Wednesday, March 07, 2012

Is This the Tail End of an Era?

In honor of the upcoming Republican caucuses here in Utah next week, I will now share one of my favorite memories about Senator Orrin Hatch.

In 1984, I did an internship in Washington, D.C., and every week our group of interns met with various dignitaries around town. One week we headed up to Capitol Hill for some time with Orrin Hatch.

Toward the end of our meeting, he took us on a tour of his office. He stopped in front of a rocking chair that held a couple of Cabbage Patch dolls, picked one up, pulled down its bloomers and gleefully pointed to an inscription that read "Cabbage Hatch" on the doll's little behind. Yes, he did.

Also, I don't know what cologne he was wearing but he smelled very nice.

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