2 posts tagged “politics”
Like any red-blooded American who bleeds blue, I glued myself in front of the TV Tuesday in hopes that the top story for the free world this week was not the Brittany Spears divorce (though I am curious what took so long).
As I sat there watching the seats for the Democrats accumulate like the sacks of the Seahawks/Oakland game on Monday night; I began to wonder whether this whole ‘Mercury in Retrograde’ stuff really works.
I went to bed confident the great state of Illinois was not going to be led by a chain smoking Howdy Doody look-a-like and that many of the local races were going in our favor.
I was surprised (but not shocked) to wake up to the cliff hanger: “And Then There Were Two”. Should I dig out my “Who Shot JR?” t-shirt for such an event? With no risk of a repeated hanging chad debacle, I settled into the fact that the Republicans needed a few extra hours to remove their shoes to count the percentage points by which the Democrats whooped their butts.
Cheers resounded when the scales of Justice finally tipped back. I couldn’t have been happier…or could I?
With just a few moments passing between the victorious proclamation, who should appear on TV but our good ole boy Dub Ya with an big announcement….Rumsfeld Steps Down!
Technically, one would have to step up in order to step down.
Any who, I stared at the
screen like Timmy trying to interpret what Lassie is trying to tell him. “What’s that Dub Ya? Rumsfeld fell down the well?” Naturally a replacement was
quickly announced. A buddy of Dub Ya’s.
Looks like his Christmas card list is going to be pretty slim this year:
- Condy
- Dennis
- Gates
- Dick (please forward to the nearest hunting lodge)
- Saddam (better send it FedEx overnight)
- Pelosi (I dare her to stamp “return to sender” on it)
I can’t wait to see what happens next week!
If politics were a game of Red Rover teams would be picked by a candidate’s probable contribution to a team’s success.
If politics were a game of Red Rover teams would be lined up boy-girl-boy-girl to ensure a balanced team.
If politics were a game of Red Rover candidates would step up to the challenge when the other team sounded out their name in the taunting call “Red Rover, Red Rover send….right over!” instead of hiding.
If politics were a game of Red Rover a political party would rally around their weakest candidate to try and ensure victory.
If politics were a game of Red Rover do over’s would be given if requested and an open hand raise vote of majority rules is passed.
If politics were a game of Red Rover the candidate who breaks through the chain is actually declared the winner.
