The wingnuts are getting nuttier by the day and this time it’s not one of the big nuts, it’s a lesser nut, Congressman John Shadegg of Arizona. Mr. Shadegg pulled a really tacky stunt during the debate on the House health care reform bill. He brought ababy named Maddie to the floor and used her as a prop. It was hard to tell who was the ventriloquist and who was the dummy. No strike that: Mr. Shadegg was both and he should ashamed of himself for practicing babysploitation without a license.
After seeing that clip, I’m as maddie as hell and I’m not going to take it any more. Oh wait, that’s Howard Beale going off in Paddy Chayevsky’sNetwork but the Paultards, Beckheads and teabaggers have appropriated it so I can’t use it now. What a pity.
Did you notice Maddie trying to escape the clutches of Shadegg? She obviously didn’t sha-dig him and ended up shattered, shattered, sha-doobee: