Caribou

U.S. Rep. Steve LaTourette (R-Chagrin Falls) made a joke.

LaTourette was explaining to the Twinsburg and Hudson Chambers of Commerce how the construction of a pipeline had not harmed the local Caribou population in Alaska, but instead had grown it five-fold since the 1970s because "the warmth" of the pipeline had been making the caribou "frisky."

In a bit of "convention week fun," the campaign of LaTourette opponent, former state Appellate Judge William O'Neill (D-South Russell), decided to razz the Congressman about his answer regarding Alaska and energy somehow drifting to the mating habits of Caribou.