and he called me awesome.

Fast forward (again) to today, when I attended a luncheon where Lee Terry was speaking.  He recognized me, said “Hey Rachael, so good to see you again!” and sat down next to me for lunch.

I didn’t have the heart to tell him that I’m a registered Democrat, or that I don’t have healthcare so this bill is actually really good for me, or that I’ve voted against him before.  We’ll get to that later. We are united in our dislike of teabaggers, and that’s good enough for me.