Pelosi: Rethug Katrina inv is "a travesty of a mockery of a sham..."

[paineinthearse]

Nancy Pelosi, at House Majority Leader's weekly press briefing. When asked to comment on the House Katrina "investigation". She reached for the Woodie Allen quote, and got quite close.

Thanks to google, the exact quote is:

Fielding Mellish (Bananas):
"This trial is a travesty. It's a travesty of a mockery of a sham of a mockery of a travesty of two mockeries of a sham."

:rofl:

Isn't it refreshing to listen to a press conference where the speaker is A) coherent and B) quotes Fielding Melish?

You go, girl! :yourock:

source: http://www.destinationhollywood.com/celebrities/woodyallen/famouslines_content.shtml

[Fenris]

1. She stole that line from "Bananas"!

I object, your honor! This trial is a travesty. It's a travesty of a mockery of a sham of a mockery of a travesty of two mockeries of a sham.

[welshTerrier2]

2. some great Woody quotes

As the poet said, 'Only God can make a tree' -- probably because it's so hard to figure out how to get the bark on.

His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy.

I am at two with nature.

I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it through not dying.

If it turns out that there is a God, I don't think that he's evil. But the worst that you can say about him is that basically he's an underachiever.

Interestingly, according to modern astronomers, space is finite. This is a very comforting thought-- particularly for people who can never remember where they have left things.

Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon.

Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.

More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly.

Not only is there no God, but try getting a plumber on weekends.

Organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year and spends very little on office supplies.

Students achieving Oneness will move on to Twoness.

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3. What do you expect from a NYU metahphsics major?

You know he was given a course "F" because, during the final exam, he was caught cheating for looking into the soul of the boy next to him.

[eggman67]

5. With grievous dispatch

I'll open the latch and get at her snatch.

[paineinthearse]

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