For New Job, a Baker Baedeker
James A. Baker III, quagmire maestro and all-around political fix-it man, has been picked to head President Bush’s flagging reelection campaign, so with tongue in cheek, staff writer Garry Abrams asked five Los Angeles residents to give Baker their advice for his latest mission impossible.
Michael Roberts, owner, Trumps restaurant: “He shouldn’t eat broccoli. . . . The way things are going, he probably shouldn’t eat anything.”
Daryl F. Gates, former L.A. police chief: “Everything I see coming out of the Democratic camp is pretty foreign, so he should be able to deal with it.”
Brandon Bowlin, on-air-personality at radio station KJLH: “Don’t have Dan Quayle spell-check your speeches.”
Jon Winokur, creator of “The Portable Curmudgeon and Friendly Advice”: “Keep your day job.”
Melanie Lomax, controversial attorney rejected last week by the L.A. City Council for a seat on the Department of Water and Power Commission: “I would recommend that he avoid the Los Angeles City Council and that he avoid getting stuck between the environment and affirmative action.”
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