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6. Its a cute story but almost certainly not the result of any intentional decisionmaking

Wed Feb 13, 2013, 07:34 PM

Feb 2013

First, seating for the SOTU falls under the jurisdiction of the House Sergeant at Arms, who is picked by the Speaker. He's not making politically based decisions about seating. Plus there are several hundred seats in the gallery and its not like they have the time to be wedding planners assiging seats based on who the guest is. According to a longtime veteran House staffer I asked, each member is assigned a seat for their guest before they know who that member's guest will be (or even whether the member will have a guest).

It was fortuitous, but almost certainly just a matter of chance.

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State of the Union Seating Planners Troll Ted Nugent, Put Him Next to Gay Civil Rights Activist [View all] kpete Feb 2013 OP

Roflmao ..shit czar.Be careful what you wish for. SummerSnow Feb 2013 #1

Had a passing thought about Nugent and where he ended up last night riderinthestorm Feb 2013 #2

Aww Karma, she's my friend :). n/t arthritisR_US Feb 2013 #3

Kudos to the seating planner. Uncle Joe Feb 2013 #4

There is no left and right in music Gman Feb 2013 #5

Its a cute story but almost certainly not the result of any intentional decisionmaking onenote Feb 2013 #6

...and a much better musician, to boot Warpy Feb 2013 #7

Pink Martini video Buck Turgidson Feb 2013 #11

WOW. Fantastic vanlassie Feb 2013 #13

He's really close to a brown person. Awesome! kysrsoze Feb 2013 #8

What did Lauderdale do to piss off the seating planners? LonePirate Feb 2013 #9

Think of what a great story he has to tell! (n/t) Jim Lane Feb 2013 #12

If he leaned any further to the right felix_numinous Feb 2013 #10

Apparently, Ted was a perfect gentleman. MrSlayer Feb 2013 #14