Friday, April 15, 2005

Stellar Billmon

[O]ffhand, I can't think of anyone (in the politics business or anywhere else for that matter) who reminds me so much of a particular species as Tom DeLay does. And that species is Chelydra serpentina -- the common snapping turtle.

The physical resemblance itself is striking:

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But the lifestyles and habits of the two animals are where the relationship becomes really close. One is an ugly but cunning reptile with a voracious appetite, which lurks in the scum at the bottom of ponds and greedily devours any weak or defenseless creature that comes within reach of its powerful jaws. The other one, of course, is a snapping turtle.

  Read this Billmon post

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.

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