More Proof The Inmates Are Running The Asylum
By Doug Patton
December 9, 2008
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Speaking of Congress, the heads of the so-called Big 3 auto manufacturers were summoned to Capitol Hill for a little public flogging before handing them their bailout money. Of course, they had to be humiliated further for daring to fly in to Washington on their corporate jets (an admittedly stupid PR move when begging for billions in public alms). The great irony here is that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has a jet available to her at all times as well. Not to worry, though, because the auto makers have been so cowed that they drove to DC in their own "green" vehicles the next time they came calling with their hands out.
It's like "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" meets "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington." Except that Mr. Smith is in a straight jacket in a rubber room while the loons run the asylum.
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Doug Patton is a freelance columnist who has served as a political speechwriter and public policy advisor. His weekly columns are published in newspapers across the country and on selected Internet web sites, including Human Events Online and GOPUSA.com, where he is a senior writer and state editor. Readers may e-mail him at dougpatton@cox.net.
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