Quote Originally Posted by antongast View Post
Every time I think that "clowncil" joke couldn't possibly get more threadbare and unfunny, some suburbanite on DYes whips it out again and starts waving it around. Ha...ha?
In my experience it represents a rather notable white suburbanite view of black elected officials of any sort. And, for that matter, the wacky but scary spectacle of black citizens exercising their democratic rights. It's what I call the "those crazy coloreds down in Detroit" effect.