Did you hear the one about Claude Allen? George W. Bush's 'domestic policy advisor', caught shoplifting at Target?
Montgomery County, Maryland police press release and mug shot
This afternoon as I drove home (a few days late, car trouble) I heard a piece on NPR's All Things Considered on the Allen story. They interviewed a reporter for the Washington Post, Michael Fletcher, who floated the latest excuse for Allen. He has an identical twin. The twin has always been in trouble. I doubt if it was just the twin with the light fingers, that Claude Allen would have known to call the White House the night he was arrested.
I googled Claude Allen and twin and got no hits. So I don't think this excuse has gotten any traction yet. I wonder where the twin lives? Allen's bios all say he is a Virginia native, so his brother could live nearby. The Target where Allen was caught is 8 miles from his home in Gaithersburg.
Bro couldn't have lived that close by, unless he also could afford a $958,300 home (that's what Allen & his wife paid for their home in Gaithersburg, Maryland in October). In the old days before housing prices became so insane, conventional wisdom was that you could buy a house worth three times your annual salary. For Allen's $161,000 federal salary, that would be $483,000. I wonder if his wife works? How would that be possible, as the Washington Times reports that Allen and his wife home-school their children?
He looks a little overextended financially to me. And if they caught him 25 times, you know that's probably the tip of the iceberg. I mean, I've gotten one speeding ticket. Doesn't mean that's the only time...well, never mind.
Here's the link to the NPR story, although as of this posting there is no audio available: Former Bush Advisor's Arrest Makes Headlines
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That has got to be the worst argument I have ever heard.
I heard the story, too, and I blogged about it, too. I expect it will suddenly appear everywhere if Fletcher prints it. I doubt it's true, but I hope it is, because it's a great story. I guess I just hope it gets some legs.
But please, I have been in that same Target, and my house isn't even worth $150,000. I live hours away, but I am in the area a lot - you know, like a man would be if his brother lived there.
Your reasoning is pretty strained, that's all I am saying.
Do identical twins have identical fingerprints? Allen was fingerprinted by the cops.
How do you like that argument?
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