The best anecdote about a politician that I’ve read in a
while:
[Sen. Larry Pressler (R-S.D.)] once mistakenly walked
into a closet while intending to leave a Senate committee meeting.
He stayed there for several minutes. Virtually everyone in the room
seemed aware that the senator was in the closet. When he stepped
out—to cover his embarrassment—he paused and waved as though
conferring with someone who was still inside.
That’s from an old Washington Post profile of Pressler,
who is now running to retake his seat, this time as an independent.
The Post piece doesn’t seem to be online, but The
National Journal‘s Emma Roller has more about both the article
and the ex-senator here.
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