Thursday, January 19, 2006
The Art of the Deal
Repub/ Employing the unfortunate cliche: One hand will
wash the other. Our deal is you can have yours if you don’t immediately phone your pansy reporters when we drag ours in.
Dem/ Okay, but the custodians are already screaming.
Repub/ Not a problem. We’ll pre-deodorize and so should you.
Dem/ Our nuts wanted the stink, but we overruled ‘em.
Repub/ As party in power we choose West Portal, so you’re stuck with East if you want to synchronize.
Dem/ We absolutely do! We’re using old rugs, by the way.
Repub/ More than I want to know. We’ll do it, as in Frank’s immortal song, our way.
Dem/ If no leaks, cameras will open the morning on the two dead horses with senators beating them.
Repub/ Decorum. We go first.
Dem/ No way! Bi-partisan for five minutes.
Then the Chair can gavel order and pretend disgust.
Repub/ We knew you wouldn’t go along this one time, so we agree. But five minutes, minimum.
Dem/ A frenzy!
Repub/ Democracy isn’t much if it isn’t a show.
Repub/ Employing the unfortunate cliche: One hand will
wash the other. Our deal is you can have yours if you don’t immediately phone your pansy reporters when we drag ours in.
Dem/ Okay, but the custodians are already screaming.
Repub/ Not a problem. We’ll pre-deodorize and so should you.
Dem/ Our nuts wanted the stink, but we overruled ‘em.
Repub/ As party in power we choose West Portal, so you’re stuck with East if you want to synchronize.
Dem/ We absolutely do! We’re using old rugs, by the way.
Repub/ More than I want to know. We’ll do it, as in Frank’s immortal song, our way.
Dem/ If no leaks, cameras will open the morning on the two dead horses with senators beating them.
Repub/ Decorum. We go first.
Dem/ No way! Bi-partisan for five minutes.
Then the Chair can gavel order and pretend disgust.
Repub/ We knew you wouldn’t go along this one time, so we agree. But five minutes, minimum.
Dem/ A frenzy!
Repub/ Democracy isn’t much if it isn’t a show.
