Here's some comic relief, courtesy of Saxby Chambliss, the Republican victor in Georgia's senatorial runoff election held this week:"People all around the world truly had their eyes on Georgia, and you [Georgia voters] have delivered tonight a strong message to the world that conservative Georgian values matter."
Yes, Saxby. I'm sure that the entire international community had Georgia on its mind on Tuesday night. I'm sure that locals at wine bars in Paris were poised on the edge of their seats. I'm sure that city dwellers quaffing vodka in St. Petersburg were doing so out of anxious anticipation. And I'm sure that Aussies riding the waves near Sydney took a break to find out the answer to the burning question: Just which way did the enviable wisdom of Georgia voters tilt this time around? Forget about last month's presidential election — this was the moment the world was really waiting for.
In all seriousness, though: "Saxby"?? Was this a kid routinely pushed into lockers during high school? Or perhaps that's not an unusual name in Georgia. Maybe we could ask Sonny, the state's governor. Or Johnny, the state's junior senator.
Saxby, Sonny, and Johnny. Don't they sound like a trio of small-town misfits?
2 comments:
I think he may have his state confused with the state of our international brethren in the COUNTRY of Georgia. Certainly I've been watching the proceedings there with a more scrutinizing eye...but alas, the Senator's race...not so much...
Saxby sounds like a name for either a snooty butler or for a dog.
I agree with Susan, the world's probably been talking about the Republic of Georgia, and ol' Saxby got confused - never mind that the Russians, inexplicably, are NOT occupying the Peach State.
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