Once, it was customary in much of Europe to give a disgraced or criminal military officer a pistol.

[TheWraith]

In the British army of the late 1800s, they would also typically give him a bottle of whiskey, the idea being for him to get drunk, screw up his courage, and put a bullet in his head, thus saving himself, his family, and his country the embarrassment of continued association with his misdeeds.

This is how I'm starting to feel about Republican Senators.

[Cleita]

1. Our GOOP senators don't even have that modicum of honor to

end it all like a gentleman. Or, how about Karl Rove? Do you think he would do that, saving his family and country the humiliation, rather than face justice in a criminal court? I doubt it.

[marasinghe]

2. nor the guts.

[rrneck]

3. I hate wasting good booze. nt

[MrSlayer]

4. Yes and before that it was a dagger.

Third rib down, you know what to do.

[saras]

5. A poison pill is sufficient. I wouldn't trust them with firearms.

[jmowreader]

6. I wouldn't trust them with poison pills either

Fuckers would put them in Bernie Sanders' water pitcher.

GOP senators are the kinds of people the Japanese invented seppuku-with-a-feather for: they gave the really dangerous fuckers something blunt instead of a knife; when they reached over to pick it up, the swordsman chopped their heads off.

[saras]

8. Yeah, I forgot the Bulgarian umbrella

[tech3149]

7. Such good responses

I'm sure it's true the two thing they lack are the honor and guts to do what they should. Beyond that, they are so self-interested they couldn't care less how their decisions affect others so long as their bead is feathered.

[Major Hogwash]

9. I thought about this thread of yours last night, Wraith.

When I saw Colin Powell walk into the hotel where they were holding the White House Correspondence Dinner.