the Walnut Diary

Throughout this mud bath all I could think about was Season 2 of Alpha House, Gary Trudeau’s excellent sitcom about the misadventures of four Republican senators up for re-election.

There’s one scene late in Season 2 where a Las Vegas entertainer who has run for the Nevada senate seat starts out strongly in the final candidates’ debate.  When he realizes he’s about to win, he says to the moderator words to the effect of: “Why am I still in this race?  I know nothing about running a government.  All I know is how to make people laugh.  I make more than a Senator earns every night in my Las Vegas show.  This was a joke, and you idiots took me seriously.  I quit.”