Dr. No is positive, maybe
The Smith Brothers, Trade and Mark (not their real names), might actually endorse this endeavor:
Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn, aka Dr. No, has threatened the unthinkable. He has found the mother of all horror stories and is considering reading it in front of the Senate. Each and every tortured word. And it’s not even Halloween.
Actually, this is the part they’d endorse:
We should all send him cough drops to be sure he can make it through.
I get pretty good results from Ricola, but we have a balance-of-trade deficit to think about.
fillyjonk »
12 November 2009 · 8:29 am
He also needs lots of water. Not sure of Ozarka (bottled water, which is apparently now seen as an evil thing in some circles) or Brita (the filter people) would be a better sponsor for that.
McGehee »
12 November 2009 · 11:30 am
If he drinks water, he’d better hang onto the empties or his filibuster (the real, “Mr. Smith” of non-cough-drop fame kind) will end in a hurry.
Brett »
12 November 2009 · 12:09 pm
I haven’t really ever cared much for Coburn, but I frickin’ love this idea…
fillyjonk »
12 November 2009 · 12:10 pm
McGehee: he’s a doctor. He could probably catheterize himself before goin’ in and be hooked up to a bag or something.
Jennifer »
12 November 2009 · 12:25 pm
Those words sound familiar. Link?
CGHill »
12 November 2009 · 12:33 pm
My mistake. It was in the original draft, which I then thoroughly screwed up while chasing down that Smith Brothers link.
Fixed now. I think.
Jennifer »
12 November 2009 · 12:36 pm
Thank you!
CGHill »
12 November 2009 · 12:42 pm
Moral: Preview is your friend, but you have to actually look at things when you use it.
Here endeth the lesson.
Jennifer »
12 November 2009 · 1:11 pm
Yes well, we’ve all done similar things.
Violins and Starships »
12 November 2009 · 1:27 pm
A Good Long Read…
Actually, I think it would be a good idea to require that every bill be read aloud. Maybe then they wouldn’t make them so ridiculously long…
CGHill »
12 November 2009 · 1:29 pm
Yeah, but few have my gift for self-flagellation under such circumstances. :)