Saturday, February 2, 2013

Ed Koch (1924-2013)

 

One day, a few years before he became mayor, Koch was campaigning with Robert Morgenthau, who was running for district attorney. “A member of the Progressive Labor Party stuck a megaphone in Koch’s ear,” Auletta writes, “and shouted, ‘War criminal! War criminal!’”
Koch replied, “**** off!”
Shocked, the young man asked, “Can I repeat that?”
Koch said, “Sure,” and the young man announced through his megaphone, “Congressman Koch just told me to **** off!”
The audience of several hundred burst into applause.

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