"The Chair Recognizes the Jackass from the Great State of Alaska"
2. Representative Donald Young (R-AK)
The scene: Fairbanks, Alaska, 1994. Congressman Don Young, already in office for 20 years, is on the stump preaching the virtues of Newt Gingrich's Republican revolution to a group of high school students. Just look at all the wasteful things the federal government does with taxpayers' money, he tells them. The National Endowment for the Arts, for example, funds art involving "people doing offensive things ... things that are absolutely ridiculous." One student asks, "Like what?"
"Buttfucking," replies the great scourge of obscenity and instructor of youth.
"Yeah, that's pretty fucking obscene, right there," responded the hungry, searching young mind.
"Fucking A," said Rep. Young.
posted by Biff Loman at 3:21 PM
7 Comments:
good picture
As much as I'd like to take credit for it, I can't. It's not my work. It accompanied the article.
I've always been fond of Milken's "The people get the government they deserve and they get it good and hard."
You're right of course.
Show off.
Yeah, except I misspelled his name. It's Mencken.
D'oh!
I didn't catch it either.
Anyways, H.L. also said, "The men the American public admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth."
I believe he's the one also responsible for, "When Fascism comes to America, it'll come wrapped in an American flag." But right now, I believe I like your quote better. It seems to be the most apt.
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