[local_crmdgeon]

This is a great article, but man, the tone of news media used to be great. Can you imagine an NBC journalist writing something as funny as "Congressman Silvio Conte, dressed to kill today, proclaimed a war on Capitol cockroaches." particularly about a Republican(gasp!)?

Polarization is so much worse now, but the issues people faced in this period were nuclear annihilation, the ozone layer falling apart, Iran shitshow etc. Crime was 10x higher.

I miss when things were a bit kinder, I guess. Everyone is such a dick now.

[kibwen]

In this context, saying that he was "dressed to kill" was not the journalist complimenting his dapper attire, but rather making a corny pun. TV news networks force their anchors to use groan-worthy lines like this to this day, as a way of keeping the audience's attention.

[local_crmdgeon]

Obviously, but it's still fun and witty - instead of "TRUMP|BIDEN - A TRAITOR - IS HERE TO FUCK YOUR KIDS" that you get from the mainline media now.

[roywiggins]

Conte was dressed as an exterminator (it's mentioned further down in the piece). It's a pun.