Marsha Blackburn Nearly Joins Homeless Population

Fri., Jan. 9 2009 @ 8:45AM

Times are tough all over if they're about to auction off Marsha Blackburn's house on the courthouse steps. Actually, according to the congress(man)'s office, it's all just a big mix-up. (Heh, heh). They're saying her bank failed to process electronic mortgage payments "though sufficient funds were in the bank to cover those payments."

Here's an interesting tidbit produced by this story: Blackburn's house has got a name, and it's Up Yonder. Do they name their houses in Brentwood? I never knew.

I get this mental picture of a defiant, teary eyed Marsha as Scarlett O'Hara grabbing a clump of dirt from her yard (cue the Gone With the Wind theme music), as she declares, "They'll never take Up Yonder from me. I won't let them."

Actually, Blackburn should have let them take her house. It might have worked for her politically. She could have played the victim, and foreclosure would have given her a little of that Sarah Palin Everywoman quality that she so desperately seeks.

Via Post Politics

Update: The Tennessee Journal comments: "When the note is called Up Yonder, she'll beware."