Washington insiders held their Gridiron Dinner this weekend, an annual event where various journalists and politicians from both parties get together and exchange witticisms, sometimes including skits and songs. It's all a little in-bred for my taste, but at least this year, Senator Bill Frist got in a well-deserved zinger against another public nuisance, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt), who has for several years done everything possible to plug up the system for review of President Bush's judicial nominees:
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, a heart surgeon from Tennessee, promised the crowd that "rather than waste your time telling jokes, I have prepared for your edification tonight demonstration." He then went on to use a pointer to demonstrate how the legislative journey compares to the human digestive system -- starting at the mouth, or introduction of legislation, and ending at the other end, where everything comes out.
"As you might imagine, the president often doesn't want anything to do with what comes out down here," he said. Referring to Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, Frist said he often wonders how someone from "such a tiny state can cause stomach trouble and pain and keep things from passing. Then I remember the little kidney stone. The man is a human kidney stone."
Posted by Alan at March 9, 2003 08:09 PM