Scandal Rocks DFA: Some Calling It TieGate
By Linda Thieman
It was reported yesterday on Blog for America
that DFA Communications Director Laura Gross is thisclose to losing her
job over the disappearance of Gov. Howard Dean’s favorite tie.
Gross
went public with the fiasco just last night, but the tie actually went
missing the week of August 2nd while Gov. Dean was hosting “Topic A
with Tina Brown” in a New Jersey studio.
Gross
claimed she had been put in charge of four ties that day so that the
former Vermont governor could try several alternatives to see which one
looked best on camera.
Dean wearing the tie in question (left) and
the $65 replacement suggested by the Crushies.
The tie
in question was a sentimental favorite of Dean’s, having been a gift
from his mother AND the tie that he wore when he gave his speech at the
Democratic National Convention and in all the Democratic presidential
debates.
The missing tie was dark blue with a small whale pattern.
Authorities,
suspicious that only the whale tie went missing, suspect something
fishy – perhaps a right-wing conspiracy – and in spite of retracing
Gross’ steps, came up with nothing but a cold, wet, slimy theory.
The Crushies for Dean,
on the other hand, jumped into action and found a reasonable facsimile
of the tie for sale on the web. The fact that the copy is silk
makes it pretty pricy, but the Crushies intend to put up a bat to take
up a collection to replace the missing cravate.
One
Crushie, sensing a golden opportunity, asked Gross if it would be
possible for her to also lose the Governor’s other favorite tie, the
red one with the jelly beans on it. Gross has declined to comment
on the request.
TieGate has replaced the Republican National Convention as the top
story on every newscast and on the front page of every newspaper in
America, while CNN has shown photos of Dean wearing the tie some 697
times in just under 12 hours.
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