They’re holding try-outs for Jeopardy! this weekend in Montgomery, Maryland, just down the road from Washington, DC. But host Alex Trebek doesn’t expect any politicians to show up.
“If we were to try to attract elected officials, say, as contestants on the program, we’d be hard-pressed to come up with more than three, because most of them realize the danger of appearing on camera and not being particularly bright with regards to what’s going on in our country,” Trebek said. “So they don’t want to take that chance. There have been very few elected political officials who have appeared on ‘Celebrity Jeopardy,’ and they have not done very well.”
The attached video demonstrates the danger of appearing on Jeopardy! Oh, well, that’s what happens when you try to answer questions without a teleprompter.
Source: Politico.com
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color me unsurprised… speaks to the caliber of politicians we have these days… right or left… it’s like we took the bottom quintile of the laziest class and put them in charge…
great post
one love,
-rev manny