The Great George Carlin and Politicians then and now

Writes Tim McGraw:

Decades ago, George Carlin was given an award by the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. You can find the video of the event on YouTube. Carlin gave a speech. About 1/2 through the speech, George started to talk about politicians. A group of people in D.C. that the reporters and editors in the audience knew quite a bit about.

I’ll paraphrase. By all means, look up the YouTube video of George Carlin at the National Press Club to see and hear the original routine. Here’s the link if you couldn’t find it: George Carlin Press Club Speech.

Carlin: Eventually, a politician will get into some kind of scandal. At first, he’ll say, “I don’t recall the events, but I’ll look into it.” As more facts come out, the politician says, “I am consulting with the committee to find out the truth of the matter.” More facts come out, and now the politician is really scrambling. The politician then says, “I just want to put all of this behind me and look to the future.”

In the past few days, Governor Newsom has said, “He doesn’t know the whole situation. That is the purview of the authorities in Los Angeles.” More facts came out, and Newsom said, “I’m going to have an investigation with a committee to get the facts of what happened.” More facts came out, and today, Governor Newsom was on a radio show saying, “I don’t want to point fingers at anyone. I just want to put all this behind us and look to the future.”

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Politicians don’t change.

The Best of Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.