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In reply to the discussion: Wobegone Is Me [View all]forest444
(5,902 posts)20. I had no idea - but it figures.
A good Democrat, like most talented people.
I used to listen to A Prairie Home Companion on most weekends when I was a kid, and I'll never forget this segment from the '92 election.
It was early in the year, and the Bushies were busy digging up dirt on Bill Clinton. A few weeks later, Garrison Keillor announced in his soothing master of ceremonies baritone that Lake Wobegon gumshoes had uncovered a "secret" from Poppy Bush's childhood.
His mother, you see, made young George walk home from his tennis classes to build character. Once, however, on a hot summer day George felt he couldn't make it, and hailed a cab instead. He had the cab drop him a block away from home, knowing his mother would disapprove - alas, to no avail. When he showed up at the front door, feigning exhaustion from all that "walking", Dorothy greeted him with a mean scowl and said:
George, read my lips: No New Taxis!
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Google Chris Thile. I think you will be surprised. He also had a start on PHC when he was young.
glinda
Jul 2015
#52
The technology was first introduced in the late 1920s, but it didn't really become affordable
Elwood P Dowd
Jul 2015
#38
Just lovely! My wife, daughter and I got to meet him years ago after his show -
NRaleighLiberal
Jul 2015
#25
Oh how I love that show...such acceptance, humor and humanity...a little bit of Americana that we'd
haikugal
Jul 2015
#27
He was amazing at the Radio and Television Correspondents Dinner with Bill Clinton.
Spitfire of ATJ
Jul 2015
#30
Thank you, bigtree, for posting the estimed Keillor's announcement of impending retirement.
Surya Gayatri
Jul 2015
#53
I'm not a fan, but it is always good to know who is...a couple of quick quotes
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2015
#59
On the other hand, he vigourously opposed the gay marriage ban in MN in 2012.
DemocraticWing
Jul 2015
#67