Worst Congress Ever: Rolling Stone Writer Matt Taibbi on Dem. Now!

[babylonsister]

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/10/27/1340203

Friday, October 27th, 2006
Worst Congress Ever: Rolling Stone Writer Matt Taibbi on How Our National Legislature Has Become a "Stable of Thieves and Perverts"

Rolling Stone contributing editor Matt Tabbi takes an in-depth look at the outgoing 109th Congress in his article, "The Worst Congress Ever." In it, Taibbi writes that over the past six years, "The U.S. parliament became a historical punch line, a political obscenity on par with the court of Nero or Caligula -- a stable of thieves and perverts who committed crimes rolling out of bed in the morning and did their very best to turn the mighty American empire into a debt-laden, despotic backwater, a Burkina Faso with cable." With just over a week left to Election Day, the mainstream media is focusing on key contests and issues that are shaping this year's mid-term elections. Control of the House and Senate is up for grabs in what many describe as the most pivotal battle for Congress in over a decade.

Whatever the outcome, the 110th United States Congress will open session on January 3rd, 2007. While the country's attention remains focused on the upcoming elections, few are considering the current state of the legislative branch. How did the 109th Congress perform?

The cover story of this week's issue of Rolling Stone magazine takes on that issue. The article is "The Worst Congress Ever: How our national legislature has become a stable of thieves and perverts -- in five easy steps." It's written by Matt Tabbi, a contributing editor for the magazine. He joins us in the firehouse studio.

* Matt Taibbi, contributing editor for Rolling Stone Magazine. He is author of "Spanking the Donkey: Dispatches from the Dumb Season."

[lazyriver]

1. I read his article in RS last night and

it is fantastic! I had no idea about the childish games and dirty pool the Pukes are playing to keep Dems out of the legislative "process" (if that's what you can call what has been going on for the last few years). They have devolved Congress into a bad joke while literally wasting hundreds of billions of dollars, raping the environment at every chance, stripping Americans of Constitutional rights, and killing tens, if not hundreds of thousands of people along the way. A highly recommended read to all.

[babylonsister]

2. Thanks for your review. The interview was scathing as well.

Now I'm going to read it; I did see it posted around DU yesterday.