Dedicated to the proposition that politics requires a sense of humor.
From Bay State Bombast:
State Senator James Marzilli Jr. being charged with attempting to inappropriately touch a woman on a park bench in Lowell, giving a false name to police, and fleeing from officers can mean only one thing: Republicans still have no chance at winning his seat.
New England Patriots offensive lineman Nicholas Kaczur was arrested in April on a charge of illegal possession of prescription painkillers. He then secretly helped the federal Drug Enforcement Administration in a sting operation. Officials also offered thanks to Kaczur’s coach Bill Belichick for the use of his video camera.
From Daniel Kurtzman:
“People are now talking about the ticket, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Would that be a good ticket? And I think this would be the first, if you think about it, first combination of an African American man and a white woman since, well, Michael Jackson.” –David Letterman
“Now that Barack Obama is the Democratic nominee, Americans are going to have to choose between the 46-year-old Obama and the 71-year-old John McCain. That’s the choice. In other words, it’s a choice between the Hillary-defeater or the Wal-Mart greeter.” –Conan O’Brien
“Oh, and in his speech last night, John McCain said we must get off of fossil fuels. See, that’s why a lot of people admire McCain. That’s why he’s considered such a maverick. Here you have a fossil, coming out against fossil fuel.” –Jay Leno
“And former White House press spokesman Scott McClellan has written a book highly critical of the Bush administration. And while in Utah, President Bush told an audience he has not read McClellan’s book. He doesn’t plan to read it. It’s nothing to do with McClellan, just general principle. It’s a book. It’s got big words, and not a lot of pictures.” –Jay Leno
“Our vice president, our old friend, Dick Cheney got in some trouble, made a joke. Did you hear about this? Made a joke about West Virginia, but he apologized. He did apologize for the joke he made about West Virginia. Nothing yet on the Iraqi war.” –David Letterman
…Boxers or Briefs to which he diplomatically replied; “I do not decided until I know what the event is going to be”.
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p>John McCain was asked the same question and he answered; “Depends”
Excellent!
…. A friend of mine who is a professor at Umass Lowell told me that John Kerry used this joke in his comencement speech. The most surprising thing he (my Friend) said was he (John Kerry) actully pulled it off and got a laugh.