Mazie visits Colt Brennan with the Redskins

"It's become fairly clear, even just by reading the comments here, that Colt Brennan established a bit of a following in Hawai'i - and, further, that those people have happily followed him to the Washington Redskins.

Hawai'i is just under 5,000 miles away from FedExField, at least as the crow flies, so through the sheer inexorable force of distance, most of Brennan's fans are reduced to watching the Redskins on TV and hoping that the third string emergency quarterback gets some screentime.

That sort of obstacle doesn't really apply to Congresswoman Mazie Hirono (D-HI), since her job - for fairly obvious reasons - has her working in the District. So when the Redskins opened their home schedule for the 2008 season this past Sunday, Congresswoman Hirono contacted the team and asked if it would be possible for her to meet the quarterback."

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