Posted on 01/23/2011 6:36:12 AM PST by chickadee
Dozens of lawmakers are getting a second dose of high school as they venture across the aisle and ask colleagues to sit with them for President Obamas State of the Union address next week.
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The bipartisan gesture carries a serious tone for nearly all who have pledged to do away with the typical seating arrangement, which is not assigned but generally gets divided by party. But the humor of asking one of their fellow lawmakers to attend the event as their date has not escaped members.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
IMO the Republicans are being played like a fiddle. If you comingle the troops the shrinkage in the number of Democrats and its significance will be much less obvious. But I’m sure there will be other fiction or comedy shows somewhere on TV that I can watch instead.
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I am glad you are a fan of Paul’s:) Thanks.
They will hold hands as they walk in and make sure their partner wee wee before they walk into the chambers.
Perhaps they will be "sharing a blanket" as well.
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Why, hell yes.
Who could stand to watch the idiot go on and on about how great he is and how wonderful his reign has been?
I have a sock drawer to rearrange...
OMFG....Why? Why? Why??????
Michelle Bachman is giving the Tea Party Caucus response after Ryan gives his. Michelle’s response should be worth watching, too.
Thanks for the information on Michelle Bachman, I will enjoy hearing what she has to say her also.
SNOWBOY (as Officer Krupke): Hey, you!
ACTION: Who, me, Officer Krupke?
SNOWBOY: Yeah, you! Give me one good reason for not draggin you down to the stationhouse, ya punk!
ACTION: Dear kindly Sergeant Krupke, ya gotta understand, its just our bringing-upke that gets us out of hand. Our mothers all are junkies, our fathers all are drunks: golly Moses, naturally were punks.
JETS: Gee, Officer Krupke, were very upset. We never had the love that every child ought to get. We aint no delinquents, were misunderstood. Deep down inside us there is good.
ACTION: There is good!
JETS: There is good, there is good, there is untapped good; like, inside the worst of us is good.
SNOWBOY: Thats a touchin good story.
ACTION: Let me tell it to the world!
SNOWBOY: Just tell it to the judge!
ACTION: Dear kindly Judge, Your Honor: my parents treat me rough. With all their marijuana, they wont give me a puff. They didnt want to have me, but somehow I was had: leapin lizards, thats why Im so bad.
JUDGE: Right! Officer Krupke, youre really a square. This boy dont need a judge, he needs an analysts care. Its just his neuroses that ought to be curbed. Hes psychologically disturbed!
ACTION: Im disturbed!
JETS: Were disturbed, were disturbed, were the most disturbed; like, were psychologically disturbed!
JUDGE: Hear ye, hear ye: in the opinion of this court, this child is depraved on account he aint had a normal home.
ACTION: Hey, Im depraved on account of Im deprived!
JUDGE: So, take him to a head-shrinker.
ACTION: My daddy beats my mommy. My mommy clobbers me. My grandpa is a commie. My grandma pushes tea. My sister wears a moustache. My brother wears a dress. Goodness gracious, thats why Im a mess.
HEAD-SHRINKER: Yes! Officer Krupke, he shouldnt be here. This boy dont need a couch, he needs a useful career. Societys played him a terrible trick, and, sociologically, hes sick.
ACTION: I am sick!
JETS: We are sick, we are sick, we are sick sick sick; like, were sociologically sick!
HEAD-SHRINKER: In my opinion, this child does not need to have his head shrunk at all. Juvenile delinquency is purely a social disease.
ACTION: Hey, Ive got a social disease!
HEAD-SHRINKER: So take him to a social worker.
ACTION: Dear kindly social worker, they tell me get a job; like be a soda-jerker, which means like be a slob. Its not Im anti-social, Im only anti-work; glorie-osky, thats why Im a jerk!
SOCIAL WORKER: Yechh! Officer Krupke, youve done it again! This boy dont need a job, he needs a year in the pen. It aint just a question of misunderstood: deep down inside him, hes no good!
ACTION: Im no good!
JETS: Were no good, were no good, were no earthly good; like the best of us is no damn good!
JUDGE: The trouble is hes lazy!
HEAD-SHRINKER: The trouble is he drinks!
SOCIAL WORKER: The trouble is hes crazy!
JUDGE: The trouble is he stinks!
HEAD-SHRINKER: The trouble is hes growing!
SOCIAL WORKER: The trouble is hes grown!
ALL: Krupke, weve got troubles of our own!
JETS: Officer Krupke, were down on our knees
ACTION: cause no one wants a fella with a social disease!
JETS: Hey, Officer Krupke, what are we to do?
Gee, Officer Krupke, krup you!
ML/NJ
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