Congressman Kimble to Appear in Vagina Monologues

[Reprinted from the Oakdale Value Shopper with Permission]

It's not the sort of thing you'd expect from 4 ruggedly conservative Congressmen, but this April 12th and 13th, Congressmen Jack Kimble, Jim Sensenbrenner, Louie Gohmert, and Steve Fincher will be appearing in a production of The Vagina Monologues at Glendale Valley Community College.  We're joined by Congressman Kimble to talk about the production:

OVS: Welcome Congressmen

JK: Thanks for having me

OVS:  So, have you always been a thespian?

JK: No, this is actually my first play since second grade [laughs], but I think politics is a lot like show business for ugly people.

OVS: So 4 male Congressmen are performing a play about women's vaginas.  Doesn't that strike you as odd?

JK: Not really. We make laws about women's vaginas all the time.

OVS: Well, how do you think women will feel when they see four Congressmen doing this play?

JK: I hope they will feel empowered.

OVS: Will this be your first time in drag?

JK: We're not doing drag.  We made a decision that we're going to present this dressed tastefully in suits and ties.

OVS: So, tell us about your part?

JK: We don't really have parts. It's a series of monologues that we have divided up between us.  Steve Fincher and I will take the younger monologues, while Jim and Louie do the more mature ones.  I think the monologue I do called "When I was 12 my Mother Slapped me" is very powerful and I think "My Angry Vagina" Is very funny.  I think the best moment in the show might be when Louie talks about the birth of his granddaughter.

OVS: What made you decide to do this?

JK: It just seemed like a natural extension of a lot of the legislation we were working on regulating women's vaginas and uteruses? Uteri?  Anyway, we're willing to try about anything to reach out to women voters.

OVS: I am really looking forward to seeing this.

JK: Tell your friends.