I can’t say that this surprises me that much:
New York politics took another unexpected turn this morning. Eric Massa announced he is running for Governor on the Republican ticket. From this morning’s press conference at the Rochester Plaza Hotel:
[….]“As I look at recent occupants of the Governor’s Mansion, and the others who are in the race, I feel that this is where I belong. I can see now that everything happens for a reason.”
Update. This was my favorite April Fool’s Joke of the day, so far, from my old friends at RochesterTurning. The TPM entry had potential but ultimately was too complicated.
mr. whipple
That’s a pretty wide stance.
nevsky42
Wait a sec, let me look at the calendar…
Bob
April fools.
I wish it wasn’t, but nice one.
beltane
April Fools, or the rantings of a man who does not realize that the sex scandal must await until after one is elected governor of New York?
geg6
This is an April Fool’s joke, right?
Or maybe Cuomo’s people talked him into it?
He can’t be serious. He does understand that he is a national joke, right?
Damn. It really is turning out to be a good day.
Oh, and OT, another glimmer of Bill O sounding intelligent? (I can’t believe I typed that!)
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/04/oreilly-lectures-blogger-on-etiquette-dont-disrespect-al-franken.php?ref=fpb
Liz
OH WOW! I read these things all day long, and I still don’t get that it’s April Fool’s Day.
Damn. That would be awesome.
JGabriel
We Objectivists welcome Eric Massa. Ayn Rand liked younger men too. There’s nothing wrong with that.
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Da Bomb
Well he would fit right in with the Wingnuts, especially with his history of tickling men, sexually harrassing men, and getting approached in the shower by a naked one.
Now all he needs to produce is a receipt for drinks at a tantric leather bar and he’s golden!
But I am sure this all a bad joke.
Lev
NY Republicans are so pathetic that this would probably count as a coup for them. I mean, they’re actually running Rick Lazio again. That guy just has loser written all over him more than anyone since Walter Mondale.
LuciaMia
FreeperLand had an article on Limbaugh declaring a presidential bid in 2012. Then I remembered the calendar…
DougL (frmrly: Conservatively Liberal)
When something like this is announced and it actually makes sense then you know that it’s really April 1st. Now if you had said that he was running as a Democrat…
danimal
Impressive. DougJ was able to plant this story in the Rochester press and then comment on it for BJ. That’s why he’s an Arkon.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
Damn. I fell for it.
@geg6:
O’Reilly will say something reasonable or even intelligent about once every three months, as long as that massive ego wrapped in a very thin-skin (like McCain, he’s a miracle of psychological physics) isn’t threatened.
Morbo
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: I hear he is also planning to cut a check to the Snyder family to pay the Phelpseseses.
JGabriel
Jim, Foolish Literalist:
Thereby living up to your userid.
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geg6
And another OT…
I just wrote an email to my state’s Attorney General, Tom Corbett, asking him if his lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act would also mean I would no longer be forced by the state to purchase auto insurance. And if not, why not. I do not expect an answer.
LuciaMia
How dare he make a decent human gesture!
Will this threaten his standing over at Fox?
AngusJackBootedThugOfMeat
Surely there is a cartoon clip that goes with this?
How about Porky Pig? “Everyth-uh-th-uh-th-uh-th-uh-It all happens for a re-uh-re-re-uh-re-uh-re-uh purpose!”
AngusJackBootedThugOfMeat
You know it’s a great thread when Porky Pig has the last word.
MattR
@geg6: I have to agree with some of the TPM commenters about O’Reilly. He was not being all too intelligent or encouraging civil discourse. He was explaining to Mattera that the in person rudeness gave Franken an excuse to avoid talking to him (an out from Mattera’s trap so to speak). That is the only reason that calling him Sen Smalley was bad.
Underdog
I also heard that PA Senate candidate Pat Toomey is coming out in favor of Card-Check.
Albatrossity
I’ve got a better joke for you.
Intelligent Design “theorist” William Dembski fell for an April Fools Day story in the Dallas Morning News, and posted it on his blog as if it was serious.
asiangrrlMN
Man. Sad to say, I thought it could actually be real. Which says something about the state of our politics, I guess. Would been interesting, to say the least.