Schumer likens conservatives to a flea, “The flea are the minority of House Republicans

[cal04]

http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/154963-schumer-likens-house-conservatives-to-a-flea

Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) compared House conservatives to a flea Friday as rhetoric in the spending fight intensified.

Schumer, who has been criticizing Republicans all day, said in a floor speech Friday that conservatives were the flea controlling the dog, which he said in this case is a federal government that could shut down at midnight.

“What we have here is a flea, wagging a tail, wagging a dog,” said Schumer, chairman of the Senate Democratic Policy Committee.

“The flea are the minority of House Republicans who are hard right, the tail is the House Republican caucus, and the dog is the government,” Schumer explained. “That flea is influencing what the dog does ... and it is sad.”

[spooky3]

1. wagging? More like biting the dog.

That's what fleas do.

I like Schumer's metaphor, though.

[DeSwiss]

2. A spokesflea.....

...from the International Society of Fleas. Leeches and Related Bloodsuckers released a statement condemning Sen Schumer's characterization of hard right conservatives as "fleas"

The statement read:

"Sir, we're aware that you're under a lot of strain having to deal with these TeaBagging Wingnuts at the present, however, we should a least be able to refrain from this kind of base "gutter language."



- K&R

[spooky3]

3. LOL!!!!

I can't believe more people haven't responded and rec'd this thread.

[derby378]

4. Funny...

There's a few folks on our side of the aisle who insist that DUers are a similar flea trying to wag the Democratic tail of the Democratic dog. They've been going out of their way to label us as irrelevant, malcontent, even harmful to the party because we don't believe in compromise with neo-fascism.