Sound and Fury of the GOP

[bmichaelh]

Just saw CNN and Ashleigh Banfield just described the latest discussions about Health Care as "Sound and Fury".

How about some unintended irony?

Sound and Fury is based on some lines from Macbeth:

Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.

That almost describes Ted Cruz.

[yesphan]

1. Nice catch.

[BumRushDaShow]

2. Everyone is doing double-entendres

trying to cover their asses.

[11 Bravo]

3. Out, out, brief candle! Your 15 minutes are up!

(That's what happens when you have a short wick.)

[Proud Public Servant]

4. It's even better than that

Especially since today is William Faulkner's birthday:

The Sound and the Fury ... centers on the Compson family, former Southern aristocrats who are struggling to deal with the dissolution of their family and its reputation ... The novel is separated into four distinct sections. The first, April 7, 1928, is written from the perspective of Benjamin "Benjy" Compson, a 33-year-old man with severe mental handicaps. Benjy's section is characterized by a highly disjointed narrative style with frequent chronological leaps. The second section, June 2, 1910, focuses on Quentin Compson, Benjy's older brother, and the events leading up to his suicide. In the third section, April 6, 1928, Faulkner writes from the point of view of Jason, Quentin's cynical younger brother...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sound_and_the_Fury

Cynicism, suicidal tendencies, and diminished mental capacity...sound like any party you know?

[ChazInAz]

5. And let's not forget something.

Remember who MacBeth WAS, what happened to him and why it happened.
Senator MacCruz is already into Act III of a five-act play.

[florida08]

6. keeping with the theme

Lay on McDuff

[Cracklin Charlie]

7. And damned be him that cries "hold, enough".

Personally, I like the Faulkner comparison better, just because these people, like Faulkner's Compson family, are seriously crazy.

ps...The Sound and the Fury makes my head ache.

[florida08]

9. lol..

[Rex]

8. Is that what that sound is? I thought it was someone

with a farting problem.

[gopiscrap]

10. It almost does describe Cruz

[gopiscrap]

11. BTW welcome to DU