Posted
by April Fleming
October 20, 2009 at 5:03 p.m.
The Biden Touch
Jay Nixon has been in office as governor of Missouri for as long as we've had our new President. Unfortunately Nixon, rather than looking presidential, is starting to more closely resemble the Vice President.. Or at least his ability to not talk good.
Most notable has been his seeming inability to talk to his staff (or use the google) when it came to an E Coli outbreak at Lake of the Ozarks. He's still got one foot in his mouth here.
Comedian Jay Nixon. Boom goes the dynamite!
He inserted his other foot in today in regards to you, fine Kansans, with an interesting attempt at humor when once again some pesky facts were dangled in front of his face. He was announcing a program that will expand Missouri medical schools' abilities to take in more students, thus helping with Missouri's lack of medical professionals.
From this post: A reporter (okay, Prime Buzz) pointed out that those graduates could practice rather easily in Kansas, potentially defeating the purpose of the program to expand health care throughout the state.
Ok, see if you get the joke in Nixon's response. I don't. Here goes: "But it's so obvious when you cross the state line. People just start talking slower...Next question."
I spose we just think a little slower over here in Missouri. [Rim Shot].
PS While we're on not normal, I have to highly recommend this new episode of Radiolab. If you're unfamiliar and you enjoy This American Life, Re:Sound, etc., you may thank me in beer.
PPS I love you NPR, but enough with the guilt! I hate pledge week.
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alm77 (anonymous) says…
"I love you NPR, but enough with the guilt! I hate pledge week." ME too! I just wish they'd do it all in one shot and say something like "HEY!! We need 3 million dollars (or whatever) and as soon as you all call in with your pledges we'll move on to regular programming." I feel so in the dark with these "challenges" and pleas. Just tell us a) how much you need and b) how close we are to getting there. Seriously. We'll all call in just to shut you up as long as there is a GOAL and not just a week of guilt trip. "If we meet the goal in 3 days will you shut up now?" That's a motivator to me! ALSO, we like to listen to KLOVE and guess what? It's pledge week there too. We cannot get away from it!!
Oh, and Nixon? I don't think he'll last too long. I lived in Missouri for 22 years. Historically, their governors make sense. They aren't always right, but they've got a track record for being smart.