by Josh Drobnyk
Arlen Specter, the 77-year-old Pennsylvania senator and former Philadelphia district attorney, doesn’t exactly exude humor. But apparently he’s got a knack for stand-up comedy.
The five-term senator won second place in the annual D.C.’s Funniest Celebrity contest last night, finishing behind an editor for the satirical newspaper The Onion. He beat out a crew of contestants that included Wonkette founder Ana Marie Cox and Grover Norquist, the president of Americans for Tax Reform.
And he wasn’t afraid to use some low-brow humor in the process, poking fun at his former Senate colleague Bob Dole, a one-time pitchman for Viagra. He recounted a conversation he had with Dole recently, where the former presidential candidate said his wife, Elizabeth, was angry with him for complaining about the cost of the sexual-enhancing drug.
“He said, ‘Arlen, you know they cost $10 a pill,’” Specter said. “I said, ‘Bob, how in the hell would I know about that?’”
The room broke into laughter, but Specter wasn’t done: “And then Elizabeth said to him in anger … ‘Bob, you can afford $40 a year!’”
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Comments
Arlen Specter is a RINO no one likes this guy he is a morphed Dem and that's the problem I'm for Pat Toomey his primary rival he owes his tight elction to president Bush and he is as always ungrateful. Give it up Arlen you're through. Jerry White, Springfield, IL
Posted by: Jerry White | October 18, 2007 8:47 PM
this is actually pretty funny... not partisan either - he pokes fun at left and right...
Posted by: Pete Bogs | October 19, 2007 12:58 PM