The Blog Formerly Known As Vote '08

This doesn’t have much to do with the presidential race, but it’s sort of tied to politics .. right?

The online magazine “The Hill“’s latest cover story is on the nation’s capital’s “50 Most Beautiful People,” & Coty Wamp, the 19-year-old daughter of 3rd district Congressman Zach Wamp, has made the list! [she didn't make the "top 10" but the "bottom 40" are not ranked in any way.]

Here’s the link to the page that she’s on.. & here’s what it says:

Coty Wamp
Age: 19
Hometown: Chattanooga, Tenn.
Political party: Republican
Dating status: Single

It seems that when Coty Wamp, daughter of Rep. Zach Wamp (R-Tenn.), was 11, an alien invaded her body.

Well, not really. But that is what it felt like to Rep. Wamp, who couldn’t understand why his lovely daughter was starting to mouth off. “I told her I’d take away her privacy and take the door off her room” if she continued to behave in such a way, the congressman recalled.

Sure enough, Wamp took the door off. But when he returned home, it was back on. Coty had put the door back on its hinges herself. At 12 or 13, Wamp took the door off again - this time for three weeks.

It’s safe to say things have improved in the Wamp household. Five years ago, Wamp took his daughter on a congressional delegation trip to Africa.

“We went from being father and daughter to best friends in 11 days,” he said. “It was just me and her, and it was so special. It was the greatest 11 days of our relationship. We still talk about it.”

A rising sophomore at the University of Tennessee, Coty studies political science and hopes one day to attend law school. This summer she interned in the office of Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.), where her specialty was giving Capitol tours. She finished off the summer with a trip to Rome with her brother.

As for dating, Rep. Wamp says his daughter has had many suitors, but no one has gotten close enough to go through him yet. “She has dated many boys through the years,” he said. “I think she’s got a little of my mother in her. So she’s going to be hard to please.”

-By Betsy Rothstein

Congratulations to Coty & her dad (she bears a striking resemblance to her father, don’t you think?)!

As my news director points out, the south is very well represented on the full list.

UPDATE: The Nashville Post’s political blog has outdone me in the headline department. See it here.

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