The Democratic Party Died This Past Weekend At Age 175

[Ugnmoose]

http://thehill.com/eisele/112603.aspx

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The Democratic Party, one of the twin pillars of the American political system and a major force in Congress for much of the 20th century, died last weekend while working on Capitol Hill. It was 175 years old. The cause of death was injuries suffered from an apparent mugging while trying to rescue the New Deal, the New Frontier and the Great Society.

Capitol Police Chief Terrance Gainer said the victim’s body was found Monday in the excavation for the Capitol Visitor Center, shortly after Congress cleared the way for overhauling Medicare, the Great Society program created in 1965 that was considered the party’s most important legacy.

The time of death was uncertain, but it probably occurred between early Saturday morning and Monday afternoon, Gainer said.

Even though the body bore signs of a violent struggle, Gainer did not rule out the possibility of suicide, citing reports that the victim had been severely depressed since November 2000.

Gainer said he is investigating several leads, including a tip that three top House Republicans — Speaker Denny “Hardball” Hastert (Ill.), Majority Leader Tom “The Sledgehammer” DeLay (Texas) and Ways and Means Chairman Bill “Take No Prisoners” Thomas (Calif.) — were seen making threatening gestures toward the victim in recent days.

He also said two surviving Senate Democrats, John “Huey Long Didn’t Go Far Enough” Breaux (La.) and Max “Let’s Make a Deal, Any Deal” Baucus (Mont.), were considered possible suspects because of their involvement in efforts to help Republicans overhaul Medicare.

“There are a lot of potential suspects who wished the victim ill will,” Gainer said. He indicated that he intends to interrogate AARP Chief Executive William Novelli, Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie and conservative radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh.

Hastert, while denying that he or his colleagues had anything to do with the victim’s demise, said he has no regrets that Congress will now become a unicameral body, like that in Nebraska.

[tedzbear]

1. Actually the Democratic Party died a long time ago...

It's become a blood sucking vampire walking the halls of Congress pretending to be alive. One by one it's sucked the blood of almost every Democratic senator and representative and turned them into Republicans. Thank goodness Barbara Boxer and a few others have wisely donned crosses and that anti vampire herb (I can't remember the name of it, damn it).

:bounce:

[Capn Sunshine]

2. Garlic

and Larry King is full of it's french cousin, "garlique"

I pray I never have to share a limo with that old gasbag

[Eric J in MN]

3. another thread implied Rush Limbaugh

Another thread implied Rush Limbaugh was against the Medicare bill.

I'm not a listerner of Rush Limbaugh myself, so that isn't first-hand.

[Silverhair]

5. I heard him. He was against the Medicare bill. Even a stopped

clock is right twice a day.

[newyawker99]

4. Ugnmoose

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