'All of them!'

Speaking Friday at the Wisconsin Republican Party convention, Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback (R) told the crowd that American needed to address a "pro-family agenda" before it could focus on other issues.

According to the Associated Press, Brownback equated a "pro-family agenda" with a football team's offensive line, calling Peyton Manning the greatest quarterback in NFL history and saying he couldn't complete passes without a good offensive line.

The Wisconsin crowd booed the assertion that Manning is better than Brett Favre. Brownback recovered by calling 1960s-era Packers QB Bart Starr the greatest of all time. More boos.

"Let's take Favre then," Brownback said. "The Packers are great. I'm sorry. How many passes does he complete without a line?"

"All of them!" more than one person yelled from the back.

"I'm not sure how I recover from this," Brownback said. "My point is we've got to rebuild the family. I'll get off this."

It wasn't a great day for Brownback. Then again, saying Bart Starr is better than Brett Favre follows his thinking that there is no such thing as evolution.

Comments

Anonymous said…
The capital gains tax cut is like the Ice Bowl. Somehow.
May 14, 2007
dl004d said…
Are you saying the Ice Bowl is better than Brett Favre? You just lost my vote.
May 14, 2007
Josh said…
No, no! The tax code is like the Dallas Cowboys, and you need a great man like Vince Lombardi or Sam Brownback to knock it unconscious, drag it to a back alley and beat it senseless. And it's very cold.
May 14, 2007
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