"Jo Mannies" Sounds Like "Jo Mama"

Hotline recently profiled St. Louis Post-Dispatch chief political writer Jo Mannies. Some notable bits:

What’s your most embarrassing on-the-job moment? (Or as embarrassing as you’d like to reveal?)

Right after the 1996 Democratic convention, I was part of the huge entourage traveling by bus through the Midwest with Clinton and Gore. My laptop blew up at the first stop and the cell phones didn’t work. After the last midnight event in Paducah, a Clinton staffer on my bus escorted me into the hotel — where I unexpectedly found myself a few feet from the president.

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