Sunday, October 26, 2008

Best Lead Sentence in a News Article Today

Illinois political insiders say Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., who defended Barack Obama after his father famously threatened to castrate him, is the favorite to replace the Democratic nominee in the Senate.

5 comments:

Unknown said...

He seems to be always riding the coat tails of greater men....


If I had more time and context I would create a list of all the scary Chicago characters and thier potential appointments in an Obama administration.

Dan said...

I know that reader S could do a much better job at this, but Bobby Rush and Louis Guitierrez immediately come to mind. I have to give Rosty a pass...

But the funny thing I liked about this was that when Barry initially decided to run for the US Senate, he actually deferred to JJ Jr...he checked with him first to make sure he did not have his eyes set on the seat...

Unknown said...

But didn't Rush beat him for that House seat?

Unknown said...

Also, wasn't Rush a Panther?

Dan said...

Correct on both, yes.