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Poking fun

Local comics make us laugh about the city's weather and politics.

Published: March 3, 2009

Sean Flannery

LOCAL COMICS SUGGEST YOU RESPOND WITH:

Compiled by Jason A. Heidemann

“Your governor slept with a prostitute? Ours tried to auction off a Senate seat. Call us when you get to the big leagues, New York.” —Ken Barnard

“How corrupt could we be? We can’t even manage to rig a World Series championship for the Cubs.” —Dan Polydoris

“Yeah, Blago tried to sell a Senate seat, but Rogaine ain’t cheap.” —KB

“It may be corrupt, but at least it’s interesting. Nobody ever made a movie about Portland.” —Sean Flannery

“We’d rather be corrupt than Republican.” —Tony Grayson

“If we get the 2016 Olympics, you’ll all be thanking us when our politicians rig the outcome.” —DP

“We do things by the book around here. The book just happens to be filled with blank checks.” —Bryan Bowden

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