It turns out the former mayor of Selma, Ala., Joseph Smitherman, also accidentally slurred his words but he probably didn't get half the grief poor Greeny received yesterday.

From Smitherman's obit, the NYT recalled:


Let's be thankful Greenberg didn't use the old "I was talking to a bail bondsman named Martin Koon" excuse to unnecessarily apologize for what was, to me, an innocent mistake.