'He's not good enough, he's not smart enough, and gosh darn it, people don't like him.’
Sen./douchebag Joe Lieberman was holding forth on Medicare on the Senate floor when his allotted time expired. As is standard practice, Lieberman asked the chair for a few minutes of additional time to conclude, "without objection."What? Oh. Well, he should have.
But the presiding officer, one huge-balled Sen. Al Franken, said no. "Sit down and STFU. Seriously.”
”In my capacity as Senator from Minnesota, I object," he told the shriveled quisling.And by “never” we mean “like just two hours ago.”
Lieberman laughed. "Really? Okay, I don't take it personally."
Douche.
But John McCain did. Rising to defend his asshole buddy he told Franken that in 20-plus years in the Senate, he'd never seen a member denied an extra minute or two of floor time.
"I don't know what's happening here in this body," McCain said, retying his onion to his belt, "but I think it is wrong. Joe Lieberman is not a communist. He may be a liar, a pig, an idiot and a communist, but he is not a porn star.”
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No doubt that this non-incident will become Fox Noise's outrage du jour - - far overshadowing all the 'petty' things their henchmen do (ie; lying, delaying, blocking, mean-spirited lawmaking, or even saying "Go fuck yourself" to a fellow lawmaker on the Congressional floor like Darth Cheney, etc).
And of course, we didn't need to wait long to find an example of McCain himself indulging the very behavior he's now calling unprecedented.
McCain refused to grant 30 seconds of time to senator Mark Dayton to conclude his remarks in support of an amendment put forth by senator Robert Byrd which would have limited Bush's constitutional powers to wage war against Iraq during the debate on the invasion authorization.
Think Progress has the troo fax.
Way to go, Sen. Franken. Now, is there any way to make a few more of these gasbags STFU?
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