the first time as farce, the second time as tragedy, or perhaps as farcical tragic fustercluck
Mark Steyn, making a joke in April, 2006:
We need to regularize the situation of the 298 million non-undocumented residents of the United States. Right now, we get a lousy deal compared with the 15 million fine upstanding members of the Undocumented American community.And it's nothing off Mark Steyn to point out that he didn't invent that joke; it had been around a while before that. (Ace used it a few days after Steyn, too.)
Harry Reid, who was not trying to be funny, yet succeeded, today:
This week, we will vote on cloture and final passage of a comprehensive bill that will strengthen border security, bring the 12 million undocumented Americans out of the shadows, and keep our economy strong. In the days ahead, we will work to improve the bill to protect and strengthen family ties while improving the structure of the temporary-worker program.
I wasn't aware that Josh Jennings was writing policy for the Democrats these days: