Republican Senator George Allen STEALS an Amendment!
Republican Senator George Allen STEALS an Amendment!
Republican U.S. Senator George Allen today stole a Department of Defense appropriations amendment written, printed and prepared by Senator Dick
Durbin (D-Ill), and then announced the amendment as his own, moments before Durbin was prepared to introduce the amendment on the Senate floor. Sen. Allen, befuddled by all the uproar, amended his earlier defense, stating, “In defense of appropriating the Defense appropriation amendment, I’d like to amend any earlier defenses. My constituents, Senator Durbin’s constituents, our constituents, understand that as a Bible believing Christian I am prone to take things literally, although I was actually standing up, not prone, when I took Senator Durbin’s amendment.” Critics were oddly satisfied by this response, since the “taking things literally” defense seemed to explain much of Senator Allen’s political career, including support for the Iraq oil war and tax breaks for his rich buddies.
In an unrelated story, The Association of American Libraries reported that The Holy Bible once again tops the list of the most stolen books from American libraries. A spokesman cited a growing number of religious fundamentalists which “literally take the Bible literally.”