It’s only fitting that native Tennessee Congress[wo]man Marsha Blackburn struggles with her name- much the same as David Allan Coe.

‘In any other office, it wouldn’t sound as strange: ‘OK, let me grab the congressman. Hold on.’ But in this office it does, seeing as how the congressman is Marsha Blackburn, a Republican U.S. representative from Tennessee, who since joining the delegation in 2003 has preferred the masculine form of the title. ‘It’s not something I see as a big deal,’ said Blackburn, 55, the only female member of the Tennessee delegation, emphasizing that she’s not trying to make a statement, feminist or otherwise. [what’s in a name?]

The congressperson’s press flack, ‘Claude Chafin, agreed with his boss:

‘I have never known her to correct anyone who calls her ‘congresswoman.’ I have also never heard her introduce herself as anything other than ‘Marsha.’ ‘ Still, ‘congressman’ is her first choice, Chafin continued. Blackburn signs her official correspondence with that title, and it appears on her website. In several news articles, she’s referred to as ‘Congressman Blackburn,’ with the added disclaimer, ‘her preferred term.’ ‘

We found it appropriate:

As sung by David Allan Coe and written by Steve Goodman:

“No, A’ You don’t have to call me darlin’, darlin’
You never even called me
Well I wonder why you don’t call me
Why don’t you ever call me by my name”