Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Thrown off the Fiscal Cliff

By Mark Lucas
News Editor
ENGLEWOOD, FLORIDA - I love to deliberately misinterpret a newspaper headline.  The Friday edition of the local Englewood Sun contained the following headline on page 1 of The Wire section.
      "Obama, congressional leaders to meet on 'fiscal cliff.'"
     That sounds like a dramatic Mafia negotiation from a "Godfather" film.  It's the type of scene that can only  end with someone getting thrown off.  I can just picture Obama calmly watching as Republican mouthpiece John Boehner gets heaved over the edge.  Boehner is still screaming on the way down as the president coolly lights a cigarette and says, "You'll find our common ground when you hit the bottom, scumbag."
      Starring Morgan Freeman.  Coming soon to theaters near you!

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