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Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 03:22 PM Apr 2013

Senator Roger Wicker had hired ‘Elvis’ facing threat charges


Roger Wicker had hired ‘Elvis’ facing threat charges

Sen. Roger Wicker said he had once hired and met the Elvis impersonator who was charged Thursday with sending poison-laced letters to President Barack Obama and the senator.

Wicker, a Mississippi Republican, told reporters the suspect, Paul Kevin Curtis of Corinth, lived not far from his hometown of Tupelo. The senator had briefly spoken with Curtis a decade ago at a social gathering he and other friends had hosted back when Wicker was serving in the House.

“He’s an entertainer. He’s an Elvis impersonator. He entertained at a party that my wife and I helped give for a young couple that was getting married. He was quite entertaining,” Wicker told reporters at the Capitol on Thursday. “A number of couples gave a party and he was the entertainer and we kicked in on our share.”

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http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/roger-wicker-had-hired-elvis-facing-ricin-charges-90286.html


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Senator Roger Wicker had hired ‘Elvis’ facing threat charges (Original Post) Tx4obama Apr 2013 OP
How funny Catherine Vincent Apr 2013 #1
Now he'll be very entertainingly singing 'Jailhouse Rock' :) pinboy3niner Apr 2013 #2
I wonder how he feels about background checks for employees? Liberal Veteran Apr 2013 #3
Wonder if Curtis has a grudge against Myrina Apr 2013 #4

Liberal Veteran

(22,239 posts)
3. I wonder how he feels about background checks for employees?
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 03:37 PM
Apr 2013

Since he doesn't seem to concern himself with background checks for guns.

Myrina

(12,296 posts)
4. Wonder if Curtis has a grudge against
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 03:41 PM
Apr 2013

... Anyone else he did a gig for that didn't result in his "country music career" taking off ...

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