First as comedy, then as farce
With his Georgia Senate race hanging in the balance, Republican candidate Herschel Walker had an unfortunate slip of the tongue as he tried to drum up support for his campaign Tuesday night. Flanked by Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Walker spoke on Fox News about the significance of his election. “This election is about more than Herschel Walker,” he said. “This ERECTION is about the people.”
(emphasis mine)
On April 17, 1976, (Season 1 of Saturday Night Live, when it was still funny) Gilda Radner, playing one of her many iconic characters, the hard of hearing and generally clueless Emily Litella, had an viewer response to the Weekend Update editorial about Presidential Erections.
46½ years later, Hershel Walker, who is apparently Emily's secret son, made this bit of comedy reality.
In comedy, veritas.
(It took me way too long to get the SNL vid embedded.)
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