Okay, here in Cook County, Ill. we used to have a board president named John Stroger, who like many of our local pols, was widely regarded as a creep, and reelected year after year.
He had a massive stroke during the last election and though he was more or less comatose, he beat the reform candidate.
When it became clear that the old warhorse was never going to recover from the stroke, his son Todd took over, with a résumé as blank as his mind.
Now young Todd is trying, partly through the magic of rhetorical persuasion, to get an $888 million dollar tax-increase passed.
Judging from this speech—at the site, click on "download this show"—his speechwriter "Donna" is either as green a speechwriter as young Todd is a politician, or she's against the tax hike too.
(Hat tip to Ragan's Roula Amire for making my morning with this, and I hope yours too.)
Comments (4)
"I'm gonna skip that word." I thought I would pass out laughing. Don't be too hard on poor Todd; he's just in the wrong profession. He could clean up on Last Comic Standing.
Posted by Jane Greer | October 26, 2007 9:53 AM
Posted on October 26, 2007 09:53
My dad's favorite phrase comes to mind:
"This fellow is a lost ball in high weeds."
Posted by David Murray | October 26, 2007 10:09 AM
Posted on October 26, 2007 10:09
God that's funny.
Posted by Ron Shewchuk | October 26, 2007 12:12 PM
Posted on October 26, 2007 12:12
I found myself wincing throughout the whole thing. Poor tosser.
Posted by Eileen | October 28, 2007 3:08 PM
Posted on October 28, 2007 15:08