Where Are They Now, Tennessee Edition

Catapulted to national notorietyafter getting thoroughly lampooned on The Colbert Report, perennial Tennessee Republican candidate Basil Marceaux has brought his fight to abolish gold-fringed flags, slavery at traffic stops and other nefarious tools of big government to the race for the Tennessee State House.Sadly, he’s hit a road bump: Criminal Court Judge Rebecca Stern on Monday morning sentenced him to serve 10 days in jail for contempt of court. She did so after the Soddy Daisy resident first told her, “You’re out of order.” Then, as he was leaving the podium, he said, “I run for everything. And when I … Continue reading Where Are They Now, Tennessee Edition