# I Dance on the Grave of Cynical Partisan Obstructionism **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 21, 2010, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dance-on-the-grave-of-cynical-partisan-obstructionism/533199 "2010-03-21T03:20:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Richard\_Parker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2010, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dance-on-the-grave-of-cynical-partisan-obstructionism/533199/81 "2010-03-21T22:58:19Z")
It’s a reference to John Boehner’s derogatory comment about staffers. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2010, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dance-on-the-grave-of-cynical-partisan-obstructionism/533199/82 "2010-03-21T23:15:29Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > _I dreamed I saw Bill Hicks last night, > alive as you and me. > Says I “But Bill, you’re ten years dead” > “I never died” said he, > “I never died” said he._ > > People’s key of C If the key of C is the people’s key Then what is the key of the bourgeoisie? ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2010, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dance-on-the-grave-of-cynical-partisan-obstructionism/533199/83 "2010-03-21T23:16:56Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > “The reason most folk songs are so atrocious is that they were written by the people”. > > - Tom Lehrer “…and it don’t even gotta rhyme – I mean, rhyne.” ---
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2010, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dance-on-the-grave-of-cynical-partisan-obstructionism/533199/84 "2010-03-21T23:20:50Z")
> [@Richard\_Parker](#): > > It’s a reference to John Boehner’s derogatory comment about staffers. Ah, I hadn’t heard about that. The [NYT](http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/21/live-blogging-the-house-vote/?hp) sheds some light… > [@](#): > > 6:59 P.M. “Punk Staffer Awards” > Mr. Hoyer begins recognizing “little punk staffers,” a reference to a derisive character made by Representative John Boehner, the minority last week, when he urged bankers not to be pushed around by staff members on the Hill dealing with financial legislation. > > Tonight, Mr. Hoyer says, these are staff members who also represent those who worked for the Republicans’ Medicare drug benefit. And then lists a number of Capitol staff. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2010, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dance-on-the-grave-of-cynical-partisan-obstructionism/533199/85 "2010-03-21T23:21:10Z")
> [@Richard\_Parker](#): > > It’s a reference to John Boehner’s derogatory comment about staffers. [Rep. Barney Frank distributes ‘Little Punk Staffer’ buttons to Capitol Hill aides.](http://thinkprogress.org/2010/03/20/little-punk-staffer/) ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2010, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dance-on-the-grave-of-cynical-partisan-obstructionism/533199/86 "2010-03-21T23:24:07Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > If the key of C is the people’s key > Then what is the key of the bourgeoisie? F-sharp. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2010, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dance-on-the-grave-of-cynical-partisan-obstructionism/533199/87 "2010-03-21T23:31:21Z")
[Boehner to GOP lawmakers: ‘Behave like grown-ups’ if healthcare bill is passed](http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/88155-boehner-to-gop-lawmakers-behave-like-grown-ups?page=2#comments) > [@](#): > > Boehner said “we will behave like grown-ups,” and not engage in taunting the vulnerable Democrats who support the controversial measure. I like this bit: > [@](#): > > Rep. John Campbell (R-Calif.) explained that “this is too big. We believe that this is the beginning of the end of America,” ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dance-on-the-grave-of-cynical-partisan-obstructionism/533199/88 "2010-03-22T00:12:01Z")
Ramming, cramming, jamming, thrusting this down America’s throat in the middle of the night?! The Pubbies, of course, will not swallow this easily. Some adjustments must be made so they don’t choke on this. You can expect their leader to leap to his feet at once, enraged, an erect and swollen Boehner… ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dance-on-the-grave-of-cynical-partisan-obstructionism/533199/89 "2010-03-22T00:50:30Z")
Perhaps a trinket for the GOP from the Democrats, such as tort reform, will make them feel better; a pearl necklace for the party on its knees, if you will. ---
**Author:** ![sleeping](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@sleeping](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeping)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dance-on-the-grave-of-cynical-partisan-obstructionism/533199/90 "2010-03-22T00:55:00Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Some adjustments must be made so they don’t choke on this. Hold the pretzels. ---
**Author:** ![kingbighair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/13edae/32.png) [@kingbighair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingbighair)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dance-on-the-grave-of-cynical-partisan-obstructionism/533199/91 "2010-03-22T01:00:17Z")
Any idea why the Dems continue talking? Why aren’t they just giving all of their time up to speed this up? None of them are saying anything new. Is it just vanity? ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dance-on-the-grave-of-cynical-partisan-obstructionism/533199/92 "2010-03-22T01:06:22Z")
They may not be dancing, but even some Republicans can see that this Father of Lies-fellating obstructionism will be the GOP’s downfall—their “Waterloo”—their grave, if you will. [For example](http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/3/21/848681/-Let-the-%28Republican%29-finger-pointing-begin!), former George W. Bush speechwriter, David Frum. > [@](#): > > Frum points the finger squarely at “radical” Republicans like Jim DeMint who made the decision to not negotiate with President Obama, instead betting all their chips on a failed strategy of obstruction. Here is Frum’s actual finger-point; his Godwinization of the dumbfucks; and Frum giving the Devil His due for the effectiveness of His Arch-Demons, Rush and Glenn, (as well as the whole Fox sewer-brothel) for slopping the Stygian shit up to the noses of the Legion of the Cursed: > [@](#): > > “We went the radical way, looking for Waterloo, and it looks like we arrived at Waterloo” > [@](#): > > “Some of the Republican leadership like Jim DeMint, I think did play a very hard-line role. Some of our leaders were trapped. They were trapped by voices in the media that revved the Republican base into a frenzy that made dealing impossible. I mean, you can’t negotiate with Adolf Hitler, and if the President is Adolf Hitler, then obviously you can’t negotiate with him. So some of the blame has has got to go to those who said, who got the psychology of the party to a point where a lot of good people, reasonable people were trapped” Tell us more, Mr. Frum: > [@](#): > > We are encouraging a mood of radicalism in the party that is not just uncivil, that’s not the problem, the problem is it makes you stupid. It makes you make bad decisions Ah, but Lucifer _likes_ his mewing concubines stupid. He _likes_ his cum-guzzling playthings radical and uncivil. > [@](#): > > Originally Posted by **Mephistopheles** > “Mmmmm-hmmmm! Feisty, nasty, EVIL little bitches! Yummy! Come on down, my seed-guzzlers!” …He thundered, displaying a devilish knack for the double-entendre. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dance-on-the-grave-of-cynical-partisan-obstructionism/533199/93 "2010-03-22T01:25:56Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Ramming, cramming, jamming, thrusting this down America’s throat in the middle of the night?! The Pubbies, of course, will not swallow this easily. Some adjustments must be made so they don’t choke on this. You can expect their leader to leap to his feet at once, enraged, an erect and swollen Boehner… If they can so eagerly gulp down the Prince of Evil’s enormous, horned, and festering phallus, they can swallow this bill as easily as they swallow their mothers’ piss (in the **Antenora** area of **Cocytus** , maternal urine [directly from her hatchet-wound] is used as a daily tonic). ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dance-on-the-grave-of-cynical-partisan-obstructionism/533199/94 "2010-03-22T01:35:25Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Perhaps a trinket for the GOP from the Democrats… [Perhaps a big stone:](http://tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/03/rep-nunes-dems-will-lay-the-cornerstone-of-their-socialist-utopia-with-health-care.php?ref=fpblg) > [@](#): > > Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) said on the House floor today that by passing health care reform, Democrats “will finally lay the cornerstone of their Socialist utopia on the backs of the American people.” ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dance-on-the-grave-of-cynical-partisan-obstructionism/533199/95 "2010-03-22T01:42:17Z")
[Boulevard Of Broken Dreams:](http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/21/live-blogging-the-house-vote/) > [@](#): > > Representative Mike Pence of Indiana, the chairman of the Republican conference offered a blistering criticism of the Democrats’ health care legislation. > > “Some say we are making history,” he said in a speech on the floor. “I believe we are breaking history.” ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dance-on-the-grave-of-cynical-partisan-obstructionism/533199/96 "2010-03-22T01:47:18Z")
Can an overdose of hyperbole be fatal? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dance-on-the-grave-of-cynical-partisan-obstructionism/533199/97 "2010-03-22T01:50:13Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Can an overdose of hyperbole be fatal? If so, I’m fairly certain that neither the House of Representatives nor the SDMB would currently have a quorum. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dance-on-the-grave-of-cynical-partisan-obstructionism/533199/98 "2010-03-22T01:52:48Z")
Jesus, these idots are going to look ridiculous in a few years when America is still rolling along fine, and people are happy with their health care reform – not as happy as they would be if there was a public option, but they won’t want to give back what they’ve got. Don’t forget, The Republicans pulled this same shit with Social Security and Medicare, and now they don’t dare criticize them. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dance-on-the-grave-of-cynical-partisan-obstructionism/533199/99 "2010-03-22T01:56:52Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Jesus, these idots are going to look ridiculous in a few years when America is still rolling along fine, and people are happy with their health care reform – not as happy as they would be if there was a public option, but they won’t want to give back what they’ve got. > > Don’t forget, The Republicans pulled this same shit with Social Security and Medicare, and now they don’t dare criticize them. Franky they pulled this same shit with women’s suffrage and child labor restrictions. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dance-on-the-grave-of-cynical-partisan-obstructionism/533199/100 "2010-03-22T02:13:51Z")
Boner has the same red-faced, frustrated, babyish, about-to-cry expression that my 4 year old gets when I tell her she can’t have another popsicle. These cunts really can’t accept losing, can they? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dance-on-the-grave-of-cynical-partisan-obstructionism/533199.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dance-on-the-grave-of-cynical-partisan-obstructionism/533199.md?page=6)