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Bill (Bill Paxton), the polygamist patriarch on HBO's "Big Love," was elected to the Utah Senate at the end of last season. And he's fighting for his place in the Legislature this season.
He's also tweeting from the current legislative session. Tweets like this:
• Good grief, how many days are going to be wasted on gun talk! I like Rep. Selig's passion. 4th wife if she plays her cards right.
• Need ideas for other official state items! State jello? State chemical weapon? State of denial on Ed funding? Hit me back
• Rep. Chris Herrod is getting flayed alive over here. No teeth left in his little E-verify bill.
• Doin' the Lords work on the principle, quit e-mailing me.
And my personal favorite ...
• Should I be concerned that Nikki was sitting with Gayle in the cafeteria today?
(Nikki being Wife No. 2; Gayle being Gayle Ruzika of the Eagle Forum.)
Exactly who is behind this twitter account - @SenHendrickson - is a bit of a mystery. It's clearly somebody who knows about both "Big Love" and the legislature.
The one thing this person doesn't seem to know is that the name of the character on "Big Love" is not Bill Hendrickson. It's Bill Henrickson.