Phone Call to an Idiot
UPDATED BELOW
“Hello Senator Specter’s office.”
“Hi, my name’s Brendan Skwire. I’m a constituent calling from Philadelphia PA. Is it true that the Senator compared the New England Patriots’ spying on other teams to the destruction of the CIA tapes?”
“Yes, he was quoted in the New York Times.”
[pause]
[longer pause]
“Sir? Do you want me to pass along a comment?”
[pause]
“Sir…?”
“Yeah, sorry, I’m just trying to get my head around such a monumentally stupid statement. Yeah…yeah, I would like you to send him a comment.
“Tell him that I’m looking forward to him writing legislation that gives the Pats retroactive immunity from prosecution for spying, just like he did for his buddies at AT&T.”
Specter’s office didn’t like that too much, but when I related the story to Bob Casey’s office, the guy who answered the phone couldn’t stop laughing.
UPDATE; Specter says the NFL is trying to embarrass him. With all due respect (ie, none) Senator, you’re doing a fine job of that all by yourself…
