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Originally posted by: educator
"This came from a Republican website - Keep that in mind. From RollCall.com***Roll Call Daily (Washington DC) Editor Ed Henry focused on "Weekend at Ronnie's, Part II" for his October 10 report. Henry says, "Rep. Ronnie Shows (D), who's been running campaign ads that say, 'A good Congressman has to plant his feet right here in Mississippi instead of some Washington cocktail party,' was already left red-faced when his staff recently decided to throw a suds party in the office. And then last Thursday, Shows was invited to attend a D.C. reception for the new president of the University of Southern Mississippi, Shelby Thames. Since Shows is the delegation's only graduate of the school -- and he's facing a very tough re-election battle -- it seemed like a no-brainer for him to hobnob with other alumni. But Shows' staff sent word that the Congressman was planning to race home to Mississippi (being a man of the people and all) since the House wasn't going to be in session Friday. So he skipped the reception. One can then imagine the surprise felt by Thames and his entourage when they left the reception and headed to the swank Caucus Room to unwind. Who do they run into but Shows, hanging in the bar area with a few pals. A Shows adversary claims that when the Congressman spotted Thames across the bar, he was 'visibly embarrassed that he had blown off his alma mater' earlier in the evening. Shows campaign spokesman Troy Colbert, however, insisted it was all an innocent misunderstanding and his boss was not embarrassed by the episode at all. He said Shows did not know about his alma mater's reception: Because he was planning to go home that night, his staff never put the event on his schedule and he didn't even know Thames was in town. But Shows' flight got cancelled Thursday night, so he decided to go to the Caucus Room for dinner." "

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LOL! So the Dome Gnome can drop in on Ashcroft or Rumsfeld at a moment's notice, but Ronnie gave him the cold shoulder.  HA!  No matter what side of the political spectrum you occupy, you have to admit that this is a GREAT story.

LMAO!  Chalk one up for Ronnie Shows (who happens to be a great guy, politics aside.  I've known him for twenty years and think the world of him and his wife.  Good people.)