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COLBERT SALUTES G.O.P. FOR TAKING A STAND AGAINST THEMSELVES, VOTING DOWN A BILL THEY PROPOSED

Richard Kigel · Saturday, June 4th 2011 at 11:15AM · 985 views
"One is reminded of Patrick Henry's courageous cry, 'Give me liberty and I don't want liberty.'"

The thing that makes a story like Anthony Weiner's alleged, uh, johnson, so captivating is that it's very easy to understand. Say the phrase "debt ceiling" though, which Weiner has said more times in the last week than Fox News anchors have said his name, and most of our eyes start to roll back in our heads.

Colbert, however, sliced into the story brilliantly by focusing on the boomerang nature of the GOP's battle cry on this one: they are saber-rattling against legislation they introduced. And what's more, they're winking and crossing their fingers when anyone from Wall Street looks at them sideways.

That's way easier to understand.

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Richard Kigel Saturday, June 4th 2011 at 11:16AM

As a way of governing, does this make any kind of sense???

Richard Kigel Sunday, June 5th 2011 at 10:49AM

Right, Irma.

I have never heard of something so ridiculous!!!

ROBINSON IRMA Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM

Rich, I do believe your comment is now being echoed in the halls of Congress more and more each day...

and, I so love it. lol (smile)

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