If you don't live near Mansfield or Foxboro, you've probably never heard of Devin Romanul. Turns out he's a Democrat running against state Rep. Jay Barrows, one of our fair Commonwealth's few remaining elected Republicans. On Saturday, Romanul drove all the way up to Cambridge to be interviewed for Boston News Net, a weekly online video show videoed at Improv Boston. So, yeah, it's a comedy show. The beer-swilling "anchor" actually got into some issues with him, including asking him his position on pot-decriminalizing Question 2. He said he'll be voting "no," after which he was asked if he were high. "Oh, I wish it were so," he joked (the very next question: How long does he work on his hair?).
Outrage! GOP flackling Barney "Yes, he's my father" Keller thundered:
It sounds like Devin Romanul would be more comfortable in a frat house than the Statehouse.
Of course, Barn would know, given that he was president of a frat house himself - Phi Delta Theta at the University of Chicago - until last year (Scroll down on this page). But I'm sure it was one of those totally serious, "quiet" frats we read so much about. You know, something like this:
"The strangest thing that's happened to me so far was my experience at the [Phi Delta Theta] frat party," said Sugarman, recalling that a fraternity brother asked him if he wanted to shotgun a beer. "They stuck a key in the beer, and all of a sudden there were all these people around me, and a girl even took pictures with her phone."
But judge for yourself: