We now enter the purely theatrical stage:
The other day a group of House Republicans wore lab coats to a press conference. No, they weren’t worried about a breeze covering them with flakes of John Boehner’s skin. They were pleading to restore research funding for kids with cancer after cancelling research funding for kids with cancer. Watching the “news” clip reminded me of the time I was trapped in my bathroom, shouting at my wife for using up all the toilet paper a moment after I used the last ten squares.
At the “press conference” Eric Cantor stood and spoke before a podium with a placard bearing the hash-tag #LetsTalk.
#LetsNot. #DoYourFuckingJob.
If you didn’t know what’s happening in DC, you’d probably think the “news event” was a studio launch for a bad sequel to Patch Adams.
But the real news is what happened soon afterwards, thousands of miles away. Moments after the “press conference” started, NASA reported a huge tidal wave originating from an undisclosed spot in the North Arabian Sea. Using advanced sonar and satellite technologies NASA determined that the event was not caused by a volcanic eruption in the earth’s crust. Rather, NASA reported that it was caused by Bin Laden laughing.
Great post!
It’s all vaudeville, what a shame. Great post.
Um … and we’re supposed to believe this? What do they think we are, dumb or something?
Great post! And I cannot believe that people are believing the stunts and photo ops the Republicans are pulling with this. I’m tired of all of them. You said it with such clarity!