America's Best & Brightest?

anonymous

[mukraker]

This has been making the email rounds again, but it's worth reposting. As Rush says, the key to good humor os a core of truth.

[Non-Sequitur]

It's be better if we knew the Democrats from the Republicans.

[RichInOC]

3. A senior Vermont Congressman called, furious about a Florida vacation package we did. I asked what was wrong with the vacation in Orlando. He said he was expecting an ocean-view room. I tried to explain that's not possible, since Orlando is in the middle of the state. He replied, "Don't lie to me, I looked on the map and Florida is a very thin state!"

Given that Vermont is an at-large congressional district...well, basically, I so want this to have happened in the last fifteen years. Nice going, Bernie.

[kinsman redeemer]

Glad you posted it. I love geography - and most of these really tickled me.

[Alberta's Child]

LOL.

Reminds me of a scene from Woody Allen's classic movie, "What's Up, Tiger Lily?" The movie is a spoof of a Japanese spy thriller, and Allen basically just took the movie and dubbed his own ludicrous English dialogue over the entire thing.

Leader of Spy Team (pointing to a map on a table): "This is where Mr. Wong lives."

Secret Agent (bending over and staring at the map with an incredulous look on his face): "YOU MEAN HE LIVES IN THIS SHEET OF PAPER?!?"

Leader (angrily gesturing at his subordinate): "No, you fool! It's a diagram of his house!!"

[marmar]

How on God's green earth do these people make it into office. This is so scary...

[alvindsv]

Just goes to show how of touch with reality the people in D.C. really are.

[jrp]

Watching CSPAN will erase any doubt that we do indeed have elected officials this dumb. It'd be funny, except that their decisions affect 300 million people.

[John Robertson]

Thanks for wasting our time. It's all made-up crap.

[Zeppelin]

you guys didnt seriously think this was for real, did you?

like he said, this has been making the email rounds for years. sometimes as rival colleges, sometimes as blondes, now as political figures apparently...

[x]

1. I had a New Hampshire Congresswoman ask for an aisle seat so that her hair wouldn't get messed up by being near the window.

Has there ever been a Congresswoman from New Hampshire? I googled and all I get is Kristin Scott-Thomas in the movie Random Hearts. And a "senior Vermont Congressman," when Vermont has only one seat?

[Restorer]

I used to live in New Mexico, and it is truly amazing how many people think it is not in the US.

[RichInOC]

On the other hand, when people like Patrick Kennedy are real-life members of Congress...how do satirists manage to keep up?

[Ukiapah Heep]

Who said politicians are the best and brightest? The ones I know are a stupid lot. The nation would be better served by choosing people at random for office.

[Christian4Bush]

It's be better if we knew the Democrats from the Republicans.

OF COURSE they're all Democrats (and Lincoln Chaffee)!

[EnigmaticAnomaly]

agreed

[Rhiannon]

Lighten up. I found it funny and copied and email to some friends so they could get a chuckle.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

I mixed up Bay City and Baytown Texas when I called information for the phone number of a crew that had just moved.

The crew had called me that morning with the phone number but I had left it on my desk.

I raised heck with that poor operator and made her get her supervisor to come on the phone.

Right when her supervisor came on the phone, I realized my mistake and asked her to please give my apology to the operator and how everything was my fault.

[JohnEBoy]

I love that movie. I don't believe it has ever been shown earlier than 2AM anytime it is on TV.

My favorite line:

The spy says something like "these bad guys are really bad!"
The girl says, "Really, how so?"
Spy says, "They are so bad, they commit murder, they commit arson, they pillage AND ... they ask for operator assistance for calls they could easily dial themselves!"

[Alberta's Child]

LOL!!

I checked out a bunch of viewer's comments about this movie once on Amazon.com, and it was pretty remarkable . . . it seemed like everyone graded it either 0 stars or 5 stars -- with almost nothing in between. I think that indicates which viewers actually understood what the movie was all about!