WaPo: Lame Ducks Get The Book

[kpete]

Lame Ducks Get The Boot...

Hastert Surrenders Speaker's Office...Katherine Harris Sulks Alone At Starbucks...Santorum Giving Away Campaign Cubicles On Craigslist...

Washington Post | Lyndsey Layton | December 1, 2006 10:36 PM

Most of the Capitol was quieted by the lull of recess this week, but there was a certain frenzy in Room 2466 of the Rayburn House Office Building. Inside, seven staff members employed for 34 more days by outgoing Rep. Curt Weldon were filling a gray trash bin with the detritus from two decades of public office.

The Republican from Pennsylvania and about 40 other House members who are retiring or who lost reelection bids face a deadline for emptying their offices: noon today. Never mind that Congress reconvenes next week; Weldon and the other lame ducks must vacate the premises so workers can begin settling in new members and moving things for members who are upgrading to better offices.

more at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/30/AR2006113001126.html
via Huffpo

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

1. Best part of the article, IMHO, is this:

"The nameplate and seal of Kentucky were already off the door to GOP Rep. Anne M. Northup's office in 2459 Rayburn on Wednesday. "People in this office are a little stressed, trying to beat the deadlines, and at the same time we're trying to figure out what we're all going to do next," said a receptionist who declined to give her name. "There are a lot of Republicans looking for work right now," she said.

Welcome to the real world, sweetheart. You can always file for unemployment. :rofl: :nopity:

[papau]

2. I like your replacing boot with book in the headline! And I like them getting the boot! n/t

n/t

[DoYouEverWonder]

3. It's nice to see that the US

can still do a peaceful transfer of power.

BTW: Please leave the P keys on the keyboards.

[Eurobabe]

4. Detritus = one of my favorite words

And that's what the CONS who got the boot are, on the trash heap. :hi: