Conrad Burns: Man of the People (and FartOilGas)

by Pogie on March 24, 2006

in MT Politics, Senate Race 2006, Senator for Saginaw Chippewas, Those Wacky Republicans

It sounds like you’ll have to check out the April issue of Rolling Stone, which has a piece explaining the best way to meet Conrad Burns: pretend to be a lobbyist.

Taibbi heads to Burns $500 plate birthday party with a set of fake business cards that say he’s the Government Relations Advisor representing a fictional oil company named “PerDuNefteGaz” (FartOilGas) that wants to drill for oil in the Grand Canyon. Taibbi is told that the magic words to tell the Senator’s team are “my clients seek some regulatory relief.”
The lobbyists at the party, Senator Burn’s staff and the Senator himself all actually take him seriously.

I’m going to miss you, Conrad.

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Mark 03.31.06 at 8:29 pm

As Sirota said, it makes you want to laugh, and cry. The best line in the piece - that Burns should go to his self-thrown $1000 a plate birthday party dressed as the Hamburglar.

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