Forget Balloon Boy’s parents, I’d like to see a reality show based on the whacky misadventures of the Louisiana justice of the peace who refused to marry an interracial couple out of “concern” for the children they don’t have.
His Honor Keith Bardwell of Tangipahoa Parish said he doesn’t believe he is a racist because, well, for one thing he has had black people in his very own home and even “allowed them to use the bathroom,” for crying out loud!
Vindicated!
Not so fast. Nobody was buying the JP’s BS, and now the ACLU wants him F.I.R.E.D. ASAP.
What shocked me about JP Bardwell’s attempt to defend his actions wasn’t the inherent racism in his “I’m-not-a-racist” reply, or even that a man who thinks like him has held elected office in the United States for more than 30 years.
What shocked me is that Goober has indoor plumbing.
A reality show based on a racist could be enlightening and entertaining at the same time, in a Sammy Davis, Jr.-meets-Archie Bunker kind of way: “In this week’s episode of ‘The JP,’ hilarity ensues when a series of missteps lands Justice Goober at a Lenny Kravitz concert.”
As for Balloon Boy Falcon Heene, now there’s a child of an interracial couple Justice Bardwell can legitimately feel sorry for.
(Extra credit goes to those attentive readers who connected the dots between Archie Bunker and Lenny Kravitz.)