MTA (More Trouble Ahead) nicknames

[Jim Parish]

James A. Landau wrote, of "The MTA":
>  One big trouble with this story is that the Kingston Trio version runs
>       Fight the fare increase
>       Vote for George O'Brien
> which may or may not be politically acceptable but at least scans better.
> Does anyone know if there was a politician at the time named O'Brien who ran for
> office on a platform which included fighting the fare increase, and if so
> what party did he belong to?

I can't answer that question, but I find that the version I have (by the
Kingston Trio, but a later recording) is
       Fight the fare increase
       Vote for (pause) whoever the hell is running

Jim Parish