In which Charlie Pierce (whom most of you know from NPR’s “Wait! Wait! Don’t tell me!” or my pushing of his book Idiot America upon you) wins today’s “best lede ever” award.
MADISON, Wisc. — On Friday, Governor Scott Walker presided over the ceremonial lighting of the Christmas tree in the great rotunda of the state capitol, hard by the bust of Fightin’ Bob LaFollette, which looked very much like it might leap from its pedestal and bite him in the balls. He dedicated the occasion to Wisconsin’s veterans, and he brought some of them with him. “THERE WILL BE NO MEDIA AVAILABILITY BEFORE OR AFTER THE EVENT,” the press release cautioned in big capital letters, so nobody could miss them.
I suggest you read the whole article, because it just gets better from here.
