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Related: About this forumIn a Do-Nothing Congress, Blake Farenthold is Enjoying the View
If you look at what Ive done in my life its like God was preparing me to run for office and be a congressman but I didnt know it, said Farenthold. He said his work in radio taught him how to communicate with the public, his time as a lawyer how to draft legislation, and his computer consulting business how to deal with the issues of signing the front of the check rather than the back. It was less clear what his time in Congress is preparing him for.
The line I use at home is I dont stay up here long enough for the stupid to rub off on me, said Farenthold, who is stout and wide chested with dark curly hair that has acquired a congressional grey wisp, during our interview in the Republican Club. That usually gets a chuckle.
Of course, Farenthold is hardly alone in his itinerancy. U.S. Rep. Joaquín Castro (D-San Antonio), recently lamented to the Observer that he spends more time on airplanes than on the House floor. But Farenthold doesnt complain.
The travel was a pain in the butt until I realized this is the one time when theres no telephone ringing, he said. Once I claimed the travel time as my own I can now download a movie or some TV shows to watch on my iPad. Now I actually look forward to getting on the airplane.
The line I use at home is I dont stay up here long enough for the stupid to rub off on me, said Farenthold, who is stout and wide chested with dark curly hair that has acquired a congressional grey wisp, during our interview in the Republican Club. That usually gets a chuckle.
Of course, Farenthold is hardly alone in his itinerancy. U.S. Rep. Joaquín Castro (D-San Antonio), recently lamented to the Observer that he spends more time on airplanes than on the House floor. But Farenthold doesnt complain.
The travel was a pain in the butt until I realized this is the one time when theres no telephone ringing, he said. Once I claimed the travel time as my own I can now download a movie or some TV shows to watch on my iPad. Now I actually look forward to getting on the airplane.
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In a Do-Nothing Congress, Blake Farenthold is Enjoying the View (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
Jun 2014
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Skittles
(152,918 posts)1. he is absolutely disgusting
TexasTowelie
(110,969 posts)2. Agreed.
I'm certain that you would enjoy doing some ass-kicking, INDEED!
Skittles
(152,918 posts)3. you know it Towelie
Gothmog
(143,654 posts)4. Ducky pajama boy is a joke
Farenthold is truly an idiot
DhhD
(4,695 posts)5. Farenthold spends more time beating his chest while grandstanding than getting work done in
Congress. He needs to be voted out and replaced. He runs away from the work needed to be done for the majority of the people. The American People should take a great big broom/vote and sweep the trash off the Congressional carpet next time it blows through Washington D.C. There seems to be quite a few useless wads there, in my opinion.
See link below.
Congressional approval rating has hit its lowest mark in a midterm election year in at least 40 years, a new poll found.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/06/poll-congress-approval-rating-historic-low-16-percent-107886.html#ixzz35YVBMs8P