Typical draggy Joe Lieberman, droning on for ten minutes rationalizing his opposition to a public option in the health care reform bill. "Wawa wa waWa Medicare wa Wawa publicly supported wa wa ..."
Democrats are chafed by his roguery anyhow, of course, so what an opportunity it was at the ten minute mark for Al Franken to break up Lieberman's speech pointing out that time was up. Pretty bold but it worked in shutting him up, Franken objecting to allowing the "additional moment" Lieberman asked for.
It did majorly piss off John McCain, that was enjoyable, too. McCain got it wrong, however, when I thought he said that such doings "[harm] the comedy" of the Senate. Au contraire, John, au contraire, because that was just plain funny stuff.
Unless he meant comity, in which event he could have a point there, of course. Nevertheless I applaud Al Franken for having the balls to do what probably most Democrats there wished to do, comity be damned.
Democrats are chafed by his roguery anyhow, of course, so what an opportunity it was at the ten minute mark for Al Franken to break up Lieberman's speech pointing out that time was up. Pretty bold but it worked in shutting him up, Franken objecting to allowing the "additional moment" Lieberman asked for.
It did majorly piss off John McCain, that was enjoyable, too. McCain got it wrong, however, when I thought he said that such doings "[harm] the comedy" of the Senate. Au contraire, John, au contraire, because that was just plain funny stuff.
Unless he meant comity, in which event he could have a point there, of course. Nevertheless I applaud Al Franken for having the balls to do what probably most Democrats there wished to do, comity be damned.
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