Drugged Repugnicans

(Photo of Bill Press)

Bill Press of Tribune Media Services, in an article titled "Despondent GOP turns to drugs" explains the sad plight of Republicans following special elections in three different states.

In the State of Mississippi, in the First Congressional District, a Democrat by name of Travis Childers "defeated Republican Greg Davis in a district that George W. Bush carried in 2004 with over 60 percent of the vote."

Republicans laid out $1.3 million, flew in Dick Cheney, and tried to tar Childers by claiming he "would be a puppet of Nancy Pelosi," and that he had "the same values" as Barack Obama.

None of it worked! The Repubs lost!


In Illinois, Democrat Bill Foster took the seat held last by Dennis Hastert, and a seat that had been in Republican control for some 30 years.

Democrat Don Cazayoux won "a solid Republican seat in Baton Rouge, La."


Now some "GOP House experts are predicting that Democrats could pick up an additional 20 seats this fall. That could give them an advantage of 70 seats in the next session of Congress."


If you think that's funny, you should have heard Republican House Leader John Boehner claiming that this is a "change election," and that John McCain "is an agent of change."


The Republicans, in their distress held an "emergency summit meeting," after which Boehner and other House GOP leaders emerged to announce they had adopted a new slogan for the 2008 campaign season: "The Change You Deserve."

The should bring tears to your eyes all by itself. But there is more. It turns out, explains Mr. Press, that "that very same phrase is already the trademarked advertising slogan for the antidepressant drug Effexor ... prescribed for 'depression, anxiety disorder, and panic disorder in adults.'"


Press says Effexor is just what the Repubs need. "Except they should be taking it, not selling it."