OK, here's a challenge: who among you are are better and/or more
able at the moment to dig around, find and rip that great CSPAN
moment from 16 years ago this month of freshman Rep. Marjorie
Margolies Mezvinsky ("'3M'...but 1 term"), skulking back down
into the House chamber to change her vote after White House
pressure, tearfully marching out to a chorus of the Republicans
calling out "Bye, Marjie!"?
They were right. She and 40 or so of her colleagues soon,
er, committed to spend more time with their families, and Al
Gore told the Financial Times that this vote cost the
Dems control of Congress.
The House Rs did manage to produce a different
video which as of this check has gotten some legs, and at
least has crept up into the low thousands of views. The 3M show
on BTU, in my opinion, would garner many many more but needs
only to be seen by about ten: if viewed in a handful of Blue
Dog offices would spell a quick end to today's vote on the
biggest tax increase in U.S. history, a "global warming tax" that
is BTU's successor, if on a scale so grand that it makes BTU look
like a tax cut.
There's a little time left. Let's refresh some memories.