One of the commenters in the Land of Huckleberries wonders if state Rep. Heather Scott, R-Blanchard, is channeling the late Helen Chenoweth-Hage.

There are similarities.

Scott, of course, is the outspoken, tea party/Redoubt darling who was stripped of committee assignments for saying female legislators gained power by exchanging sex favors.

Chenoweth-Hage, OTOH, was one of the most conservative members of Congress during her three terms (1995-2001). She made headlines for suggesting that federal agents in black helicopters were enforcing the Endangered Species Act. During fundraisers, she held “endangered salmon bakes,” serving canned salmon, to express her skepticism that Idaho salmon were at risk. She considered “white Anglo Saxon men” to be endangered. Chenoweth-Hage, who insisted on being called “congressman,” was tea party before there was a tea party.

But she was also loyal to the GOP, as a former Idaho Republican Party executive director. She was gracious, too. At worst, Chenoweth-Hage was a grown-up version of Scott. She was a bona fide conservative with a wicked sense of humor who talked to the media and kept her word to serve only three terms in Congress. Scott could do worse than channeling Chenoweth-Hage/DFO, Friday Huckleberries. More here.

Question: Do you remember Helen Chenoweth-Hage?

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