“More From the Floor,”<\/EM><\/FONT><\/B><\/A> provides an excellent
\npublic service. <\/P>
\nIt reminds us today, for instance: “The Senate convenes this morning to resume consideration
\nof S.1805, the Gun Liability bill. While no roll call votes are scheduled to occur today, three
\namendments are presently pending to the bill: Senator Kennedy’s S.Amdt.2619 about armor
\npiercing bullets; Senator Frist’s S.Amdt.2625 also about armor-piercing bullets; and Senator
\nCampbell’s S.Amdt.2623 about concealed carry.” It even gives up-to-the-minute updates.<\/P>
\n
(To offer our own public service, here’s a relevant commentary on that bill: “Down and Dirty in the Gun Debate.”<\/FONT><\/EM><\/B><\/A>)<\/P>
\nNot incidentally, “More From the Floor” has been lauded by the Congressional Management
\nFoundation’s newsletter for, among other things, its “clear and conversational language to make
\ncontent accessible to a wide audience.” And it has come in for praise from readers, such as
\nstudents in a law class in Pittsburgh, Pa., who messaged: “There really is nothing like it on the
\nNet.” <\/P>
\n
As much as we’d like to agree with them, however, we beg to differ. When it comes to
\nstraight talk, is Leahy’s blog any competition for the Washington-based blogger Wonkette<\/FONT><\/EM><\/B><\/A>? Not a chance. Here, for example, is
\nWonkette shooting from the lip in a Feb. 25 entry headlined “More on That Gay Thing”<\/FONT><\/EM><\/B><\/A>:<\/P>
\n<\/p>\n
UPDATE: Several readers have written in regarding the Federal No
\nAss-Fucking Amendment. First of all, to “Worried in Manhattan”: Straight people can do it all
\nthey want. Your wife is wrong to use that excuse. And to “Stick-in-the-Mud in Seattle”: You’re
\nright, the amendment will not literally prohibit the gays from getting in the rear; in a literal sense,
\nit will just deny the benefits of marriage to the gays (some of whom practice the back-door love).
\nBut we suspect that what really makes the Bushies uncomfortable is ass-fucking. The idea of it,
\nwe mean.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
<\/P>
\nOr this entry from Feb. 24, headlined “White House: Loves the Sinner,
\nFinds the Idea of the Sin Icky”<\/FONT><\/EM><\/B><\/A>:<\/P>
\nBush has just announced his support for a proposed constitutional amendment
\nto define marriage as a union between a man and a woman. Wonkette has obtained a rough draft
\nof the document:
\nPeenies are for sticking in hoo-has. Also, hoo-has may not touch other hoo-has. Unless
\nwe’re talking about two hot chicks. Like Naomi Watts and someone else hot.<\/I><\/P>
\n
The Bush Administration: Preserving the integrity of the Constitution as our Founders
\nintended.<\/P><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
\n
<\/P>
\n
As a further public service, we suggest that when the presidential debates are arranged later
\nthis year between the Republican and Democratic candidates — and any other candidates who
\nqualify for the race — Wonkette be included on the panel of questioners. (Actually, required
\nwould be better.) <\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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