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February 9, 2017 Leave a Comment

Jesse Unruh on How to Be a Legislator

From our Humor Department:

This is how to treat the special interests and their lobbyists:
If you can’t eat their food, drink their booze, screw their women, take their money and then vote against them in the morning, you’ve got no business being up here.”


http://gty.im/538931480

This is a true quote. Jesse Unruh was the Speaker of the House in the California Legislature from . During this time he was one of the most powerful speakers in California history.

More here.

Filed Under: Humor Tagged With: Unruh_Jesse

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