# Republican carves up desk **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 15, 2011, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-carves-up-desk/589105 "2011-07-15T06:17:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-carves-up-desk/589105/1 "2011-07-15T06:17:55Z")
[http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2011/jul/12/tenn-lawmaker-carved-initials-in-her-capitol/](http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2011/jul/12/tenn-lawmaker-carved-initials-in-her-capitol/) > [@](#): > > A freshman Tennessee lawmaker who admits carving her initials into her desk in the state House chamber is going to have to pay to fix it. > … > The desk carving was first reported by WSMV-TV. Hurley on Monday confirmed to the Knoxville News Sentinel that she made the etching into the desk during a late-night floor session in May. > > “It was like 1 in the morning on the last day of the session,” Hurley told the paper. “I wasn’t thinking straight.” > > Hurley, 29, of Lenoir City, said she doesn’t remember what she used to cut her initials into the desk. > > “To ask me details about what happened three months ago, I couldn’t tell you,” Hurley said. “I don’t understand why it’s news, and I don’t want to talk about the desk.” I’ve heard folks saying that the Republicans are behaving like six-year-olds. Until now I thought they were exaggerating. Also of note: she credits her political success to working at Hooters and she harassed a police officer who pulled her over for speeding. I think Sarah Palin has just found her running mate. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-carves-up-desk/589105/2 "2011-07-15T06:52:38Z")
Well at least she acknowledges her mistakes. My question is: how long will the Republican party allow someone who does that to remain a member? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-carves-up-desk/589105/3 "2011-07-15T07:11:40Z")
In some legislatures initial carving into the desk is something of a tradition. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-carves-up-desk/589105/4 "2011-07-15T10:08:27Z")
> [@](#): > > Hurley, 29, of Lenoir City, said she doesn’t remember what she used to cut her initials into the desk. Awww. From the thread title I was hoping for something a little more dramatic, like _“crazed Republican carves desk into dozens of tiny wooden elephants while mumbling ‘redrum, redrum’ over and over.”_ ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-carves-up-desk/589105/5 "2011-07-15T11:53:17Z")
The vice president’s desk is covered with the initials of the veeps who used it. Decades worth of veeps have signed it. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-carves-up-desk/589105/6 "2011-07-15T14:00:25Z")
> [@Diceman](#): > > The vice president’s desk is covered with the initials of the veeps who used it. Decades worth of veeps have signed it. This is, in fact, the _only_ official function of the Vice President. ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-carves-up-desk/589105/7 "2011-07-15T14:43:38Z")
So, a member of the Tenn House of Reps carves her name in a desk. But since she’s a member of the GOP the headline becomes _Republican Carves Her Name in Desk._ yeesh… the liberal media never misses a chance :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-carves-up-desk/589105/8 "2011-07-15T14:48:03Z")
Heck, you’re not even the media and you didn’t miss a chance to come in here and slam a group you oppose. ---
**Author:** ![Double\_Foolscap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Double\_Foolscap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Double_Foolscap)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-carves-up-desk/589105/9 "2011-07-15T14:58:27Z")
Don’t worry, I’m fairly sure Faux News will put a little (D) next to her name. I was hoping that the carving was going to be “Zeppelin Rules!” ---
**Author:** ![Baracus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2bfe46/32.png) [@Baracus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baracus)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-carves-up-desk/589105/10 "2011-07-15T14:58:32Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Heck, you’re not even the media and you didn’t miss a chance to come in here and slam a group you oppose. And then there is the little matter of the actual headline reading “Tenn. lawmaker carved initials in her capitol desk”. ---
**Author:** ![ReticulatingSplines](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@ReticulatingSplines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReticulatingSplines)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-carves-up-desk/589105/11 "2011-07-15T15:05:43Z")
> [@ITR\_champion](#): > > Also of note: she credits her political success to working at Hooters Obviously, it’s quite impossible to learn anything useful working at Hooters. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-carves-up-desk/589105/12 "2011-07-15T15:32:46Z")
She’s pretty attractive so I think we should let it slide. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-carves-up-desk/589105/13 "2011-07-15T15:42:40Z")
why is this news ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-carves-up-desk/589105/14 "2011-07-15T15:43:58Z")
> [@](#): > > “To ask me details about what happened three months ago, I couldn’t tell you,” Hurley said. End of session was end of May. She was asked about this at the beginning of July. You know, I guess, under certain conditions of rounding, you could get that up to three months. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-carves-up-desk/589105/15 "2011-07-15T15:45:47Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > End of session was end of May. She was asked about this at the beginning of July. > > You know, I guess, under certain conditions of rounding, you could get that up to three months. In the same way Jesus was dead 3 days. ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-carves-up-desk/589105/16 "2011-07-15T16:50:35Z")
> [@Diceman](#): > > The vice president’s desk is covered with the initials of the veeps who used it. Decades worth of veeps have signed it. > [@Sailboat](#): > > This is, in fact, the _only_ official function of the Vice President. Golf clap. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-carves-up-desk/589105/17 "2011-07-15T16:58:23Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > This is, in fact, the _only_ official function of the Vice President. That and emptying the bucket of warm piss. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-carves-up-desk/589105/18 "2011-07-15T17:17:35Z")
Big yawn, I’m afraid. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-carves-up-desk/589105/19 "2011-07-15T17:18:40Z")
I am far more concerned with this guy, linked in the article: [http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2011/jul/14/cain-says-tenn-mosque-would-spread-extremism/?partner=popular](http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2011/jul/14/cain-says-tenn-mosque-would-spread-extremism/?partner=popular) ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-carves-up-desk/589105/20 "2011-07-15T17:45:11Z")
> [@Double\_Foolscap](#): > > I was hoping that the carving was going to be “Zeppelin Rules!” I figure there’s a notebook where she’s been writing “Mrs. Julia Limbaugh” over and over. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-carves-up-desk/589105.md?page=2)