Man #1: Why can't anyone running for office ever be honest about what they really stand for and what they intend to do? |
Congressman on TV: I stand firmly on any divisive issue we can't do anything about to keep you distracted from the fortune I rake in from lobbyists for doing nothing. |
total silence |
Man #1: Yes, I'd never vote for that guy. Man #2: Which answers your question. |
Danae: Why do members of Congress refer to themselves as "public servants", Daddy? Man #1: Because of their selfless devotion to serve all of us, Danae. |
Man #1: To be in Congress you have to be a giver ... working tireless for the needs of others without any thought of reward. Danae: ! Girl #2: ? |
Danae: Boooring ... Who would want that job?! |
Girl #2: So ... today is opposite day, right? Man #1: To paraphrase Barry Goldwater, fibbing for the good of the country is no vice. |
Waitress: OK, every day you guys are in here complaining how corrupt all politicians are Man: Yeah ... So? |
Waitress: So ... you can't say every member of Congress is bought off by corporate lobbyists! There are lots of honest ones Man: OK ... Such as ...? |
total silence |
Waitress: Carry On Man: Look at the bright side ... They finally achieved bipartisanship on something |
Waitress: OK, mister cynical smarty pants ... if every member of Congress is nothing but a corporate shill, why hasn't it been exposed by the news media?! |
Man: Because all media outlets are owned and operated by those same corporations. |
total silence |
Waitress: I'm not going to give you an opening to do your Jack Nicholson impression from "A Few Good Men," dear. Fisherman: Busted. Man: Dang. |