Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Top Ten Cloves: Why Members Of The Congress Voted Themselves A Raise Yesterday

News Item: House Lawmakers Accept $3,300 Pay Hike

10. With Abramoff going to jail, need to make up that extra little something

9. If you want us to stay in session longer, you gotta pay for it

8. Three Words: Border Photo Ops

7. Had to squeeze it in, while the President was out of the country

6. It was either the pay raise, or voting ourselves free gasoline and the pay raise would be easier to sell to the public

5. Gotta fill up the ol’ freezer with something

4. Heard they were raising the golfing fees over in Scotland

3. Now that Rove his cleared, his price list for smears is going up about 15%

2. Really, something Tom Delay pushed through on his final day, to boost his pension

1. We all took the same medication Patrick Kennedy took and now can’t remember what we voted on

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