I made the connection instantly, and ever since then, Rep. Sherwood has looked like the mayor from “Ruthless People” in my mind.
And the debate here is: aren’t Republicans just awful, always running around trying to strangle their mistresses, diddle pages, assaulting cocktail waitresses, condoning torture, starting land wars in Asia … ?
Y’know, some sort of comparative statistics showing elected Republicans involved in more domestic violence than elected Democrats might have passed the test for a debate, but simply riffing on a single (not too strong) connection between one congresscritter and a movie simply does not do it.
I had no idea Anita Morris had died over ten years ago. I still associate her with that “She Was Hot” Rolling Stones video with flames shooting out her snootch at the end. Geeze, that’s kind of a unfortunate image since she died of ovarian cancer.
Assuming this is semiserious and not a drug-addled monologue, one would have to score Dems and Repubs dead even in the “diddle pages” sweepstakes (Studds and Crane) and probably give the Dems an advantage in the “starting land wars in Asia” column, if one takes into account Southeast Asia.
yeah, but you’re having to go back 30 and 60 years respectively for your Dem misdeeds whereas everything I’ve cited is still current front-page news. We’re IN Iraq right now. Foley’s page diddling came out in the last freaking month. Sherwood’s misdeeds occurred in May 2005 and are getting more “airing out” in the press because they’ve become part of the current election debate in his district.
Lately, the Dems have been veritable CHOIRBOYS compared to the Repub … er, maybe that’s an unfortunate analogy.
But of course Republicans are just awful.
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