Subscribe | Subscriber Services | Subscriber Rewards

Foxx seeks birthday checks

Submitted by bniolet on June 29, 2009 - 10:43am.
Tags: fundraising | Tom Foxx | Under the Dome | Virginia Foxx

U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx is 66 today.

To celebrate, her husband wants you to write her a check. In an e-mail message to supporters, Tom Foxx suggested that a campaign contribution would make a perfect gift for his wife, a Banner Elk Republican.

A few years ago I had the idea of surprising Virginia for her birthday by raising money for her re-election. It was such a success that I have continued to do it.

Perhaps, $1 for every year of her life, he suggested. Of course, when you follow the link to the donation page, suggested amounts also include $660, $1066 and $2066. Tom Foxx assures supporters not to worry about all the focus on 66.

"As an elected official her information is publicly available so I won't be in trouble for revealing her age," he wrote.

You must be logged in to post a comment on this blog. If you already have an N&O online user account, click here to log in. Otherwise, click here to register (it's free!).

Re: Foxx seeks birthday checks

Submitted by Gosh (not verified) on June 30, 2009 - 8:09pm.

Comment deleted for inappropriate language.

Wow, what did BitterExDemocrat say exactly? It's her birthday, not her coming out party.

» login to post comments

Re: Foxx seeks birthday checks

Submitted by markjohnson on June 30, 2009 - 7:48pm.

Comment deleted for inappropriate language. MJ

» login to post comments

Re: Foxx seeks birthday checks

Submitted by Gosh (not verified) on June 30, 2009 - 8:31am.

I got it, laughed, then laughed even harder when FFC said "strive to be smarter."

Classic.

» login to post comments

Re: Foxx seeks birthday checks

Submitted by scharrison on June 30, 2009 - 8:18am.

*sigh* If I have to explain the joke, it's almost not worth telling. Almost.

I supplied the other half of your mixed metaphor (idiom, whatever). When you said, "blown out of context", you were mixing, "blown out of proportion" and "taken out of context", and the result makes no sense.

The context of written or spoken groups of words can be described as a tapestry, depicting a picture created by the writer or speaker. If you remove a few threads (words) and show them to somebody in the absence of the tapestry, that person won't know...you know what? I need more coffee.

» login to post comments