NEXT UP, PETER GRIFFIN ENDORSES LINCOLN CHAFEE: There are many reasons to love New York City politics. Particularly fun has been the Manhattan D.A. race, where the candidates seem to be competiting to be the "Law & Order" candidate. And I don't mean that in the campaign slogan manner, but in the "which one is more like the TV show manner." As the Times reports, challenger Leslie Crocker Snyder has appeared in cameos on the show and served as a legal consultant, while incumbent Robert Morgenthau is acknowledged to be the basis for original "L&O" D.A. Adam Schiff and has received money from Sam "I'm not a lawyer, but I've played one on TV for a long time, so trust me" Waterston. Even stranger--if liberal saint Morgenthau loses the Democratic primary, he'll be on the ballot in November, as a Republican.
Of course, this makes marginally more sense than the Brooklyn DA campaign, where, apparently in an attempt to attract Brooklyn hipsters, one candidate asks "Should we re-elect a D.A. who's been around longer than The Simpsons?"
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