Amused Cynic

When this old world starts getting me down, When I find myself in times of trouble….I don’t go up on the roof, and mother Mary doesn’t come to me. I seek out the true meaning of life in old episodes of Monty Python’s Flying Circus, where the answers to all of life’s really intricate questions are provided.

For example, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid—the very embodiment of the “Peter Principle” (and yes, you can take that both ways)—is employing classic Monty Python Argument Clinic logic in the cases of the two new wannabe Democrat senators, Franken and Burris.

Franken is claiming to be eligible to be seated as the junior senator from Minnesota, despite the fact that Minnesota election law has not yet concluded. Sen. Reid’s argument in the face of the very clear fact that the electoral process in Minnesota has yet to conclude, and that Franken is not yet eligible to be seated, is to repeatedly claim: “Yes he is!”

In the case of Roland Burris, appointed by Illinois governor “Blago,” there is clear legal basis for him to be seated in “Obama’s hardly used” senate seat” (can’t remember who authored that great line, but I can’t take credit for it), even if the reigning Dems fear embarrassment, which is not addressed in the Constitutuion. Sen Reid’s argument against the fact that Burris is qualified? “No he isn’t!”

The selection of Leon Panetta for CIA chief obviously followed these Python vetting guidelines.

And of course, the entire absurdity of the Obama campaign and presidency was foretold in “Life of Brian.”

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