Eric and Spider Monkey Storm the Capitol, Part 3

Posted on January 13th, 2009 3:40pm by Zac Crain
Filed under Media, Politics

Now the updates are coming a little more expeditiously. First, another scene-setter:

Tons of folks wearing yellow roses on their lapels. Looks like the world’s worst prom up in this piece.

And now, something a bit more substantive:

One more: Rick Perry made some awkward mention of the A&M chopper going down at the beginning of his speech. It brought the room way down and was forced and unnecessary. On the plus side, I stole a stuffed mushroom from the Welcome Joe Straus buffet. Tasty!

After the jump, a shot of who Eric and Lavin will be hitting Sixth Street with tonight.

10 comments

  1. Uncomforty.

    @ 3:48 pm on January 13, 2009

  2. arriba arriba

    @ 3:57 pm on January 13, 2009

  3. Is that Celeste rallying?

    “PROP. 8 ISN’T GREAT! PROP. 8 ISN’T GREAT!”…[later on]…”WE HATE PROP. 8! WE HATE PROP. 8! WE HATE PROP. 8!…”

    @ 4:04 pm on January 13, 2009

  4. Should mention that I am wearing a borrowed coat and tie. I didn’t pack well. Thanks to Austin Pete for the sartorial solid.

    @ 4:37 pm on January 13, 2009

  5. Are mesh or half shirts forbidden in the capital?

    @ 5:10 pm on January 13, 2009

  6. Gay shirts are encouraged, as are mesh pants.

    @ 5:19 pm on January 13, 2009

  7. When I have to visit the Capital I reach for my cod piece. Wait… that did not come out right.

    @ 5:26 pm on January 13, 2009

  8. You got to attend opening day of the session, and this is the best update you could muster? You ate a mushroom? Nothing about the speaker race. Nothing at all.

    @ 5:59 pm on January 13, 2009

  9. Straus is the new speaker. Feel better erm?

    @ 6:34 pm on January 13, 2009

  10. Good thing you lost the weight, Eric, although it did rob us of a “fat guy in a [Austin Pete] little coat” moment.

    @ 9:59 am on January 14, 2009