“My head is pounding and my throat is sore.”
“You did a lot of screaming last night.”
“Why?”
“We went to a town hall, remember?”
“Vaguely. Why am I dressed like Adolph Hitler?”
“To protest Obama’s fascistic takeover of the healthcare system.”
“Then why are you dressed like Heidi?”
“I’m supposed to be Eva Braun. This is the closest I could get.”
“Where are we? Who are those people?”
“We’re in jail. Those are inmates.”
“Did we get arrested?”
“You tried to strangle our congressman, remember?”
“Not really.”
“You had a good grip on him, too. It took three policemen to pull you off.”
“Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice.”
“Yeah, but it’s a crime.”
“I don’t care. I’ll do anything to prevent universal healthcare.”
“Hey,” says an inmate in the same holding cell, “did you say you’re against it? I don’t have insurance. None of us have it. We can't afford it. But, I’ll bet you can. I’ll bet you have all the insurance you want. You can see any doctor you want, can’t you? Any time that you want.”
“Not exactly, you see - ”
“Get ‘em! Get the Nazis!”
Moderation in the defense of justice is no virtue.
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