oh my bloody hell, this entire mark foley fiasco has to stand as the clearest reason in recent memory to shake your fist and loudly shout at the sky, “WHAT THE HELL KIND OF PEOPLE RUN THIS COUNTRY!?!”

endless mistakes, poor planning, skewed agendas, those are all part of politics and i’m sure at some point along the line, most bad government moves start out as well-intentioned, or so i’d like to think. but how baldly irresponsible is it to not just do these types of things if you’re the culprit, but to cover for it if you’re the whole rest of congress!? jesus christ.

the daily show’s severe smackdown of the whole thing was pretty merciless, and if you missed it i would watch both parts on youtube if i were you (here are part one and part two) for your pleasure.

and not that it isn’t easy for everyone to get in on the foley-bashing, but some friends of mine who do net video shorts also took up the topic in their own parodies, which are damn funny as well — featuring a very convincing congressman costume i might add. extra props for the reference in the second video. apparently they were even featured on CNN, so good on ya’, guys!

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