THE HARDEST WORKING TWINS IN AMERICAN POLITICS
I have worked with Nick Erickson more than Tom, but they are both great guys. Tom's not very athletic, so don't have him play on your kickball team.
Nick reputation as a hard working is going downhill because he is in love and he walks around the office with his head in the clouds.
But seriously, these two guys have a very bright future in politics and someday I (and many others) may be working for both of them.
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A fellow who looked a lot like Tom Erickson -- a genial, clean-cut young press aide in Gov. Tim Pawlenty's office -- walked through the Capitol press offices recently to deliver a news release from the Republican Party.
Erickson was sharply questioned by a reporter who wondered whether he knew it would be improper, if not illegal, to be doing political work on the taxpayers' time.
Erickson informed the reporter that he was actually Nick Erickson, Tom's identical twin, and employed by the GOP. Improbable as it sounded, the story checked out.
Tom and Nick, just 22 years old, are a precocious duo and may have a long future, maybe as a different kind of power couple, in GOP politics.
Nick is older by one minute and a bit beefier than rail-thin Tom, [Tom, that hurts] but their identicalness is comprehensive and their bond is tight. Both were swimmers at Willmar High School; both attended the University of St. Thomas (Nick has graduated, but Tom is still a bit short); both were College Republicans, and both majored in business. They started their jobs on the same day about a year ago. They share an apartment in St. Paul.
Tom, it is mutually agreed, is the more evil twin. He once dressed up as a cow [I thought he dressed up as Nick's old girlfriend] at a rally for presidential candidate John Kerry to draw attention to the Republican allegation that Kerry would "milk Minnesota taxpayers dry." And Tom is the one more likely to make mischief with identity games.
"We would just shake our heads over them," says their mom, Deb Erickson, a financial adviser. "They'd find something they were interested in, they'd get passionate and focused and play off each other and complement each other. This interest in politics and current events goes back to eighth grade and by the time they went to college it was their entire focus, 24/7." Source: Star Tribune, March 27, 2006
Nick reputation as a hard working is going downhill because he is in love and he walks around the office with his head in the clouds.
But seriously, these two guys have a very bright future in politics and someday I (and many others) may be working for both of them.
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A fellow who looked a lot like Tom Erickson -- a genial, clean-cut young press aide in Gov. Tim Pawlenty's office -- walked through the Capitol press offices recently to deliver a news release from the Republican Party.
Erickson was sharply questioned by a reporter who wondered whether he knew it would be improper, if not illegal, to be doing political work on the taxpayers' time.
Erickson informed the reporter that he was actually Nick Erickson, Tom's identical twin, and employed by the GOP. Improbable as it sounded, the story checked out.
Tom and Nick, just 22 years old, are a precocious duo and may have a long future, maybe as a different kind of power couple, in GOP politics.
Nick is older by one minute and a bit beefier than rail-thin Tom, [Tom, that hurts] but their identicalness is comprehensive and their bond is tight. Both were swimmers at Willmar High School; both attended the University of St. Thomas (Nick has graduated, but Tom is still a bit short); both were College Republicans, and both majored in business. They started their jobs on the same day about a year ago. They share an apartment in St. Paul.
Tom, it is mutually agreed, is the more evil twin. He once dressed up as a cow [I thought he dressed up as Nick's old girlfriend] at a rally for presidential candidate John Kerry to draw attention to the Republican allegation that Kerry would "milk Minnesota taxpayers dry." And Tom is the one more likely to make mischief with identity games.
"We would just shake our heads over them," says their mom, Deb Erickson, a financial adviser. "They'd find something they were interested in, they'd get passionate and focused and play off each other and complement each other. This interest in politics and current events goes back to eighth grade and by the time they went to college it was their entire focus, 24/7." Source: Star Tribune, March 27, 2006
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