Excuse Me While I Kiss The Sky
I want y’all to meet Ralph Hall, a genuine 90 year old congressvarmint from Texas.
You’ve never heard of him because by the time he arrives at work, it’s closing time. Also, he’ not terribly smart. He chairs the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee and is just damn amazed at them new fangled microwave ovens.
Well, the other night Ralph wandered into an LGBT event, ordered a drink, and stayed around a while before noticing that he was AT A FREEKIN’ GAY BAR
GOP Rep. Ralph Hall, a DOMA supporter, wandered into Victory Fund Pride reception. He seems to be lost. twitter.com/JustinCSnow/st…
— Justin Snow (@JustinCSnow)
Aw, gee! Knew someone else who was of such an age and worked on the Hill. Unfortunately he wandered into someone else’s office thinking it was his. Guess what! He had no memory of that event! Ten to one Old Ralph will be the same way. I’m betting right now that he can’t remember what he had for lunch. Too bad, in a way. He could have learned so much.
1I wonder if he was there just for the free booze?
2That was hysterical. If he stayed longer and had a few more drinks with the nice folks there, he’d probably agree to support marriage equality.
3Hey Ralph, those chicks don’t wanna date you.
4OMG … that is just too funny! Hey, when you’re 90, you can get away with a lot of stuff … wandering into an LGBT gathering may be one of those things!! Maybe ole Ralphie needs to be put on a leash so he can’t go meandering about!!
5I wasn’t 90, I was 20, and I wasn’t a congressman, I was a boot sailor when I wandered into a bar like that in Providence, R.I. and struck up a 10 sec. conversation with a pretty girl at the bar.
6“If you don’t leave my girlfriend alone, I’ll kick your butt” said the lady on the other side of the prety girl.
I wandered on out and down the street.
A young Texan in 1963 had no idea what a gay bar was.
Ralph is a family friend and a pretty nice guy, but the consensus among the family is that he needs to retire.
7My concern is who/what will he be replaced with?
He just dropped in
8To see what condition his condition was in
Yeah, yeah, oh yeah!
-Kenny Rogers & the First Edition
Yup, that’s my Congressman and I’m so proud of him, stepping out of his comfort zone like that!
9Miracles can happen with just one visit. When my mom came to live with me I took her to an anniversary party for Mary and Roxanne (30 years and about 8 kids they raised). We were sitting at a table with a lot of handsome men. My mother had a great time. When we left she said, “Are all those guys gay?” I said, “yes.” She said, “Why would people want to be mean to such nice men?” She never said another anti-gay thing for the rest of her too short life.
10Ballad Of A Thin Man
Something is happening here
But you don’t know what it is
Do you, Mr Jones?
Bob Dylan
11Highway 61 Revisited
August 30, 1965
I’m surprised ol’ Ralph knew he was in a bar.
12When we moved to Rockwall in 1992 the house we bought was on land formerly owned by Ralph Hall. He lived about 1/4 mile up the road and still owned the mineral rights to my lot.
He was at the polling place voting the first time I went.
We were nose to nose at the table with the little screens around the machines. He could not figure out how to work the machine and had to have help from the judge and his wife.
Always wondered how he was smart enough to buy up all that land on a hill over looking Lake Ray Hubbard.
13Pardon me, Mama, but I just think this is funnier than hell.
Of course, I had to know what happened when he found out he was not at the event he expected. Here’s a pretty good article. http://wonkette.com/519565/gop-rep-ralph-hall-has-fun-hanging-with-gays-until-he-realizes-that-he-is-hanging-out-with-gays
14I’m pretty sure that by the time one hits 90 gender becomes pretty much irrelevant.
15I figure any Republican who gets onto a Science committee, whether in Texas or DC, has to be dumber than dirt. If they think the earth is flat, it figures they wouldn’t know which crowd was which. Would love to see Ralph chatting up a sweet young thing who turned out to be a white version of RuPaul.
16Poor old thing! Should he be out and about without a court-appointed guardian? Apparently not.
Also, thanks to Rick and Bruce for the blast from the past!
17It’s time for me to say it once again–you CANNOT make this stuff up!! Too funny!
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