Who Ya Gonna Believe, Don Barack or Michael "Big Mouth" Barone?

Wuzzat? Dis Michael Barone punk t’inks we’re gangsters, izzat it? Well, listen up, wise guy, dere ain’t nobody here but dooly elected officials, some policy wonks and a few dozen public-spirited goombahs, see? Don Barack is a poifectly legitimate operator, an’ if he skims a little gravy off ‘a some fat cat banker’s plate and passes it on to, say, one a’ dese here salt a’ de oith union guys, so what? Youse gotta break a few eggs to make a frittata, right?

An’ sometimes ya gotta break a few heads to make dis democracy racket woik. Maybe youse’ll wanna remember dat, Barone. Oh, an’ one more t’ing, mister big-shot editorialist: DERE AIN’T NO OBAMA NOSTRA!