Cory Booker explains T-Bone (Doubles Down On Fantasy Friend)

Washington Post ^ | August 30, 2013 | Jason Horowitz

[PJ-Comix]

This week, I published a profile of Booker,  who is likely to be the next junior senator from New Jersey, after sitting down with the Newark mayor for a long interview in a Union, New Jersey  diner.

Yesterday, while I was out reporting a story about how Maine’s governor hates words,  the National Review suggested that Booker likes them a little too much. It depicted Booker as a fabulist and accused him of inventing a drug dealer named T-Bone, who served as a fixture in his early political stump speeches.

This is an old complaint, first lodged by the Newark Star Ledger, and then explored in an Esquire profile, both of which date back to Booker’s first term as mayor. But Booker’s critics – some of whom used to work for him –  still bring up T-Bone as a telltale embellishment, a touchstone of what they consider Booker’s inauthenticity.

[PJ-Comix]

The BEST thing about the TBone fantasy is that it has bred a whole series of jokes on Twitter over at ##TBoneFacts. And one person at the top dominates the jokes at #TBoneFacts. I would tell you who it is but I am much too (BLUSH!) humble.

So for some great laughs, go over to #TBoneFacts on Twitter.

[PJ-Comix]

Be sure to check out #TBoneFacts on Twitter.

[lodi90]

Booker is just another middle class “negro” looking for some street cred. Spike Lee, Barack Hussein Obama, etc. They all do preening stuff like this for the crackers.

[RetiredTexasVet]

My guess is “T-Bone” is really the affectionate name for his “partner” .... so when he says “I had a T-Bone last night”, only a nod and wink are necessary.

[Jabba the Nutt]

Dingy Harry Reid is a cracker looking for street cred. He has imaginary friends too. Even child imaginary friends.