gary@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (Gary Buchholz) (09/27/86)
Mike Royko, columnist for the Chicago Tribune, conjures Slats Grobnik to speak.... "Have you looked at a hospital bill lately? An asprin costs $2. Every time the intern says good morning, its another C-note. But this Robertson is one of those faith healers. He can pat you on the head and get rid of your migraines; give you a pat on the rump and the old hemorrhoids are gone; tweak your nose and you drop your crutches and start dancing the poka. You can't get cheaper than that We wouldn't need Medicare." Royko: "That would be of considerable appeal. What if you are asked about such issues as the massive defense spending ?" Slats: "A snap, I tell them: 'Don't worry, with Pat in the White House, we'll be stronger without spending any money. Remember, all Pat has to do is ask You Know Who, and He'll send those Rooskies some pestilence and locusts and given 'em sores. Remember what He did with the Red Sea? Next time, it might be the whole Baltic Sea flooding their basements." Royko: "I can see the possibilities. But what if Robertson should speak in tongues?" Slats: "Oh you mean that religious stuff, where he opens his mouth and all kinds of strange words come out, and nobody is sure whats he's talking about?" Exactly. "Fine. Let him talk that way. It didn't hurt Reagan, did it?" -------------------------------------------------------- Do Christians really want this guy Robertson in the White House ??? Gary