Waxman: “I certainly don’t claim to know everything that’s in this bill”
posted at 9:39 am on May 22, 2009 by Allahpundit
A less-than-amusing sequel to last night’s mildly amusing speed-reading display. As much as I like to goof on that “Thomas Paine” character, the fact that government has now decayed to the point where congressmen feel safe openly admitting that they don’t know what they’re voting on suggests a civic breakdown in need of emergency repair.
I suppose this sort of thing can be excused for bills that aren’t very important. Too bad cap and trade — which will shave trillions off of GDP, per Heritage’s estimate — isn’t one of them.
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Many of them are Christians; therefore, they will live forever.
jgapinoy on May 22, 2009 at 8:28 PM
It just occured to me why Republicans are in so much trouble. Every time the illinformed drones out there see a representative making an ass of himself or herself they believe that the Rep. stands for Republican.
el gordo on May 23, 2009 at 4:24 AM
Do these goofs ever read anything. They all have aides that do things for them like attend meetings, read bills, take phone calls from the folks back home. Maybe we should just pay the aides who do the actual work.
Kissmygrits on May 23, 2009 at 9:47 AM
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