Two press conferences were held recently. See if you can match the speaker to the correct identity.
A) I was recently indicted by a Texas grand jury on conspiracy charges and forced to resign my post as House Majority Leader. Though I am also facing a possible congressional ethics investigation, I have been promised by House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert that I will continue to have a prominent leadership role in the activities of that august body.
B) I am the first aardvark to be born at the Omaha Zoo. I have never been accused of using corporate donations to support Texas legislative candidates. However, I do mess my cage up once in a while.
Discussion Topics: Which of the press conferences would you have preferred to attend and why? Also, has there ever been a Congressman or Congresswoman who, following an indictment, has not referred to the actions against him or her as a “political witch hunt” or referred to his or her accuser as an “unabashed partisan zealot”? Please use examples.
