I want to shed some "lyte" on analogies. Apparently, some House Republicans think that the current situation in Iran mimics their plight. Yes, the minority party in the US is the opposition party in Iran. They're like brothers of a different mother.
Maybe these folks didn't notice, but the elections that took place here in November didn't involve mass riots, media shut-downs, and killings. The whole transition of power went off seamlessly in January. Everyone's votes, Minnesota excepted, counted. Election results were not announced before the votes were tallied.
Oh! They are comparing the protests and unrest to how they feel when they are treated like the minority party in the House. I get it. So, when you don't have enough votes to continue adding amendments to a bill and they cut you off, it is the same as having a presidential election stolen from you. Yeah, it's the exact same thing.
The House Republicans also bond with the Iranian protestors over Twitter. They claim that both are oppressed minorities using social media to get their message out. Hmmm, last time I checked, CNN, MSNBC, Fox, ABC, CBS,and NBC were all still broadcasting and letting House Republicans on their networks to blather. Rush Limbaugh, the sad, junkie clown that is the de facto leader of their party, was still shouting at the rain on his nationally broadcasted radio show. Oh, and Drudge Report is still drudging. But I think House Republicans like to Twitter because it doesn't require grammatical or spelling skills.
So Nancy Pelosi would be Ahmedinejad? Would Obama be Khameni? Who is the Republican's Mousavi? Boehner? They are both tan, so that might work. Though to be honest, I think Boehner is a bit darker, but figuratively and literally.
So if House Republicans in 2009 are Iranian protestors, what were House Democrats in say, 2003? Does North Korean have a parliament?
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