Politics and Reality
From SNL. November 7, 1998:
Mack North (Will Ferrell) berates Fred Peete(Chris Parnell) AFTER Peete lost the election. Mr. North, the winner of the “District 8 seat” wants Peete to admit that he is a “loser.”
——-Announcer: Fred Peete lost the election to Mack North, but Mack has got more to say about Fred Peete.
——-Mack North: What are you running from, Fred? A little thing called the truth? You’re afraid people might find out you’re an idiot? I think the word is out!
——-Announcer: Fred Peete won’t respond to the most recent charges. Why? He says the election is “over”. He says Mack North is “wasting money”. He says he’s “out of money”. Yet, Fred Peete’s kids go to private school, and Fred Peete goes to a chiropractor.
——-Mack North: A chiropractor? No money? Yeah, right. What about the facts? Like the fact that you lost! Like the fact that you’re kids are that extra kind of chubby that you just know they’re gonna grow up fat!
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And in the “real world” of 2006: Here is an ad being run in Idaho FOR Larry Grant (D), or perhaps AGAINST Bill Sali(R). The only thing separating this form a Skit is a laugh-trac.
In case you think that there is any hyperbole involved, keep in mind that Sali once declared on the floor of the Idaho Legislature that abortion causes breast cancer.
Sali ad on Youtube (still?)
Outstanding.
Speaker of the Idaho House Bruce Newcomb(R): You, sir, have my promise of a donation whenever you run for re-election.
