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>>> TIME NOW FOR THE
"RIDICULIST."
TONIGHT WE HAVE A STORY THAT
COULD CHANGE AMERICAN POLITICS
FOREVER.
COMES FROM A TOWN CALLED
DORSETT, MINNESOTA, A TOWN SO
SMALL IT DOESN'T HAVE ITS OWN
ZIP CODE BUT CRACKED THE CODE
WHEN IT COMES TO CHOOSING ITS
MAYORS.
NO EXPENSIVE CAMPAIGNING, NO
NEGATIVE ADS.
INSTEAD EACH YEAR, THE TOWN,
POPULATION 22, PICKS A NAME OUT
OF A HAT AND THAT PERSON IS
MAYOR FOR THE YEAR.
THE CURRENT MAYOR, 4-YEAR-OLD
ROBERT "BOBBY" TUFTS.
AS YOU CAN SEE, MAYOR TUFTS
ADHERES TO THEODORE ROOSEVELT'S
FOREIGN POLICY IDEOLOGY, AT
LEAST CARRYING THE BIG STICK
PART.
HIS DUTIES INCLUDE HELPING
PEOPLE CROSS THE STREET AND
GOING FOR HORSEY RIDES.
>> LOOKS PRETTY SAFE.
>> HOW LONG HAVE YOU HAD THAT
STICK, MR. MAYOR?
>> NOT LONG, BUT NOW I HAVE IT
FOREVER.
HO
HOWDIE, PARTNER!
>> MAYOR TUFTS, AS IT TURNS OUT,
IT QUITE AN ACCOMPLISHED SINGER
AND DANCER.
♪ SHOW ME WHERE TO GO ♪
>> WHERE MAYOR TUFTS SEEMS TO
SHINE IS IN HIS FISHING
EXPERTISE WHICH BECAME EVIDENT
WHEN HE GAVE A RARE INTERVIEW
RECENTLY.
>> WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE KIND OF
BAIT?
WHAT DO ALL THE FISH BITE ON OUT
HERE?
>> LEECHES, WORMS, MINNOWS.
>> WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE KIND OF
FISH TO CATCH?
>> WALLEYE, BASS, MUSKIE.
>> WHO'S BETTER AT FISHING, YOU
OR YOUR FATHER?
>> PROBABLY ME.
>> I SAW YOU EATING THAT QUITE A
BIT.
COULD YOU DESCRIBE WHAT IT
TASTES LIKE?
>> IT TASTES LIKE FISH POOP.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO CLEARLY, MAYOR TUFTS HAS
ALREADY SURPASSED MAYORS
McCHEESE AS OUR FAVORITE MAYOR
EVER BUT THERE IS A POLITICAL
LESSON HERE AS WELL.
WHEN YOU STOP TO THINK ABOUT IT,
THERE ARE MANY, MANY ADVANTAGES
TO HAVING A 4-YEAR-OLD MAYOR.
NOT ONLY IS THERE VIRTUALLY ZERO
DANGER OF A CONTROVERSY
INVOLVING HIM TRYING TO BAN ANY
KIND OF SODA WHICH HAPPENED HERE
IN NEW YORK CITY, HAVING A
4-YEAR-OLD IN CHARGE ALSO TAKES
AWAY THE SPECTER OF THE ROMANTIC
SCANDALS WE HAVE SEEN SO OFTEN
IN POLITICS.
>> EXACTLY HOW MANY GIRLFRIENDS
DO YOU HAVE?
>> LIKE ONE.
>> WHAT'S HER NAME?
>> SOFIA.
>> SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE
BY-LAWS ARE IN MINNESOTA BUT I'M
THINKING THE BEST ELECTED
OFFICIAL IN THESE UNITED STATES
SO MAYBE MAYOR TUFTS SHOULD
CHECK INTO CHANGING THE TERM