We’ve told you about western New York State Senator Antoine Thompson before.  He’s the guy guy who hires staff members who lie to the media about who they are (this is worth a read if you’ve missed it the first time around). 

He recently showed that he is a really intelligent guy. According to the Buffalo News political blog, he actually said the following to make his point that the Democrat Senate Majority isn’t dominated by New York City types:

Senator Antoine Thompson, in his own spin session last week, unwittingly drove home the point that WNY remains not in the back seat, but in the trunk, of the car driven by downstate interests when he proclaimed:

“In a leadership meeting of the Senate, we have two of the 18 in the room who are from Western New York,” Thompson said.

Um, Senator Thompson, having two of 18 seats at the table is nothing to boast about. It means the other 16 are from someplace else.

Thompson opened his mouth to insert his foot in another story about a big fund-raiser Senate leaders are holding here Friday. Sen. Pedro Espada won’t be attending, but Thompson said not to worry, he’s trying to get him here for an event in September.

What, Rod Blagojevich isn’t available?

Who said these guys aren’t ready for prime time?  Oh wait, that was me and many others, never mind!