Sunday, December 16, 2007

Sonny Bono's Ex Marries A Fellow Republican Member Of Congress: You Don't See Black Politicians Rollin' Like This!


For Mary Bono, The Beat Goes On!

California GOP House Member Mary Bono, who was married to late singer-turned-politician Sonny Bono and replaced him in Congress after his death, has married Florida Rep. Connie Mack.

Bono's sister, Katherine Whitaker, told The Associated Press the couple were married Saturday in a private ceremony attended by 35 family members in North Carolina.

Mack and Bono had been dating for two years. Mack proposed in late August while the couple were on a camping trip in Arches National Park in Utah.

The 45-year-old Bono replaced Sonny Bono in Congress in a special election in 1998. The 40-year-old Mack, who is divorced, is the son of the Florida senator of the same name and great-grandson of Hall of Fame baseball manager Connie Mack. But enough of that, how about some vintage Cher and Sonny Bono: