Adam McKay is frickin' hillarious.
Why has SNL not been funnier with Adam McKay as the head writer? Oh, he left in 2000. That makes sense. His post on HuffPo about the Abramoff scandal is pure gold.
It is so good to know that our elected officials, who hold an office and a trust given to them by the people in accordance with our more than 200-year-old Constitution will betray that trust and office for... a steak and tickets to a Patriots game. That's right, a cut of meat and a football game. Since when did Dan Jenkins get elected to Congress? Hey guys, if you really, really, really want to go to the Super Bowl you can probably make up a security issue and just go. You're Congressmen. Plus, I'm pretty sure after the second quarter you can just walk in for free at most games. They don't officially say it but the ushers don't care. You don't have to corrupt the whole country.The other big item listed was a golf trip. A golf trip. These politicians are betraying the entire concept of America and democracy for what would be a stage four winner's gift on The Amazing Race. The next thing we'll be told is that Bush is pushing to drill in the Alaskan Wildlife refuge because Exxon gave him a T-Bird shaped VHS tape rewinder.
I knew that people liked schwag, but I didn't know they were willing to subvert our government for it. Hey, Tom Delay, if I take you out to dinner at Wolfgang Puck's at the mall can I have a tenth of a vote?