Quick Note: Weenie

I have yet another delicious addition to the team to announce. The ever delightful Ms. Weenie will take charge as one of my brilliant political consultants. Since I've known her, Weenie has held an interest in government and political logistics. As a result, she's had job experience with a highly influential lobbying body, and presently works for a Republican senator. 

Because my readership is probably largely comprised of leftist undergraduates or recent graduates, I imagine that they'll be wondering why I invited Weenie aboard. Here's my answer: Just because she and I don't always see eye-to-eye, it doesn't change the fact that  she's smart, talented, and extremely well-informed. Furthermore, the fact that she's agreed to write for me represents an opportunity to highlight a side of current events that young liberals might otherwise discount. 

In short, I'm not asking you to agree with her (actually, I'm pretty sure even she's not asking you to agree with her), but I am asking you to listen to her. She has a unique and carefully considered point of view that, at the very least,  deserves a moment of your attention. 

If that subdued and demure request* doesn't convince you though, why don't you try these qualifications on for size: 

• Weenie excels at partying. Excels.
• Despite the fact that she's tiny, she eats pizza/red meat/peanut m&ms in positively herculean quantities. I've seen her pound a 5lb bag of m&ms to her face over the course of two days, finish a hamburger bigger than her head in one sitting**,  and polish off an entire 18" pizza pie, crusts included, no sweat, ready for more.
• Once she had a reaction to some antibiotics and developed a rash on her stomach. She named it. The rash, that is. She named her rash.

All in all, I'm pretty sure that she's one of the most absurdly hilarious people on earth, and I'm lucky to have her along for the ride. 

*If I do say so myself...

**I want to give you guys some context on this one. She was out to lunch with two grown men, one a middle-aged professor of sizable build, and the other a NCAA Division I ice hockey player. They all ordered the same meal-- the hamburger. Neither the professor nor the hockey player could stomach more than half of theirs. Weenie finished the whole thing. She's unreal.