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Tuesday, September 01, 2009

Kukla, Fran and Thomas
As we all know, because we have heard it for years, the Utah County Republican Party has a special understanding of the U.S. Constitution, one in which the rest of us, except for maybe the Kanab residents, can't really comprehend.
But those generous folks south of the prison are doing everything they can to educate the rest of us.
So, at the Utah County Republican Party picnic over the weekend, party leaders had special educational treats for those who stopped by for a burger, a soda pop and a healthy dose of conservatism.
The new education officer for the Utah County GOP, Adrielle Herring, set up an education booth at the picnic and handed out free copies of the U.S. Constitution, the movie “A More Perfect Union“ and Founding Fathers finger puppets.
That's right, finger puppets depicting the founding fathers.
So your hands could carry on lively patriotic debates with, say, Benjamin Franklin on one finger, lecturing to John Adams on the other, with one thumb occupied by Thomas Jefferson and another by his irascible foe, Alexander Hamilton.
The middle finger, of course, would be reserved for Aaron Burr.
Cheers,
Paul Rolly

2 Comments:

At 1:48 AM, Blogger Adrielle said...

Do you have any children, Paul? Or grandchildren? If so, I'd be happy to send you some fingerpuppets for them.

 
At 1:59 AM, Blogger Adrielle said...

If anyone else is interested in a fun way to teach small children about the Founders, we can get you some fingerpuppets, too.

 

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Paul Rolly grew up in Salt Lake City, graduating from Skyline High School and earning a B.S. in political science at the University of Utah. He began working at The Salt Lake Tribune in 1973 as a copy boy. He worked his way up the ladder, covering police, local government, community affairs and business. He left The Tribune in 1982 to work for United Press International where he was the Utah political reporter and later Salt Lake City bureau chief. He returned to the Tribune in 1985, covering the Utah Legislature and later, taking over as business editor. He began the Rolly&Wells column in 2001 with JoAnn Wells and continues the column alone since her retirement. He also writes a political column that runs in The Tribune's Sunday opinion section. He is married to Dawn House, a reporter at The Tribune.


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