(Former) Member Of The Week

(Former) Member of the Week

I know we have taken our August Recess from Member of the Week … well more like June, July and August Recess but hey our debt ceiling was just fine, we deserved the hiatus. In any event we are back for this week’s installment of Member of the Week. Due to the fact that it is August and Members are being boring with their constituents (surprisingly everyone’s constituents happen to reside on a beach community in the East Coast and/or Hawaii…) we have decided to congratulate a Former M for MOW, Former Congressman George Nethercutt of Washington (the state, located somewhere to the west of the real Washington…DC). Nethercutt made headlines back in 1994 when he de-seated Speaker of the House Tom Foley, an occurance un-seen since 1862. But let’s keep things relevant folks. Nethercutt has just released a book (hymnal) entitled “In Tune With America: Our History in Song”.

That, to us, would be enough to gain F-MOW status, because who doesn’t want to read picture books or sing songs, ranging from Gutherie to Coldplay (Lady Gaga’s “Just Dance” was conspicuously left out) and assume you’re being educated in political diatribe.

However, Nethercutt clinched his spot in MOW history in a short interview with Politico. Former Senator Nethercutt had some gems of responses, both insightful and awe-inspiring, presented here without comment:

Would you rather get the Oprah book club nod, hear that President Obama is reading your book or neither?

I choose Oprah over Obama--she has higher approval ratings.

Is there a politician whose writing you admire?

I admire the writings of President George W. Bush. He is forthright, humorous and insightful, reminding me of President Ronald Reagan's diary notations – principled, self-assured and fully committed to America.

Best last line in a book:

The last line from a classic book, "Gone with the Wind" is memorable and timeless: "After all, tomorrow is another day."

Rock on Nethercutt, after all tomorrow is a Thursday.