Governor Bentley Took Mason To White House Formal
Rickey StokesViewed: 4133
Posted by: RStokes
Date: Apr 21 2016 8:40 PM
People have called Rebekah Caldwell Mason the "defacto governor" of Alabama. But that's not all of it.
She was also the defacto First Lady.
Just see her on Gov. Robert Bentley's arm. See her in Bentley's eye.
As the Montgomery Advertiser reported today – darn them for their good work – Mason as recently as February went with Bentley to Washington, as his date to the formal White House dinner held as part of the National Governors Association meetings.
Oh, they didn't call it a date. She was just his "guest" at the elegant White House dinner, his "plus one." Like all the other governor's spouses.
President Obama and the first lady Michelle Obama hosted. Governors across the country and their mates showed up in all their finery. Obama, as Mary Orndorff Troyan reported, gave a toast to open the dinner.
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