Old Handsome Joe Biden accidentally called the wrong Martin Walsh Tuesday night to congratulate him on being elected Mayor of Boston. Instead of reaching the new mayor, OHJB called a former Ted Kennedy staffer with the same name, starting the conversation with a friendly "You son of a gun, Marty! You did it!" After Walsh cleared up the mistake, the two chatted a bit, and Biden then called the right Martin Walsh and left a congratulatory voicemail.
It was "William" in my family. About four of them between all the cousins and my dad. Thankfully, my father insisted I be named for my maternal grandfather.
and then every bloviating talking head on TeeVee had to breathlessly report on the "Biden gaffe", completely ignoring the tiny detail that he likely didn't make the call himself but had a staffer dial it
It was "William" in my family. About four of them between all the cousins and my dad. Thankfully, my father insisted I be named for my maternal grandfather.
In Boston, so long as the guy's name is Walsh, it's all good.
In other news, former President George W. Bush called to offer his congratulations to Martin Prince.
Proving - once again - it's much better to call than to text!
Never put it in writing...
and then every bloviating talking head on TeeVee had to breathlessly report on the "Biden gaffe", completely ignoring the tiny detail that he likely didn't make the call himself but had a staffer dial it
Elwyn "El" Tinklenberg would not have suffered from this problem had he defeated Miche1e Bachmann in 2008.
AOT, K