Profiles in Courage

So one of Danny Bonaduce's many love children with Carrot Top kicked off the "Drive Out the Bush Regime" afternoon Kool-Aid break and T-shirt sale with a rant about the poor media coverage. Then he points out a Fox television reporter in the -- wait, I almost said "crowd" -- um, standing nearby and accuses him of trying to keep the kiddies from ditching school to attend the rally. "That guy right over there!" Seeing a good way to start trouble and get in touch with my journalist roots, I make a bee line for Evil Fox News reporter and ask, "Is this true? Did you really try to keep Danny Bonaduce from leaving school?" (I don't watch local news, so I had to look him up online later: David Nethers of Fox 8.)

Mr. Nethers must have been intimidated by my hulking 5-foot-7 frame, 'cause he immediately says, "Hey, I'm with you guys, I vote Democrat!"

"Are you going to let him lie about you?" I ask. "Get up there!"

"I can't. I'm a journalist."