But first, a joke:
A woman married three times walked into a bridal shop one day and told the sales clerk that she was looking for a wedding gown for her fourth wedding.
“Of course, madam,” replied the sales clerk, “exactly what type and color dress are you looking for?” The bride to be said: “A long frilly white dress with a veil.”
The sales clerk hesitated a bit, then said, “Please don’t take this the wrong way, but gowns of that nature are considered more appropriate for brides who are being married the first time – for those who are a bit more innocent, if you know what I mean? Perhaps ivory or sky blue would be nice?”
“Well,” replied the customer, a little peeved at the clerk’s directness, “I can assure you despite all my marriages, I remain as innocent as any first-time bride. You see, my first husband was so excited about our wedding he died as we were checking into our hotel. My second husband and I got into such a terrible fight in the Limo on our way to our honeymoon that we had that wedding annulled immediately and never spoke to each other again.”
“What about your third husband?” asked the sales clerk.
“That one was a Democrat,” said the woman, “and every night for four years, he just sat on the edge of the bed and told me how good it was going to be.”
America is going to find out just how much like that woman’s third marriage the Dem’s 2006 campaign promises were very shortly.
As they prepare to take control of Congress this week and face up to campaign pledges to restore bipartisanship and openness, Democrats are planning to largely sideline Republicans from the first burst of lawmaking.
House Democrats intend to pass a raft of popular measures as part of their well-publicized plan for the first 100 hours. They include tightening ethics rules for lawmakers, raising the minimum wage, allowing more research on stem cells and cutting interest rates on student loans.
But instead of allowing Republicans to fully participate in deliberations, as promised after the Democratic victory in the Nov. 7 midterm elections, Democrats now say they will use House rules to prevent the opposition from offering alternative measures, assuring speedy passage of the bills and allowing their party to trumpet early victories.
The Dems are touting “Turnabout is Fair Play”, and it might just be; but when they campaign on promises of open government, co-operative government and bi-partisan government, and then do the exact opposite to try and gain more power, they open themselves up to criticism and charges of hypocrisy.
But not from their sycophants. From Joe, filling in for Jabberin’ John Avarosis at AmericaBlog
The Democrats won. And, this is how the House works. Majority Rules. Given their behavior over the past twelve years, it is completely disingenuous for any Republican to complain.
I guess it is a good thing I’m not a Republican.
I would rather be governed by those who do not know how to govern and don’t care about me, than by those who are experts at it and hate me as a citizen.