Yet Another Filibuster Song Parody (The Full-a-Bluster Song)
Remember when the Republican majority flipped out at the mere whisper of the word filibuster? Remember when GOPers led by Bill Frist, Mitch McConnell, and Trent Lott threatened the “nuclear option” if Democrats had the audacity to filibuster any of George Bush’s extremist judicial nominees?
Those were heady days back then, when Republicans would scream “Up or down vote!” and decry Democrats as “obstructionists,” and the media would obediently parrot their condemnations. Oh yes … and the Democrats caved and failed to filibuster, giving us a whole slew of rightwingnut federal judges who will haunt us for many decades to come.
Well now that the Republicans are the minority party they just love the filibuster and have conveniently forgotten that they ever condemned it.
Back when filibusters were “bad,” I wrote a filibuster song parody to the French-Canadian children’s song Alouette. Somehow it seems like a good time for a new set of lyrics to the same tune:
The Full-a-Bluster Song
By Madeleine Begun Kane
“Filibuster.
Ban the filibuster!”
Ancient bluster
from the GOP.
With a Dem majority
Republicans think differently:
“Great device!
Ain’t it nice.
Blocks Dem bills!
They’re all on ice.”
Oh…
Filibuster
Suddenly has luster.
Grand Old Party’s
Hack Hypocrisy.
(You can find more of my political song parodies here.)
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July 18th, 2007 at 4:23 pm
Mad, thanks… you are soooo linked on this one!
July 18th, 2007 at 4:27 pm
Thanks so much Steve!
July 18th, 2007 at 6:24 pm
Ear worm indeed! Brilliant
July 19th, 2007 at 12:15 am
Thanks eRobin!
July 19th, 2007 at 12:15 am
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July 21st, 2007 at 2:17 pm
Ever appropriate, my friend.
Wish it were not, (sigh).
July 22nd, 2007 at 8:23 am
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