During the Democratic primary campaign in 1976, Arizona Congressman Morris (“Mo”) K. Udall went into a barbershop in a little New Hampshire town one day, shook hands with the barber and his customer, and cried: “Hi, I’m Mo Udall. I’m running for President.”
”Yeah, we know,” said the barber. “We were laughing about it this morning.”
Udall enjoyed telling the story.
Source:
Boller, Paul F. “On the Campaign Trail.” Congressional Anecdotes. New York: Oxford UP, 1991. 140. Print.
Original Source Listed:
Harris, Potomac Fever, 203.
Further Reading:
Lol, Old New England folks aren't known for their tact