Tire rims and Anthrax from "Balloon Juice "

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"I really don’t understand how bipartisanship is ever going to work when one of the parties is insane. Imagine trying to negotiate an agreement on dinner plans with your date, and you suggest Italian and she states her preference would be a meal of tire rims and anthrax. If you can figure out a way to split the difference there and find a meal you will both enjoy, you can probably figure out how bipartisanship is going to work the next few years."

Sorry, but I had to post this, because I'm using it as mental shorthand all the time, and I just heard it last week.

Someone also posted this adjustment, which I also like:

"Imagine trying to negotiate an agreement on dinner plans with your date, and you suggest Italian and she states her preference [would be a meal of tire rims and anthrax] to give the rich guy at the next table a tax break, hoping he buys your dinner."

I am more than a little concerned we'll have the same feeling as we break out the Chianti for the health care reform debate...

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