Posted on 02/01/2005 5:20:10 AM PST by FlyLow
(2005-02-01) -- Due to the "somber mood of the nation," Democrats in Congress have called on their Republican colleagues to refrain from all celebratory applause during President George Bush's state of the union speech Wednesday night.
The annual presidential address before a joint session of Congress is traditionally interrupted dozens of times by applause from both parties and frequent cheers and standing ovations from the party in power.
"How can anyone applaud in a time like this?" said Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, before launching into a list of reasons why Americans are in mourning.
-- "Iraq is a quagmire of Sunni disenfranchisement, and our own citizens in Ohio still lack full voting rights. -- All of America's beloved manufacturing jobs have been outsourced to China and all the garment-sewing and tech-support jobs to India. -- The only union labor left on our shores is done in the public schools, where teachers suffer the assaults of wild-eyed heretics trying to undermine Darwinian orthodoxy. -- Across our land illegal aliens still lack proper health insurance and suffer daily indignities in the name of so-called homeland security. -- The elderly face a terrifying future when the federal government no longer controls all of their retirement money. -- Our 14-year-old girls live in fear that they may need parental permission to abort their unwanted fetuses. -- Our homosexuals still can't marry, forcing them into deadly liaisons with multiple partners. -- The wealthiest Americans continue to waste money on investments and consumer goods while Congress struggles to make ends meet. -- And the Supreme Court itself faces the threat of perhaps several new justices who will be too lazy to rewrite our out-dated Constitution."
The House Minority Leader recalled "the halcyon days of the Clinton administration, when clapping and whooping were entirely appropriate."
"Now," she added, "is the winter of our discontent. Please, hold your applause."
In related news, the Democrat National Committee announced that its televised response to the president's speech will be sponsored by Eli Lilly, the makers Prozac.
Who do these envious schemers think they're fooling with this?!? Every time they open their lying mouths they confess to what's in their blackened hearts.
4th paragraph before I realized it was satire.
Hope the Dem's sit on their hands.
It will be good to have video to illustrate their unified obstructionism to true progress.
For crying out loud! How much more infantile can these fools demonstrate themselves to be! This is really getting tedious.
......our out-dated Constitution."
When did it become out-dated?
Oh yea, freedom is such an out-dated concept.
Darwin's evolutionary law applies to manufacturing jobs too.
Great! Thses people are sooooo easy to make fun of.
When referring to the left, who can distinguish between satire and reality? Only the Shadow.
Today's message on solemnity and respect is brought to you by those same folks who brought you the Paul Wellstone Memorial- the Democrat Party.
Such sour grapes.
Hay Nancy, You must live on another planet, 'cause you certainly don't speak like you have a clue.
"Okay....so I got outraged over nothing? Guess I need to check out the sources better! =)"
Don't feel bad, I bought it at first, too.
The reason is that despite that fact that it's a parody, it's totally BELIEVABLE.
Bones
JUST DAMN.
The hypocrisy is hilarious, agreed. But the idea isn't. I can't stand to watch the damned speeches because of all the staged, choreographed demonstrations of enthusiasm.
LOL, didn't check the link. This actually looked like something they would suggest.
Do not feel bad Ivan, this Yank got sucked in by the piece and I live on satire and frequent the Onion and Scrappleface. I was about to head to Drudge to see if I could find more info when I checked the source and all was revealed.
Heheh just goes to show the left is truly becoming a parody of itself. Tis a sure sign they have "Jumped the Shark."
Whiney, whiney, whiney!!!!
The best course for all would be for the losers in congress, that is the minority Rat party, that having lost many elections has no real power any more, to just stay home.
Why bother atttending an exercise that will raise blood pressure to appoplectic levels.
I think I can still justify my disgust even though too getting taken by the satire. Most of us, having been listening to her and Dirty Harry spin, actually take this as actual statements from them.
Whooops...I didn't see it was satire. I cab actually see Democrats saying this. The media loves them no matter what.
whoops
I didn't know it was scrapleface either, but it's believable...when parody comes across as believable, you know the reality is weird!
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