Posted on 10/19/2003 2:20:05 PM PDT by JustPiper
As read on the Senate Floor for open mike -g-
UNITED STATES SENATOR ILLINOIS DICK DURBIN
Durbin Statement Regarding the 2003 Chicago Cubs October 16, 2003
[WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today made the following statement on the floor of the Senate in honor of the 2003 Chicago Cubs:
There's weeping on Waveland And Sheffield is dark, Another sad ending At Addison and Clark.
The Cubbies lost the big one In the very last game, A season so different Has ended the same.
There's no joy in Wrigleyville, As the ivy turns brown, But who can forget The Cubs lit up the town.
Our Boys of Summer Were a loveable crew, With Sosa, and Lofton And Moises Alou.
Prior, Wood and Zambrano Threw fire at our foes, And we counted on Farnsworth And Borowski to close.
Ramirez, Gonzalez, Grudzielanek and Karros, Joined Miller and Bako To keep the games close.
Our skipper was new, From the city by the Bay, But "In Dusty we Trusty" from opener to closing day.
If Baker was the brains, Each win had another part, Our perfect 10, Ron Santo, Was in every Cubbie's heart.
America we thank you, For loving the Cubs, For cheering our long shots, In your living rooms and pubs.
Now in our despair, There's one thing to say, Spring training is only, Four months away.
Next spring when the green, Is back on the vines, Cubs fans will pour into The Friendly Confines.
America, don't give up, Don't falter, don't grieve, If you wanna be a Cub fan, You gotta believe.
And a more insincere one than any the slimy 'rat has muttered from one or the other side of those gnarled strips of rotting flesh surrounding his fetid pie-hole in quite some time.
Considering he's from Downstate Illinois and a proported Cardinals fan.
Yeah, Dick the Dork is as much a Cub fans as Hitlery! is a Yankee fan.
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