The Onion's 2008 In Review: Politics

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

In 2008, two Democratic governors, Eliot Spitzer of New York and Rod Blagojevich of Illinois, were disgraced by illegal activities. What do you think?

Tammy Hall,
Provost
"We should just be grateful that all of this happened at a state level. Can you imagine if one of our presidents had conducted himself in a disgraceful or illegal way?"

Phil Kuenn,
Systems Analyst
"Those crazy-ass governors. Thank God all those lieutenant governors are around to pick up the slack."

Emerson Rocchi,
Police Officer
"Oh, sure, pick on the Democratic governors. What about all those people Arnold Schwarzenegger mercilessly mowed down before being crushed by a hydraulic press?"

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