by Teh Puppet Mistress | I don't usually find The Politico laugh-out-loud funny, but this article filled me with effervescent glee.
A day after losing Ted Stevens’ seat, along with their best hope for
getting Joe Lieberman to cross over, Senate GOP leaders preached party
unity as the key to surviving the Obama years.
If that doesn’t work, there’s always psychotherapy.
Down to 42 seats with two still at risk, Senate Republicans are in a deep funk. Some are in denial. Some want a return to conservative principles. Some want to cut deals. Some want more filibusters.
Others want to jump out a window — but they’re afraid they’d screw that up, too.
“We probably wouldn’t die,” a Republican Senate aide joked Wednesday. “We’d just lie there, hurt and suffering, which is not too much different from where we are now.”
If that doesn’t work, there’s always psychotherapy.
Down to 42 seats with two still at risk, Senate Republicans are in a deep funk. Some are in denial. Some want a return to conservative principles. Some want to cut deals. Some want more filibusters.
Others want to jump out a window — but they’re afraid they’d screw that up, too.
“We probably wouldn’t die,” a Republican Senate aide joked Wednesday. “We’d just lie there, hurt and suffering, which is not too much different from where we are now.”
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