Sonny Bono was a great record producer. He was also…nah, that’s pretty much it.

Mary Bono served in Congress after her husband Sonny Bono died in a skiing accident. It was bad enough California sent Sonny Bono to Washington. But then Sonny Bono’s wife? How does this happen? Oh yeah, she’s a Republican. In the GOP you don’t have to be smart. You just have to know how to follow orders.

They were married in 2007 after dating for two years and stirring Washington buzz. Connie Mack is the son of the former U.S. senator and Mary Bono had been married to late singer-turned-politician Sonny Bono.

via Divorcing: Connie Mack and Mary Bono Mack | Tampa Bay Times.