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It’s a new year, and an old budget fight. In connection herewith: a song the Democrats are singing.
THE BUDGET SHOW
sung to the tune of a composite of the Muppet Show theme song, with apologies to Disney, Estate of Jim Henson and to whomever ever else the rights may concern.
[spoken by Kermit]
It’s the budget show, with our very special regular distraction: the football industry, yay!!
It’s time to face the music.
It’s time to-gaslight the Right.
It’s time to flirt with a shutdown,
on the budget show tonight.
GOP blames a flood of scapegoats.
It’s time we assess the Right.
It’s time to raise the cuts on the budget show tonight.
[Waldorf and Statler sing the next 4 lines; season 5]
We all agree to stay mum-here.
The half of it, you don’t KNOW.
It’s like a form of torture,
when we’re scandalized on our show.
To push for lower-cost healthCARE,
that’s what we’re here to do,
but with witch hunts and the-prez’s-cronies,
tax dollars are stolen from you.
[Kermit on getting things started below]
It’s time our media donors rePORted,
on how GOP’s sordid…
on the most Orwellian, Machiavellian,
averting-peaSANT-rebellion…
This is the ReCURring budget show!
[spoken] The budget show. Sponsored by powerless, law-abiding American taxpayers.