The Sanforized Governor--Last Tango in Argentina ?

Department of O, What a Tangoed Web we Weave..Argentine Division.

OK, the Supremecourtjester, the patron saint of loused causes, has come up with a defense for Gov. Mark Sanford. It seems that Republicans were telling him that, as a governor who wanted to run for president, he needed some experience in foreign affairs. He just misunderstood what they meant. And they misunderstood what he meant when he said he was especially interested in a satisfying relationship with Southern hemisphere contacts.

Meanwhile, the tax and trade bill that would impose a tax on out of wedlock relationships (one of the grossest national products (blooming on legislative branches like a parasitic mistletoe plant)) seems to be headed nowhere again this session of congress. The bill (another sin tax")would impose a surcharge (why is it misspelled "sir charge" in the bill?) on illicit affairs by legislators. As usual, the confusing language of the tax bill with subsections of subsections, qualifications and exceptions would impose an assessment on a sliding scale, depending on length of the affair, rank of the politician, number of tearful press conferences, and a surcharge on the surcharge for recidivists. Husbands and wives having separate affairs can file jointly, but the term "joint return" would have a wholly different definition for tax purposes.

Although Congress is desperate for something to tax that as yet is not subject to government revenuers, somehow this bill just never seems to be able to make it out of committee.