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Humpday Afternoon Diversion: The Best Concession Speech of the Night

By Chuck Sudo in Arts & Entertainment on Feb 23, 2011 9:00PM

If there was anything that came out of this election, it was good humor. The "Mayor Emanuel" Twitter feed wound up being more popular that that of the Mayor-elect (who, by the way, reiterated today on Roe Conn that he'll make a donation to charity if the person behind the doppelganger's feed outs himself). And then there's Ed Bus, who conceded last night as only the alderman of the 53rd Ward can: by threatening to "jerk off" Emanuel if he doesn't "keep things as they are.

This video has it all, folks. There's the headed to a runoff Rhymefest, Burt Natarus, the guy who made the Rum Emanuel cocktail. Go ahead and hang up the hard hat and shovel< Ald. Bus. You earned it (and probably got a kickback, to boot).