Julian’s Mayor To Attend Presidential Conventions

Julian’s Mayor To Attend Presidential Conventions

Julian’s mayor announced last week that since he is an independent, he will attend both the Democratic and Republican conventions. He stated that since he has two weeks of vacation coming and is about to lose it, he might as well take it now while the getting is good. On vacation he can officially represent Julian, since otherwise he is still on administrative leave pending the outcome of his indictment. When asked if the indictment would diminish any of his credibility at the conventions he replied, “Shoot no! There are so many other politicians there in the same predicament, they welcome me with open arms. Besides I can’t legally vote and have to sneak in anyway. As long as you don’t breakdown, cry and apologize, you’re OK. I’m even planning on attending the indicted member’s breakfast. Once you get there and see all the parties and liquor, you can understand why they have to raise so much money for a political campaign. It’s so good to see all that money being used constructively instead of on annoying cardboard signs in intersections and everyone’s yards. Still I wonder what the carbon footprint of a presidential convention is?”

©2008 Eric Stamets