SCANDAL – Picture of The RP with a Dead Hooker (SFW)

In a week in which rumors were being circulated by well-respected Frankfort political insiders that The RP might be a candidate for U.S. Congress in Kentucky’s 6th District, The Recovering Politician has been leaked an incriminating picture of The RP, photographed next to a dead Hooker.

Hopefully, this will put to rest all rumors of The RP’s candidacy, allowing him next summer to defend his final table finish at the World Series of Poker, be made a fool on on national TV shows such as his recent appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and pontificate on controversial subjects such as marriage equality and marijuana legalization.

We now return to our regular programming…

UPDATE 9:16 AM

The RP (Jonathan Miller) issued an official statement on The Recovering Politician‘s huge scoop this morning:

I furiously deny ever knowingly having a picture taken of myself next to a dead Hooker.  Perhaps it was a drug-induced blackmail plot by the Corleone family.  More likely, it was a bad photo-shop job of my face on a picture distributed by “Weird Al” Yankovic.

Regardless, under no circumstances will I be running for Congress next year, or for any elected office in the near future.  Indeed, the earliest I ever would run would be the later of my turning 60, or my hair turning the “silver fox” gray color of our incumbent Governor. (See picture at right.)

Simply put, while I cherish my nearly two decades in the arena, I have never been happier than in the two years since I left.

The pressure inside the political bubble to constantly prepare for the next campaign is extraordinary — I can remember feeling like my life would have no meaning unless I moved up the political ladder.

Now safely outside, I chuckle at my younger self.  There is so much more to life than politics.  And there are so many opportunities to serve the public and my community without the burdens of being part of a broken system. And most importantly — the quality and quantity time I spend now with my wife, daughters, friends and family is simply invaluable and deeply cherished.

And all of them believe me about the picture with the dead Hooker. At least I hope so.