I Don't Need That Wuh-Wuh
For all you haters who don't understand why I, or anyone, would follow partisan politics so closely: This is why. Decrepit Maryland Comptroller William Donald Schaefer, a former Baltimore Mayor and MD Governor who refused to retire at age 84, was demolished in Tuesday's primary election. His long, sexist battle against rival candidate Janet Owens - whom he called "fat" and compared to "Mother Hubbard" - led to a victory by long-shot candidate Peter Franchot. Schaefer commemorated the event with a press conference that reads like a cross between a David Mamet play and Dutch Schultz's famous last words.
Q: What are you doing next?
Schaefer: Well, I thought I'd go to lunch. I'm gonna have a baloney sandwich.
Q: Is this the end of your political career?
Schaefer: Are you gonna raise age again? Are you raising age again?
Q: No, no.
Schaefer: Yes, you did. You raised the question of age. I've had that dirty fight all through my life. I was either too young or now I'm too old.
Q: Do you think you'll run for public office again?
Schaefer: Wuh, wuh, wuh.
Apropos of nothing, here's the website of U.S. Term Limits.
