Fans of NBC’s Parks and Recreation, a mockumentary-style sitcom, know, and perhaps admire, Ron Swanson, the deadpan, anti-government boss of city parks in the fictional town of Pawnee. Apparently, one of those fans is Rep. Joe Wilson (R., S.C.), who penned an ode to the character and his political philosophy for Politico:

America has a new champion of limited government and spending restraint. For six years straight, Ron Swanson, director of the City of Pawnee’s Parks and Recreation Department, brought his agency in under budget. He set citywide records by spending only 60 cents of his department’s discretionary fund.
Regrettably, Swanson is not running for Congress. Instead, he is leading the limited government fight as a fictional character on NBC’s primetime show “Parks and Recreation.”
Sure, Swanson has some bizarre ideas about how to save money — like implementing a Chuck E. Cheese-style token operation for city parks and selling City Hall and the zoo animals.
But in this current political environment, his outside-the-box thinking and enthusiasm on behalf of taxpayers are something lawmakers should absolutely DVR on Thursday nights.

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