Dirk Kempthorne: Party’s At His Place

Remember Dirk Kempthore? The new guy at the Department of the Interior? Oh, you know, the one with the sham marriage and long-time mistress (Yeah, we know we misidentified Kempthorne in that picture — we’ll fix it later). Right, that one. Yeah, he’ll be livin’ it up bachelor-stylee once he hits the District:

If Governor Kempthorne is confirmed, he would vacate the governor’s office, promoting Risch to the state’s top job.

Patricia Kempthorne has said that she will not follow her husband to Washington, D.C. if he’s confirmed.

Course, she claims to be staying behind so that she can become Lt. Governor (is it really that easy out there? Like, if we made friends with Brian Schweitzer could we just be declared Lt. Governor of Montana if we asked really nice? What’s that gig pay? Does their website actually work?), but, uh, we know better, don’t we?

First Lady Considering Lt. Governor Position [KPVI]
Earlier: Open Secrets Watch: The New Guy At Interior

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Open Secrets Watch: The New Guy At Interior

Here is a picture of the President with people who have names like “Dirk” and “Butch Otter” and “Spuddy Buddy.”

Whoda thunk the Department of the Interior would be a hotbed of scandal? And not that lame, hard-to-follow “corruption” and “bribery” kind of scandal, but honest-to-god sex ‘n’ stuff!

Turns out, this new Dirk Kempthorne has:
* Illegitmate son
* Longtime mistress/aide
* Sham marriage

Hey! Not bad! We’re suddenly way excited about the Department of the Interior — has anyone bothered to point out how educational these sorts of things can be? We might even go find out what the Interior Secretary does

So, does Kempthorne’s mistress and 2nd family go, too? [Idaho’s Democrats (they have those? —ed)]

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He Still Faces Strong Opposition From Senators Grimace and McCheese

One of these men is the new Secretary of the Interior — try to guess which!

They still make guys named “Dirk”? Governor of what? This new interior secretary confuses and frightens us.

Then, of course, there’s this:

The spot I describe aired on various network daytime shows in early January. It opens with a business-suited yes man addressing “Governor Kempthorne.” The scene opens up to reveal a replica of the Idaho governor’s office, with the real governor seated at the desk. The aide continues, “Good news. There’s only one person more popular than you—Spuddy Buddy.” A poorly drawn cartoon potato suddenly pops up on screen. He dances and sings the praises of baked potatoes, mashed potatoes, fries, and assorted other ways you can devour his tuber brethern. The half-minute closes with the governor telling the potato toon, “I hope you’re not running for office anytime soon.”

Someone — anyone — please find us video of this. It’s gotta be out there somewhere.

Idaho Gov. Kempthorne named to run Interior [Seattle Times]
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