An Honest Politician

Here's Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman making the case for a tax-financed Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement:

Like it or not, we're the mob.

[Via Rad Geek.]

Comments

[Enyap]

The name of the museums pretty honest too

[HeadTater]

He is not an honest politician. By being honest, he ceased to be a politician.

[Joe Biden (D-SCRANTON!!!)]

Haha, Oscar Goodman...well...God bless him...he cuts a little too close to the bone there. Stand up Oscar! Now shut the hell up. Hahaha. Just foolin'...hahhaha...maybe.

[Brian Sorgatz]

Who is "we"? The answer to that question matters for "our" evaluation of Goodman's statement.

[Xeones]

Who is "we"?

Agreed. If he's going for an "I'm Spartacus!" moment, FAIL.

If he's actually talking about the government, or even just the government of Las Vegas in particular, he's demonstrating highly unusual self-awareness for a politician. Not that i expect him to resign or anything.

[Jonas]

Don't know the context of this, but I'm willing to believe an "I am Spartacus" interpretation over a "the government functions like the Mafia" interpretation.

So, yeah, I agree with Xeones that it's just a fail.

[Jesse Walker]

The context = he's saying Vegas needs a Mob museum because the Mob is central to Vegas history.