http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/more_cowbell Comments for "More cowbell!" en http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/more_cowbell#comment-2667 <p>Thank you, Ryan, for the gratuitous reference in the blog posting title to one of the funniest Saturday Night Live/Will Ferrell/Christopher Walken skits!</p> Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:43:00 -0500 Wayne_Goodwin comment 2667 at http://projects.newsobserver.com http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/more_cowbell <!-- Begin check for Blog Icon --> <!-- End check for Blog Icon --> <!-- Begin check for Teaser Toggle --> <div class="field-item"><p>Rep. Thomas Wright could pick up some tips from Josiah Turner Jr.</p><p>Over on The Progressive Pulse, Adam Searing <a href="http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/?p=756">dug up a good story</a> about the <a href="/blogs/kicked_out">last North Carolina legislator</a> to be expelled by his colleagues.</p><p>According to an Oct. 5, 1878, <a href="http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&amp;res=9507EFD6143EE63BBC4D53DFB6678383669FDE&amp;oref=slogin">article</a> in The New York Times, Turner was running as an Independent Democrat for Congress.</p><p>At a meeting in Franklin County, one of Turner&#39;s political enemies, M.A. Bledsoe, started speaking first and would not give up the floor. </p><blockquote><p>Bledsoe would not stop, but attempted to continue his speech, and every time he said anything Turner would ring a cow-bell that he had purchased and brought along for the occasion.</p></blockquote><p>According to the Times, the crowd laughed and Turner got to speak. </p><p>So if Wright brings a cowbell to his ethics hearings at the state legislature, don&#39;t be surprised. </p></div> <div class="node-blog-teaser-footer"> <div class="node-blog-teaser-comments"><a href="http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/more_cowbell#comment"><img src="http://www.newsobserver.com/images/front_new/icon_discussion.gif" width="11" height="7" border="0" /> Comments (1)</a> <!-- If permissions, display edit link at end of teaser --> <!-- End edit link code --> </div> </div> <!-- End check for Teaser Toggle --> <!-- BEGIN AUDIO ATTACHMENT CODE --> http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/more_cowbell#comment Adam Searing cowbell expulsion history Josiah Turner Jr. New York Times Thomas Wright Under the Dome Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:13:27 -0500 ryanteaguebeckwith 3590 at http://projects.newsobserver.com