Gary Johnson cleaning up with his dog poop quip - Los Angeles Times
In a throwaway line at the GOP presidential debate on Thursday night, Johnson, whose campaign for the nomination is struggling to get into single digits, won the comedy award of the night during questioning about the Obama administration's stimulus spending plans.
"My next-door neighbor's two dogs have created more shovel-ready jobs than this current administration," he shot back.
The line, which many critics have noted, echoes similar put-downs by radio personality Rush Limbaugh, among others, still rocked the house, proving that oldies are always goodies. It also brought a moment of recognition to Johnson, making his first serious national debate appearance, and for one quick shining moment allowed him to break away from the pack of Republican nominees.
On Friday, Johnson followed up with a visit to Florida conservatives. He outlined his oft-repeated calls for smaller government, less taxes and more social freedom, with the line that may explain everything from politics to communication in this new electron-saturated age.
"Right now I am the most Googled name on the planet, because last night I came up with a witty sentence on dog poop." Johnson said as the audience laughed.
There was no immediate claim that Johnson had stolen that joke as well.
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