Mayor Jim Naugle -- Jackass of the Year
My paper, City Link occasionally runs a delightful feature in our Upfront section called Jackass of the Week, in which we highlight that week's most-contemptable asshole/moron/what-have-you. Given Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle's recent string of amazingly tin-eared quotes, I think he should be the number-one contender for Jackass of 2006.
My colleague over at New Times, Bob Norman -- a brilliant, if hubris-filled, investigative journalist who blogs (usually accurately, it should be said) about what every paper except New Times is doing wrong -- recently wrote a blog entry in which he decried the hoopla over Naugle's most recent stupidity, the idea that someone who works 40 hours a week is lazy and doesn't deserve to own a house, as being much ado about not a whole helluva lot. Norman points out that such quotes are par for the course when it comes to Naugle, and he's right.
I agree that there's been a surprisingly large amount of commentary over Mayor Antoinette's most recent idiocy, but you've got to admit, the man has been on a roll recently. Between this comment, the one about only "crazy, wacko liberals" believing the government would wiretap average Americans (just days before the NSA story broke, making him look spectacularly stupid), and a few others, the man has just been unstoppable. Over the last few weeks, it's been like the mayor can't seem to puke the foot back up, so far has it been inserted down into his gastro-intestinal tract.
If some rational, compassionate human being ever decides to run against Naugle, all he/she needs to do is put these quotes up on billboards around Fort Lauderdale, similar to all those God billboards you see on the freeways, like this one:
Yeah, you know the ones
Put up quotes like "I'm supposed to subsidize some schlock sitting on the sofa and drinking a beer, who won't work more than 40 hours a week?" -- Jim Naugle
Then sit back and watch as you win by 30 or 40 points. Hell, somebody's got to do it. Even many of the wealthy people for whom this quote doesn't apply would be shamed into voting for the opposition -- I mean, sweet Jesus, who actually votes for people like this guy? And, in the end, Naugle should just say "thank you" when he gets kicked to the curb. After all, it beats what happened to the last person who said "Let them eat cake."
Mayor Jim Naugle, Jacka... oops. sorry. Wrong uncaring aristocratic jackass
There we go. Mayor Jim Naugle, Jackass of 2006
Comments
Hubris-filled? Hubris-filled? You have a lot of nerve calling one of the greatest journalists ever to grace this glorified swamp with his elevated presence "hubris-filled." How wrong can you be, Sweeney?
Posted by: Pulp | June 2, 2006 3:32 PM
I really enjoyed Mayo's column last week that featured responses to Mayor Jerkoff's comments from professionals who have left Broward County for destinations where one can afford to live.
I feel like we're gonna be getting more quality quotes from Naugle until his term is over. He's a lame duck now, though he's an opinionated one with a big mouth.
Oh, and I'd love to see my two favorite hubris-filled local columnists duke it out...Buddy can call the fight from the sidelines as he is no longer a "columnist"...
Posted by: scooter | June 5, 2006 12:37 PM