CA Dem chair John Burton (bleeping) kills on The Daily Show (VIDEO)
On the day after Gov. Brown proposed a tax-raising ballotmeasure, “The Daily Show” did a hilarious — but ultimately, for those of us who live here, sad – take Monday on California’s messed up initiative process. The star of the bit was California Democratic Party chair John Burton.
It was even better than when Burton told Shaky Hand Productions that someone could take “a dump in my salad for $78,000.”
The Chairman was in better-than-prime form, dropping f-bombs with such abandon that correspondent John Oliver said, “You curse more than a West Coast rapper.”
“A whaaaa?” Burton replied. We haven’t seen that look on The Chairman’s face since his fabled joint appearance with former CA GOP chair Ron Nehring on Shaky Hand Productions.
The story revolved around the state’s brawl over the “Amazon tax.” Burton said that his daughter gave him a Kindle for his birthday but he’s so mad at “those goddam people at Amazon” that he refuses to use it. So he goes to his local bookstore and buys a book instead.
“I can read it taking a crap as opposed to looking at a Kindle or a computer taking a crap,” Burton said.
Oliver is genius in this bit, as well. He drills conservative Assemblyman Tim Donnelly who says the initiative process is all about “freedom.” Also he attempts to gather signatures for a ballot measure to prevent people from gathering signatures. Now there’s an idea…
Key moment for Burton aficionados: When he even dusts off the used-only-by-him phrase: “What the s—.”
Enjoy:
And for old times sake, here’s Burton’s “dump-in-my-salad” masterpiece: