Friday, August 24, 2012

Political Humor Alert

The Wall Street Journal's Peggy Noonan writes that an anonymous Hollywood screenwriter sent her the following introduction, to be used by Vice President Joe Biden when he speaks across the street from the Republican Convention:
All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Tampa, and, therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words, "Ich bin ein Tampon."
A sly paraphrase of JFK's speech at the Berlin wall. Is Joe Biden dumb enough to say it? I sorta have the feeling he might be.

The rest of this column is good too, albeit more serious - Noonan gives Romney advice for his acceptance speech. Noonan is one of the best political speech writers of our era; she should author a text on the subject.