Sarah Huckabee Sanders has a Hog Party

 

by Pa Rock

Citizen Journalist

The Arkansas Times reported this week on a party that was held at the state's Governor's Mansion on September 1st, the night before the Arkansas Razorbacks kicked off their 2023-24 football season.  Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders dubbed her expansive and expensive outdoor soiree "the Undefeated Party!"  By all reports it was a heck of a fine time, paid for on the taxpayers' dime, and accessible  by invitation only.

According to the article in the Times, the party featured in addition to the governor, who was wearing red shorts in the style of a cheerleader, Sam Pittman, the head coach of the Arkansas Razorback football team (or in common parlance,  "the hogs"), three costumed mascots from the university, the U of A cheerleading squad and the school's dance team, and the brass section of the university's marching band.  It is not clear from the article whether members of the football team were invited, and none with pictured  in the official photo that accompanied the piece in the newspaper.

The big story related to Sarah's shindig was its cost, at least $13,081.36, which was footed by the hardworking taxpayers of Arkansas.   While there were no apparent purchases  from Arkansas business giants Walmart and Tyson Foods, listed in the article in the Arkansas Times, there was an acquisition of almost $1,500 worth of gingham-checked tablecloths from Amazon.com, a major rival of Walmart.  The food purchases came in at nearly $4,500, and there was an interesting expenditure of $449.88 for six hundred buttons, half of which said "Best Coach, Best Gov, Best State" a slogan that sounded almost like a political advertisement.

But it was a party, so what the heck!

Arkansas won their first game of the season on the following day, despite pre-game "boos" directed toward the governor and her husband by fans in the stands.  But the story of Sarah's elegant new $19,000 podium broke two weeks later on September 15th, and the following day the Razorbacks had their first loss in what would become a six-game losing streak - or as the Arkansas Times put it, ". . . hardly an outcome that would justify spending $13,000+ of other people's money."

But don't let the whiners get you down, Sarah.  Arkansas has plenty of money, so party on!

Woo Pig Suey!