Congress is a silly place.
This is a ‘Braveheart’ moment. You, Mr. Speaker, are our William Wallace,” Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.), a member of the Tea Party Caucus, said on the Fox News Channel.
Tuesday night after a lengthy closed door meeting described as “raucous,” some House Republicans likened themselves to the Scots in the movie Braveheart.
Then over take-out chicken sandwiches, [they] promised to knock down the Senate bill.
Thus fortified with chicken sandwiches our stalwart Republican Bravehearts agreed on a convoluted process that bravely avoided an up-or-down vote on the Senate compromise bill. The vote was worded, “do you disagree with the Senate bill?” So a “yes” was a vote against continuing a tax reduction for 160 million American workers and a “no” vote was in favor of the Senate bill and the tax cut.
The Braveheart moment Congressman Gingrey is channeling is from a movie about 13th century William Wallace, a Scotsman who led a revolt against English ruler Edward Longshanks. It starred actor Mel Gibson as Wallace in kilt and blue face paint.
Speaker Boehner blue in the face? Certainly-but in a kilt?
See it is just like Braveheart … but with chicken sandwiches and minus the bravery.
But comparing Speaker Boehner to a bad actor is surprisingly apt…crocodile tears, bottle tan and all.
I’m pretty sure Tea Party adherents get all of their history from B movies and their science from snake-handlers who speak in tongues..
Charlie Pierce
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Leave it to the toxic tea-baggers to suddenly become Mel Gibson fans and cite Braveheart when suddenly stumbling upon a tax cut they couldn’t automatically rubber-stamp when confronted with the reality that tax cuts don’t magically pay for themselves. Given their ongoing act and the latest review of Ron Paul’s racist, anti-Semitic newsletter he ludicrously claims to publish and endorse but not read, they’ve given their own twist on “I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas.”
No kiddin’.