So if you are the mayor of Philadelphia, what do you do at a luncheon of the Philadelphia Bar Association?
If you are Michael Nutter, you don't tell lawyer jokes. He made that crystal clear when he gave a keynote talk at today's gathering, at the Park Hyatt Bellevue.
Besides, he's not such a good joke-teller, Nutter said. "I'm the sarcastic counterpuncher type," he said. "I'm just a sarcastic kind of smart ass."
Then he went on to prove his point.
"This time last year, I was very solidly in fourth-place," Nutter told the lawyers listening, reminding them of his standing in the five-way Democratic primary.
He thanked those legal beagles who gave as much as they could last year under the city's campaign caps, and said, "If we've not been in touch with you yet this year, we will be shortly. ...I'm just kidding," he smiled.
Then he paused and added: "Not really."
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