When you run for public office, you want to get endorsements from people who are respected…whose expertise will cause the public to say, "Well, he must know who the better candidate is." Tom Golisano, who's running for governor of New York, has reached out to the ultimate authority to bolster his candidacy. Golisano's people are currently running a "man-on-the-street" TV spot which has various New Yorkers telling why they're voting for the guy…and one of them is The World's Foremost Authority, Professor Irwin Corey. Think I'm making this up? Click here to view this commercial in Windows Media format. You see that old guy, second from the end? That's Irwin Corey.
No word yet on whether the Pataki for Governor campaign is going to secure that all-important endorsement from Rip Taylor.