Under New Management

The House of Representatives Republican Caucus (a/k/a Caucus Nostra) got together to select their new Majority Leader… and the future indictment goes to… Congressman John Boehner (R-OH). As Julia reminds us here… the new face of the Republican Party leadership of the House bears a striking resemblance to… the old face…
Let’s just say that the great service that folks like Jack Abramoff and his clients have come to expect from the House GOP leadership will continue as before, unabated, with no slowdowns, and no apologies, and seemingly no other repercussions (save Bugs DeLay having to do his fighting in the back benches of Congress and the defendants’ bench of an Austin courtroom.)
And shifting from the faces of actual monsters to the face of t.v. monsters, we take this opportunity to note how much we are saddened by the loss of an American original, Roosevelt Island’s own Al “Grandpa Munster” Lewis, who passed away at the ripe young age of 95… Not too long ago, Al ran as New York’s Green Party candidate for Governor (despite being in his late 80’s), garnering over 50,000 votes… as well as being a restauranteur, a basketball scout, a well-traveled actor… and of course, a camp staple as a Middle American vampire… While the House on Capitol Hill goes on, the house at 1313 Mockingbird Lane looms emptier…