By Lee Pfeiffer
It's one of those rare occasions where we feel justified to briefly deviate from legitimate news about the world of entertainment to bring you something out of left field. You may have seen this video, which has gone viral and made an obscure politician the butt of international jokes. A man named Phil Davison was seeking the Republican nomination for Treasurer of Stark County, Ohio. Normally, this would not have been of any interest to anyone, including most people who live in Stark County, Ohio. Davison followed procedure by showing up before a board of commissioners to plead his case for why he should be the nominee. What followed will rank alongside speeches give by JFK and Churchill, at least in terms of getting wide exposure. (It received prominent coverage in London's Daily Mail!) From the moment Davison begins speaking, he is practically frothing at the mouth and soon he is nervously darting around the room while screaming his qualifications for office. You would be forgiven if you thought it was Chris Farley in one those old Saturday Night Live sketches in which he played an over-the-top motivational speaker. The video is so hilarious that it's been carried as a news story on main stream network broadcasts. If you're a Republican who wants to fight back against criticisms that your party is increasingly catering to the tin foil hat crowd, you can take heart from the fact that Davison did not get the nomination. However, if they ever decide to make Paddy Chayefsky's Network into a TV series, we think we have a pretty good case for casting Davison as Howard Beale. Click here to revel in his glorious speech.