Menino no ‘mordel’ speaker
By Howie Carr | Thursday, September 6, 2012 | http://www.bostonherald.com | Columnists
Mumbles Menino will never let you down.
Right out of the box yesterday at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, he introduces himself to the crowd of delegates.
“I come from Boston ... where millions of students have come to study, and ‘cluding’ a great American name, Martha Luther King Jr.”
That’s what he said, Martha Luther King Jr. Any relation to BU grad Martin Luther King Jr., Mumbles? He was a Republican, you know.
Speaking of Republicans, that was Mumbles’ assignment, taking down Mitt Romney a few pegs. Even Mumbles had to admit “we worked together pretty well” — like before the 2004 Democratic convention, when Mitt and Mumbles got together to save Liveshot Kerry’s convention while he played Hamlet up in Louisburg Square. But that was then, and this is now, and it’s time to put the blast on Willard.
“His campaign’s based in Boston, a city mooing forward.”
Not moving, mooing.
Then Mumbles moved onto Romneycare.
“Gov. Romney is now running away from his major accomplishment — a health care reform he called a mordel for the nation.”
A mordel for the nation.
“He promised to bing business to the state.”
You know, bing. As in Crosby. Rhymes with ping.
What a mistake not to let Mumbles speak in prime time. How the hell did the Democrats ever expect to snag any eyeballs against the NFL opener with all the usual suspects, “activist” Sandra Fluke and somebody from Planned Parenthood, not to be confused with the woman from NARAL who spoke on Tuesday night. Can’t get enough of that good abortion talk.
Mumbles was booked into a tough slot. The delegates were in a surly mood. They’d been booing the attempt by the party leaders to put the words “God” and “Jerusalem” back into the platform. All these no-nonsense Educators for Obama and SEIU for Barack types weren’t going to put up with this Tea Party-birther nonsense about “God.” Now, if they’d wanted to put “Allah” in there ... that would have been celebrating diversity.
But then they brought on Mumbles for some comic relief.
“He disguised taxt hikes as ‘fees.’ ”
What a guy. And Joe Timilty’s former driver is still pandering to all the New Bostonians.
“In Boston you know what we call immigrants?”
Auntie Zeituni?
“You know what we call same sex couples?”
Barney and Dude?
Democrats, your ratings are down. For the love of Allah, bring Mumbles back for an encore tonight.
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LMAO!