I am filled with a terrible pity, here.
A Congressional Quarterly reporter published an exclusive sit-down interview with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) this week. The only problem with the piece was that the reporter never actually interviewed House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy.
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Sources with knowledge of the mixup told POLITICO it was a case of mistaken identity. [Name redacted out of sheer pity] confused McCarthy — one of the most recognizable congressmen in Washington, constantly surrounded by a phalanx of police officers — with another member.
Because, contra Politico, here is a basic truth about Washingtonian politicians: they all look alike. I’ve interviewed Kevin McCarthy. God help me if I ever have to pick him out of a crowd.
Moe Lane
Heh. See, if I were interviewing anyone, trying to “gauge them”, “get a feel for them as a person”, I’d go in loaded with questions about stuff that can be gleaned from their Wiki-bios that are kind of unique to the person being interviewed…
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Interviewing Rick Perry? “So Rick, is your daughter’s ringtone still ‘Jump’?”
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Interviewing Mike Pence? “So Mike, how is Charlotte finding DePaul?” (one of Junior Cat’s peers is there…)
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Interviewing Kevin McCarthy? “Kevin, I understand your family have deep roots in Bakersfield. When Connor and Meghan were younger what were their favorite summertime activities?”
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Even if the material ends up in the file, asking these is a good use of time – if the person on the other end of the scratchy cell phone says “What the hell are you talking about?” then .. you know there’s an issue.
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Mew
“I’ve interviewed Kevin McCarthy. God help me if I ever have to pick him out of a crowd.”
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So all Congresspeople look alike to you? You’re Congress-ist!
Rather, there’s a hellish fabricator out there, somewhere, turning out this plague on our existence.
Maybe it’s located in Kenya.
I blame aliens.
Or maybe the Illuminati.
(Like there’s a difference.)
…You’re not?