Saturday, July 19, 2003 :::
 
"You little fruitcake. You little fruitcake. I said you are a fruitcake."

Your U.S. Representatives hard at work. That little gem of a quote came from the mouth of Representative Fortney "Pete" Stark, a Democrat from California, directed towards little fruitcake Rep. Scott McInnis, a Republican Representative from Colorado. It was the culmination of an afternoon long debate about who sucks more, Republicans or Democrats. The whole episode is in this article, but you have to read it carefully to follow what happened.

Another low point was, when Nancy Pelosi, another California Democratic Representative, introduced "a resolution protesting the GOP's behavior, triggering an afternoon-long debate in which each side accused the other of debasing Congress." That's hysterical! Nancy actually stood up in front of a split house after a long afternoon of partisan fighting and introduced a "Republicans Suck" resolution!

The House voted 170 to 143 to reject Pelosi's motion. That means 143 members of the house voted in favor of the "Republicans Suck" resolution.

Aagh, the madness of it all! It's obvious tensions are high on the hill, but what pisses me off as a voter and California resident is the way our elected officials let the real issues sail overhead in favor of getting their butts re-elected. Nobody dared speak out against war until it was too late, the best we got was Kerry saying that the President failed at diplomacy. Nobody is exposing this fradulent, lying Administration, and when it comes down to it, our elected officials become almost infantile in their name-calling. Grow the Fuck Up, House of Representatives. Politics may be a playground, but the consequences of an out-of-control military machine like the U.S.A. needs mature watchdogs, not this absurdity.

I just hope the "fruitcake" line gets played over, and over, and over on the airwaves. It's just too funny, and too sad at the same time.






::: posted by Andrewski at 12:59 PM