The Further Adventures Of Lil Luke
by digby
Tbogg has the latest:
[R]eporters who work for a living [were] wondering who brought their idiot kid to Bring Your Idiot Kid To Work Day and then bugged out to bang an intern in the office supply closet leaving the kid to wander the halls:
Luke Russert made the rounds Tuesday evening in the cramped and stuffy attic of the Senate Radio & TV gallery, handing out candy canes to reporters as part of his effort to whip up support heading in to the RTCA annual elections, which take place next week.
“Hello, I’m Luke Russert and I’m running for the board,” he announced cheerily.
Most reporters had no qualms about accepting the sugary pay off. Little did Russert appear to know, but he was handing out his goodies to a bunch of print reporters, who are not eligible to vote in the Radio & Television Correspondent’s Association general election.
“Luke who?” quipped one reporter.
“Luke, the guy with the candy canes,” replied another scribe.
I know it's mean to pick on the kid, but really --- he's running for the board of the Radio and Television Correspondents Association? And he's doing it by handing out candy canes like I did in the 8th grade when I ran for class secretary?
He really needs to spend more time practicing his on camera delivery and developing his reporting skills before he thinks of running for anything. His mother or some Dutch uncle needs to step in here and put a stop to this. It's an embarrassment for the organization and any network that features Chris Matthews has already pretty much reached its limit.
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