Not The Onion: Dreier and Waters to coordinate outfits for State of the Union

[cali]

January 25, 2011, 1:07 pm by Christina Wilkie

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) announced Tuesday morning that not only will she and Rep. David Dreier (R-Calif.) sit together at Tuesday night's State of the Union address, but they will coordinate their outfits.

A spokesman for Waters told ITK that the congresswoman wore a red jacket on Tuesday, and a spokeswoman for Dreier said the lawmker would be sporting a salmon tie with flecks of red. Dreier's tie won't be entirely bipartisan, however: It's got elephants on it, too.

The move marks the latest in a series of announcements about bipartisan seating choices among members of Congress, which taken together have come to resemble dates for a high school dance.

Waters (pictured here in pale green) said in a statement that she was surprised when Dreier invited her to sit with him during the annual presidential address, despite having recently enjoyed a "nice visit" to his office with her husband. Waters said that she had agreed to help find seats for the two of them on the Democratic side of the House.

"I thought, well, why not? Let’s see what this act of bipartisanship means tonight, and more importantly, tomorrow. We have even coordinated our outfits for this special occasion," Waters said.

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http://washingtonscene.thehill.com/in-the-know/36-news/7987-dreier-and-waters-to-coordinate-outfits

[valerief]

1. This sitting together is so LAME. Another reason for the world to laugh at us. nt

[Iris]

2. awesome thread title!

[rurallib]

3. I give thee a rec for "Not the Onion"

it is so hard to tell anymore.

[tularetom]

4. You made that up

C'mon fess up.

Members of the Congress of the United States of America could not possibly be that lame.

I know you said "not the Onion" and included a link and everything but I can't believe we'd ever elect people who would act so effing dumb.

[styersc]

5. I thin it would be sweet if he bought her a corsage.

And then she broke him off a piece of that stuff, that funk, that sweet, that funky stuff!!!!

[cali]

7. .....

:rofl:

I knew this was going to be a fun thread

[UTUSN]

6. Bwah-ha-HAH!1 Can. NOT. Post. What. I'm. Thinking!1 n/t

[rurallib]

9. does it involve after prom activities?

:spank:

[babylonsister]

8. Red and salmon are 'coordinated'?

Who knew?! :shrug: And Dreier actually has a tie with those colors, and prolly pink elephants? :rofl:

And ugh. Getting a tad ridiculous.

[bluestateguy]

10. Comment censored for non-PC, non-progressive mental thoughts

nt