Low Culture gives a run-down of possible Republican candidates for Illinois’ senate race who turned down offers to run. They include Shannen Doherty, Richard Jewell, and Libertyville native Dave Eggers. Quote:
Dave Eggers, noted autobiographer and meta-novelist, who withdrew from consideration after being told that his high school classmate Vince Vaughn could not be appointed by a hypothetical Sen. Eggers to a position in his office, due to Mr. Vaughn’s noted tendency to smooth talk the pants off thirty-something-aged female lobbyists, which would of course compromise the ethical integrity of an Eggers administration, which would be An Act of Extreme and Utter Contempt for the Hallowed Halls of Congress, and These Are Things Which We Do Not Do, for They Are Not Honorable, and I Have Been Orphaned
Funny, but since Geektastic is becoming an expert on Chicago-area celebrities, we feel that we should point out to the boys at Low Culture that Eggers went to Libertyville H.S. and Vaughn went to Lake Forest. We’re anal retentive nerds that way.