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Forum Post: Courageous Insane Senators Stand Up to American People

Posted 10 years ago on April 23, 2013, 12:48 a.m. EST by BradB (2693) from Washington, DC
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WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—In the halls of the United States Senate, dozens of Senators congratulated themselves today for having what one of them called “the courage and grit to stand up to the overwhelming wishes of the American people.”

“We kept hearing, again and again, that ninety per cent of the American people wanted us to vote a certain way,” said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky). “Well, at the end of the day, we decided that we weren’t going to cave in to that kind of special-interest group.”

“It was a gut check, for sure, but we had to draw a line in the sand,” agreed Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S. Carolina). “If we had voted the way the American people wanted us to, it would have sent the message that we’re here in Washington to be nothing more than their elected representatives.”

Calling yesterday’s Senate action “a bipartisan effort,” Senator Mark Pryor (D-Arkansas) said, “This proves that on a matter that affects the safety of every man, woman, and child in the nation, we can reach across the aisle to defy the interests of all of them.”

Senator McConnell agreed that yesterday’s vote “sent a powerful message,” adding, “If the American people think that just because they voted us into office and pay our salaries, benefits, and pensions, we are somehow obliged to listen to them, they are sorely mistaken.”

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/borowitzreport/2013/04/courageous-senators-stand-up-to-american-people.html

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[-] 7 points by BradB (2693) from Washington, DC 10 years ago

I don't think that there is a single OWS member posting on this board that would not make a better Senator than any of them in DC

[-] 0 points by Builder (4202) 10 years ago

This is a joke, right?

[-] 5 points by BradB (2693) from Washington, DC 10 years ago

Borowitz does do a lot satire ;) ... but I bet there probably is some fact there somewhere