politics, funny

i was watching the daily show (with jon stewart) last night. if you haven't seen it, it's hilarious.. i think it's on sbs in australia, and comedy central in the US. anyway, there were a couple of awesome highlights (for the actual show, go here, it's worth it!)

tom delay, the republican member for texas, stepped down from his post of house majority leader because of concerns over ethics. here is a quote from cnn's version of what happened in the vote for a replacement.

" ED HENRY, CNN CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Good afternoon, Kyra.
Some dramatic developments so far. They went into a first ballot behind
closed door, the House Republicans, and they had a problem -- they had
more ballots turned in than actual Republican members of Congress that
were here to vote, so there were concerns about voting irregularities.
They had to do a revote. Once they finally cleared that up, they did
not get a clear winner on the first ballot. They've now gone to a
second ballot."

let me repeat... "they had more ballots turned in than actual Republican members of Congress that were here to vote, so there were concerns about voting irregularities."

in other news, ken lay (former chairman of enron) is being brought to trial after 4 and a half years. stewart asks, "why 4 and a half years? because apparently it's harder to bring ken lay to trial than to invade two countries."

hehehe.. lol. and some people worry about the state of western politics.

m