Ego Issue Top Priority for Senate
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced today that the Senate’s, “top, and only priority, will be to resolve the Burris and Franken matters before proceeding to any of those other minor issues people seem to be so pre-occupied with.” According to Senator Reid, “The United States Senate is considered perhaps the most exclusive club in the world, and we’ve got some serious membership issues here. The ‘little people’ are just going to have to wait.”
First up: The Membership Committee will meet Thursday with Roland Burris, embattled-but-still Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich’s legitimate appointee to fill the seat vacated by President-Elect Obama. Mr. Burris, “has graciously agreed to answer any and all questions put to him by both Democratic and Republican lawmakers,” Reid revealed at a morning press conference, “so that should kill at least a couple of days.” He then continued, “But we want to make it clear from the outset, as Mr. Burris himself told us right up front that he also understands, race is absolutely not an issue here – not with Mr. Burris, who I’ve just spoken with and is obviously a credit to his people — and not with the two Jews from Minnesota either.”
In fact, according to an anonymous Membership Committee official, the fact that Mr. Burris is African-American may actually work to his advantage. “We all understand the importance of diversity in our society and within the Senate itself. For example, if we don’t have at least one Black member, the PGA, by rule, cannot sanction any of our golf outings. As far as the Franken-Coleman situation, I can assure you that the Republican leadership just wants to wait until all legal avenues are exhausted before seating another Democrat. The fact that Mr. Franken is Jewish is not a factor – so is Senator Coleman, and trust me, the fact that nobody around here ever liked him has nothing to do with his faith. As far as Mr. Franken’s ‘show business thing’, I understand why that part of his background might make some members a little nervous. After all, we all know what those people are like.”
Senator Reid said that he hopes the Senate can work out its internal disputes in time to get to matters “such as the worsening economy, the two wars the country is fighting, the Middle East, health care, and maybe even education” before breaking for their summer recess, adding, “I hate to think about how much worse all the visitors to the Capitol will smell if they’ve been out of work for awhile.”
In other news:
Tensions flared between Hamas and France today when a spokesman for Hamas leaders threatened that they would consider declaring war on France if “that infidel with the hot wife doesn’t butt out,” adding, “And I doubt there’s anybody out there who doesn’t believe we can and would kick France’s ass if it ever came to that.” When reached for comment, French President Nicolas Sarkozy responded only by saying, “They don’t scare me. As long as I’m not a civilian, they’ll never target me.”
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