I’m lovin’ this. On Friday, outgoing GOP congressmember Rick Renzi gets indicted on 35 counts of corrupt bastardy. Later that same day, embattled Republican Minority Leader John Boehner calls on Renzi to resign immediately. Obviously, Boehner doesn’t want a replay of the DeLay and Ney dramas, where tales of Republican wrongdoing played out in the media over many many months.
But today, Rick Renzi said nuts to that:
“I will not resign and take on the cloak of guilt because I am innocent,” Renzi said per a statement released by his congressional office. “My legal team of Reid Weingarten and Kelly Kramer will handle these legal issues while I continue to serve my constituents.”
I especially love the shout-out to his attorneys. It’ll make them that much easier to find on his campaign finance reports. Thanks for everything, Rick!
P.S. Now I can’t get that damn Billy Joel song out of my head!
That song about sad, lonely old men. “And the waitress is practicing politics.”
Makes you really, deep down in your heart, want to trust the GOP, right?
NOT.
It’s time for another Sucka MP dictation
My recognition is passed by acclamation
White House may threaten with a veto
But I’ll slap ’em down like a mosquito
GOP, you almost feel bad for ’em
These days, can’t even get a quorum
MCs tryin’ to be parliamentarian
But I cut ’em like caesarean and bury ’em like Marion
Tancredo better make a run for the border
Before I pull out Robert’s Rules of Order
For some, the choice of Speaker’s a no-brainer
But no-brainers voted for John Boehner
Suckas sittin’ ’round sippin’ they Johnny Blue
Talkin’ that smack just like Giuliani do
Their approval rate calls for a removal date
While I make more scrilla than Zell Miller‘s distiller
Peace