tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41224182905502848492024-02-20T16:06:44.228-08:00Jason in the PressJason in the Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10475403375865739147noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122418290550284849.post-60953789595474159362011-08-17T12:41:00.000-07:002011-08-17T12:41:56.565-07:00HOH’s One-Minute Recess: Chaffetz in the Press<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="gmail_quote"><h1>HOH’s One-Minute Recess: Chaffetz in the Press</h1><ul><li style="margin-left: 15px;">By<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.rollcall.com/reporters/63.html" style="color: #2a5db0;" target="_blank">Neda Semnani</a></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Roll Call Staff</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Aug. 17, 2011, 1:21 p.m. </li>
</ul>Hey kids! Another day, another hilarious parody Twitter feed with a lovely matching blog has landed on our world wild Web.<br />
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The target this week? One Rep. Jason “Jay Chay” Chaffetz (R-Utah). (Hollllerrr.)<br />
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Chaffetz, a tea party darling and a relative newcomer to the national scene, is in just his second term, but he has already made quite a splash.<br />
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You may know him from such classic television spots as<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/215400/january-06-2009/better-know-a-district---utah-s-3rd---jason-chaffetz" style="color: #2a5db0;" target="_blank">leg wrestling with Stephen Colbert</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/217897/february-04-2009/exclusive---colbert-and-chaffetz-play-rock-band" style="color: #2a5db0;" target="_blank">playing Rock Band with Colbert</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and other stuff that’s more important but less entertaining. Jay Chay is also a prolific tweeter (<a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/jasoninthehouse" style="color: #2a5db0;" target="_blank">@JasonintheHouse</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>for the curious) and is consistently and helpfully available to the media for comment (except for today, because he is on vacation).<br />
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So, someone with a lot of time on their hands and an excessive amount of pent-up Chaffetz jokes, has stepped in and started<a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/jasoninthepress" style="color: #2a5db0;" target="_blank">@JasoninthePress</a>, because Jay Chay is in the press a lot.<br />
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According to the new Twitter feed, fake Jay Chay loves scrapbooking, reliving his support of former Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis’ gun control stance and his vacation in Hawaii.<br />
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Fake Jay Chay also loves being the Kim Kardashian of Utah politics so, so much. (Though, it has to be said, even the fake Chaffetz falls well short of the real Kim’s assets.)<br />
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But, the real genius — in our humble opinion — is the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://jasonchaffetz.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2a5db0;" target="_blank">Jason in the Press blog</a>, especially the animated clip of what we assume is<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://jasonchaffetz.blogspot.com/2011/08/my-last-interview-with-tommy-burr.html" style="color: #2a5db0;" target="_blank">a fake exchange</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>between Fake Jay Chay and fake Salt Lake Tribune Washington correspondent Thomas Burr.<br />
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The real Chaffetz is currently vacationing in Hawaii and is widely believed to be gearing up to challenge the surprisingly tall Utah Sen.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.rollcall.com/members/493.html" style="color: #2a5db0;" target="_blank">Orrin Hatch</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(R) in 2012.</div></span>Jason in the Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10475403375865739147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122418290550284849.post-73066321615699775492011-08-17T07:48:00.000-07:002011-08-17T07:48:44.727-07:00Scrapbook: Homelessness an Embarrassment I couldn't help but share one of my favorite Op-Ed's from my glory days at BYU, I even praise Jimmy Carter and blame Reagan & Bush for America's approach to homelessness, which is a federal issue.<a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/62490545/Jason-Chaffetz-Homelessness-an-Embarrassment" style="display: block; font: 14px Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; margin: 12px auto 6px; text-decoration: underline;" title="View Jason Chaffetz Homelessness an Embarrassment on Scribd">Jason Chaffetz Homelessness an Embarrassment</a><iframe class="scribd_iframe_embed" data-aspect-ratio="1.18834951456311" data-auto-height="true" frameborder="0" height="600" id="doc_57853" scrolling="no" src="http://www.scribd.com/embeds/62490545/content?start_page=1&view_mode=list&access_key=key-knte1uc73dleco61ib2" width="100%"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Tommy tweeted:<br />
<div class="tweet-row"> <blockquote><span class="tweet-user-name"> <a class="tweet-screen-name user-profile-link" href="http://twitter.com/#%21/thomaswburr" title="thomaswburr">@thomaswburr</a><span class="tweet-full-name"></span></span> Btw, the speculation is true: <a class=" twitter-atreply" href="http://twitter.com/jasoninthehouse" rel="nofollow"><span class="at">@</span><span class="at-text">jasoninthehouse</span></a> is in Hawaii until Sunday, he tells me. His annual family vacation. <span class="hash">#</span>utpol</blockquote><div class="tweet-corner"><a class=" twitter-hashtag" href="http://twitter.com/#%21/search?q=%23utpol" rel="nofollow" title="#utpol"><span class="hash-text"></span></a><div class="tweet-meta"><span class="icons"><div class="extra-icons"> <span class="inlinemedia-icons"></span></div></span> </div></div></div><div class="tweet-row"> </div><br />
Now THAT, my friends is how you plant a news story! The video of our last conversation is online, I'm posting it below. Aloha!<br />
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<a href="http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/12379141/jason-chaffetz-last-interview-with-tommy-burr" style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;" target="_new">Jason Chaffetz last interview with Tommy Burr</a><br />
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