Transcript: Satire: A Campaign Pitch for Mark Foley

MICHELE NORRIS
NPR All Things Considered
10-18-2006
Satire: A Campaign Pitch for Mark Foley

Host: MICHELE NORRIS
Time 16:00-17:00 PM


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MICHELE NORRIS, host:

One source of that dissatisfaction with Congress is of course the Mark Foley scandal. Foley resigned his seat in Florida's 16th District, but his name is still on the ballot in the upcoming election. State representative Joe Negron has been selected by Republicans to replace Foley, but still, Floridians who want to vote for Negron will have to cast their vote for mark Foley. Now, that's just too good to pass up for satirists Bruce Kluger and David Slavin. They put together this fake campaign ad.

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