Political Power Moves

Medical examiner resigns because of sickness in family. I go into Mario Cuomo and I said, "Listen, we had a case in Muncie where a guy lost the control of a car, hit the house of a rabbi, and killed a baby." I called up the coroner and I said, "When do I get the body for the burial?" He says, "When I finish your autopsy." Autopsy? You don't have a cause of death? He said, "I got chicken pox." I mean, "I don't understand you." "Because I can." So, I called up the county executive and I said, "You're running for election. Last time you won 3 years ago by 14,000 votes. In this room between Visionists and Squires Muncie have 52,000 votes. You want to really be embarrassed?" He says, "What do you want me to do?" I said, "Make sure the guy can't say because I can." He says, "What do you mean, we fire him?" I said, "No. Just tell him to resign because there's sickness in the family and he has to take care of his family." Next day Journal News headlines, "Medical examiner resigns because of sickness in family."