From
toe-tappin' Larry Craig to
gun-totin' Butch Otter,
Idaho is filled with many colorful characters. So how did Indian Country end up with
Dirk Kempthorne, the most boring Interior Secretary in history?
Sure, his story about visiting a home in Idaho and finding methamphetamine cooking on the stove is interesting -- the first time he told it. The tenth time? Not so much.
So it's not surprising that his answers to this U.S. News & World Report feature called
Finished Sentences are exceptionally boring. He even makes riding a Harley sound ... lame.
1. My job title should really read..."secretary of the treasury, because I oversee America's real treasures...America the beautiful."
2. Breakfast this morning consisted of..."scrambled eggs and Idaho hash browns."
3. The toughest thing about my day is..."figuring out new ways to reconnect American children to nature."
4. When I'm not working, I make time for..."checking in on my first grandchild, Brody, in Idaho; visiting the Lincoln Memorial; doing push-ups and crunches; and riding my Harley."
5. If my 10-year-old self could see me now, he would say..."Wow, you really love your job, don't you?"
It makes us long for the days of Gale Norton and her crazy fashion sense! But she's too busy watching
TV to care anymore.
