Arkansas Governor 2022

#126

Sexy. $19k well spent.

#127

Pairs well with ... well, not with that room, anyway.

Slim Cognito · #128

Looks like a cheap Lost In Space prop (the original tv show).

#129

Looks like a Dalek after liposuction, but it'll match most of Sarah's tacky dresses.

Volkonski · #130

$19K for that?

p0rtia · #131

Estiveo wrote: ↑Thu Oct 05, 2023 12:13 pm Looks like a Dalek after liposuction, but it'll match most of Sarah's tacky dresses.

RTH10260 · #132

Volkonski wrote: ↑Thu Oct 05, 2023 12:19 pm $19K for that?

About $3K will be electronics.

Slim Cognito · #133

Sooooo, it's worth about 3.5K?

Shizzle Popped · #134

That's one ugly ass lectern. However, somebody spent a ton of time building this. Complex shapes, book matched wood, and automotive grade paint finishes and the associated prep all take time. I don't know if it's 19 grand worth of work but it wouldn't come cheap.

#135

This has fueled “podiumgate” in Arkansas. The lectern v. podium debate has come up. SHS is getting caught in lies and trying to evade the FOIA. I think the FBI may be involved.

sugar magnolia · #136

Seems like she would have ordered a red one.

Suranis · #137

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/le ... podiumgate

TPM – Talking Points Memo
Let’s Talk about ‘PodiumGate’

You probably haven't heard of "Podiumgate." I've been kicking myself for the last week or so because there's been so much going on and this story is so convoluted that I haven't made time to write…

#138

If'n

were here, he'd tell you it's really lecterngate, dammit all!

#139

#140

Did it come with military grade hammers and toilet seats?

#141

Apparently it is a Top Secret, Classified Lectern so “nobody knows”* all of the bells and whistles.

*Running gag on the cartoon “Angry Beavers”. Whenever Delaware is mentioned an immediate question is “Where is Delaware”. Before the question is finished the narrator and characters shout,”Nobody knows!”

#142

Suranis wrote: ↑Thu Oct 05, 2023 6:01 pm https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/le ... podiumgate

TPM – Talking Points Memo
Let’s Talk about ‘PodiumGate’

You probably haven't heard of "Podiumgate." I've been kicking myself for the last week or so because there's been so much going on and this story is so convoluted that I haven't made time to write…

Interesting tidbit from this article. Apparently, the lecturn in the picture - which is supposedly the new one - looks identical to one she used at her inauguration. TPM didn't post a pic of the inauguration lecturn, so I don't know for sure, but if true, that's going to add to the fun.

ETA: I went searching and found this, it shows more of the inaugural lectern than any other pic I saw, but while there's not much, they are at least very similar:

#143

It's great to hear she's pissing off even Republicans with her ham-handed haughtiness. She can be a one-term governor, then join daddy in pushing pills.

#144

Tiredretiredlawyer wrote: ↑Fri Oct 06, 2023 8:23 am Apparently it is a Top Secret, Classified Lectern so “nobody knows”* all of the bells and whistles.

*Running gag on the cartoon “Angry Beavers”. Whenever Delaware is mentioned an immediate question is “Where is Delaware”. Before the question is finished the narrator and characters shout,”Nobody knows!”

I alwaysthought a more pressing question was 'IS Delaware?'

#145

RTH10260 · #146

Arkansas lawmakers OK plan to audit purchase of $19,000 lectern for Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders

BY ANDREW DEMILLO
Updated 10:12 PM CEST, October 12, 2023

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers on Thursday voted to audit the purchase of a $19,000 lectern for Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, delving into an unusual controversy that’s prompted questions about the seemingly high cost of the item and claims that the governor’s office violated the state’s open-records law.

The all-Republican executive committee of the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee also voted to audit the Republican governor’s travel and security expenditures that were retroactively shielded from public release under a new Freedom of Information Act exemption Sanders signed last month.

The 39-inch tall (1-meter), blue and wood-paneled lectern was purchased in June with a state credit card for $19,029.25. It has become the focus of intense scrutiny in recent weeks and has gained national attention. The Republican Party of Arkansas reimbursed the state for the purchase on Sept. 14, and Sanders’ office has called the use of a state credit card for the lectern an accounting error. Sanders’ office said it received the lectern in August.

Documents released by the state this week have deepened questions about the purchase, including whether the original plan was for the state GOP to repay the state for it.

https://apnews.com/article/huckabee-san ... f694433fdc

Atticus Finch · #147

I smell lecterngate.

Slim Cognito · #148

If we call it podiumgate, will Stern stop by?

(Please)

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#150

It's only a meter high? Is she a little person? I would have to bend way over to read anything, even if I did remember my glasses. What, does the lectern need its own podium separate from the governor's podium (or does she sit down)?