Follow The Leader

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TEXAS OBSERVER: 'Conservative Salute' to Tom DeLay Falls Flat!
Few House Members, None from Texas Delegation Showed Up Despite Free Tickets!
But Tom Feeney Was There!


Then again, maybe it was the crowd that didn’t seem quite right. “There’s nobody famous here,” said a realtor from Knoxville, Tennessee. “I watch politics on TV, and I haven’t seen a single person that’s important here.” She was attending a convention at the same hotel and slipped into the dinner, where she took a seat at a half-empty table. She pointed to her dinner companions. “That guy is a real sweet World War II veteran. This guy is a retired high school principal. The man next to him is a manager of a casino in Atlantic City. Now what’s he doing here?”

Then she looked at the head table: “Is there anybody important out here?”