Watching the state of the union

§ February 25th, 2009 § Filed under fun, politics § 4 Comments

Just finished a fan-damn-tastic date of Taco Bell and President Obama’s address to the Congress, or whatever they call it when it’s not the State of the Union. Mostly we just ingested lots of sodium and cursed CSPAN for not showing enough wide shots so we could see when the Republicans were standing and when they weren’t. (Why would you not stand up for children’s health? Why?!)

Also we played a game of virtual Whack-a-Mole, trying to guess when the Justices and Joint Chiefs would stand. This is the first time I’d noticed that they’re a stoic bunch, which is probably fitting, given their positions. Actually, speaking of it, I’m hoping for a new Colbert Report segment: Whack-a-Republican-Mole, where Stephen Colbert whacks any Republican who dares stand during the President’s address. I recommend repeated whacking for Eric Cantor and his limp-wristed, I’m-only-standing-and-clapping-because-Boehner-stood-up-first clap. There should also probably be repeated whacking for Boehner, who looked like he was being pulled involuntarily into a standing position by some invisible puppeteer.

In other news, The Husband observed, as the Supreme Court Justices entered the House, “Ruth Bader Ginsburg is on my list.”

I don’t think he gets how these lists work.

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