Will It Play In Vegas?

It seems that this post has caught the eye of the folks over at the Las Vegas Review Journal demonstrating that some in the mainstream media still recognize brilliance when they see it. Last Sunday's Week In Review column starts with the touching tale of a man and his gin:

(Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman) took questions from the group of about 85 students.

One student asked the mayor what his hobbies are.

"Drinking," Goodman replied.

Moments later, a student asked the mayor to name the one item he would bring with him if he were to be stranded on an island.

"A bottle of gin," Goodman said.

The piece then concludes with reaction from around the nation:

"Hey, Mr. Mayor, sober up. These are kids you're talking to, not high rollers at the Bellagio."
BILL O'REILLY
FOX NEWS HOST

Fourth grade is no place to start teaching kids about gin. At 9 years old, kids should be learning about the wonders of the malt beverages.
MINNESOTA BLOG FRATERSLIBERTAS

Dr. Bombay
HEADLINE IN THE HOTLINE

Well, the kids may have been thinking "juice," but the mayor had gin on the brain. In 2002, he became an official spokesman for Bombay Sapphire Gin, his personal favorite. I guess he was trying to drum up early business for Bombay by pitching their product to 9-year-olds.
MONICA CROWLEY
MSNBC HOST

Gin? On a desert island? That's like wearing white after Labor Day, or novelty golf pants to a wedding. You drink rum on a desert island, not gin. Unless, of course, you have proper refrigeration for the gin. In which case, hey, I'll take a dry martini.
BLOGGER VODKAPUNDIT

Kids, don't try candor like this at home
HEADLINE IN KANSAS CITY STAR

You don't have to lie to children, but by the same token there are some things it's best not to tell them. If elementary school students ask me what my dreams are, I will tell them about my dream of winning a Pulitzer Prize, but I won't mention my fantasy of having a menage-a-trois.
ROBERT PAUL REYES
LYNCHBURG (VA.) LEDGER COLUMNIST

Now, I certainly don't mind being quoted amidst the likes of news babe Monica Crowley and noted boozehound Stephen Green, but did they have to put my quote directly under Bill O'Reilly's? Some of us bloggers are trying to maintain a modicum of credibility here for cryin' out loud!