Connecticut Commentary: Red Notes from a Blue State

Remarks by Chris Powell Vernon Republican Town Committee American Legion Post 14 Vernon, Connecticut Saturday, February 16, 2019 For the first two decades of my adult life I was a Democrat. I became a Republican back around 1991, if for peculiar reasons that may be best explained by a scene in the old Marx Brothers movie “Horse Feathers.” Maybe you remember it. Groucho has been appointed president of Huxley College and announces that the problem with Huxley is that it has been neglecting football for education. So he appoints himself coach of the football team in time to coach it for a game against Huxley’s big rival, Darwin College. There’s a very confusing play on the field and Groucho ends up in the Darwin huddle. Groucho’s son runs over to him and says, “Dad, Dad -- You’re coaching the wrong team.” Groucho replies: “I know that but our team wouldn’t listen to me.”