Standards of Behavior

[surakofb5]

I'm puzzled. I know 5-year-old children that are better-behaved than some members of Congress and extremist political commentators in recent months. When did name-calling and rude behavior become standard operating procedure?

Comments

[gmkieran]

Seems to me it's been S.O.P., sadly, since at least the formation of Britain's House of Lords and Parliament. At least they haven't yet come to fisticuffs (as far as we know). :(

[gmkieran]

According to Time I was wrong - congress *has* come to fisticuffs (and worse) in the past: http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1964778-1,00.html

Not sure how relevant the rest of the article might be, but the first paragraph makes the point. *sigh* Grown men will be boys. :(

[surakofb5]

So everything old is new again? *shakes head*

Or perhaps, to quote Delenn, what is past is sometimes prologue.

[nontacitare]

I'm still trying to figure out how Stupak, the author of the anti-abortion clause of the health care bill, got called a baby-killer.