Pretend Rep. Leaves Hill, Nation Mourns
Monday, December 11th, 2006Now that the 109th Congress is finally over (having ended with a big, stabby bang) we are forced to confront the sad fact that we’ll never again see Make-Believe Congresswoman Shelley Sekula-Gibbs on C-Span, where she has made a little home for herself over this last month, babbling at odd hours to an empty chamber on topics ranging from abortions to the first lady of Azerbaijan. MORE »











As Congress has been out of town all week, we haven’t heard from Pretend Representative Shelley Sekula-Gibbs in a while (she’s the gal from Texas who will keep Tom DeLay’s seat warm for a couple weeks before Dem. Nick Lampson, who actually won the election, shows up). No word yet on
It can’t be easy to outrage Tom DeLay’s staff. We have known some of The Hammer’s people, and they’re generally vindictive sleazebag thugs. They even stood out on the Hill. What would it take to make them all quit and stomp off to sulk at Starbucks?
Shelly Sekula-Gibbs, running as a write-in candidate for Tom Delay’s seat, lost. But she’ll get to be a real-life Representative for about two weeks, due to Tom DeLay’s ignominious and poorly-timed resignation. Let’s see how much damage she can cause. She’s got most of DeLay’s old staff, so she ought to be able to score some free dinners, cuban cigars, and a coupla hookers out of the deal.