C-SPAN has a video up of Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX) on the House floor giving a speech about the evils of domestic violence. That would be a pretty normal thing for them to do! But his grandson is sitting behind him the whole time, falling asleep and thus undermining Poe’s details about how scary domestic violence is. From the 3:07 mark: “He went to the business where she worked…he came up to her, and he poured that gasoline over her head, and he set her on fire.” BORING, GRANDPA.
So there is your cute Wonkette video of the day, to balance out that video of children exploding and shooting blood everywhere we put up earlier. [YouTube via Wonkette operative "Kevin R."]
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Travis Poe in '40
The kid fell asleep because he's used to Grandpa Ted reading him bedtime stories about the Holocaust. Sweet dreams, kid.
Looks like the roofies are kicking in.
Poewnd by boredom.
God I hope no Republicans saw that video in their antechambers and then tip toed up behind and cold snatched his ass.
…and take him back to their 'uncle' chambers.
You're never too young to chase the dragon in Texas.
I'm not sleeping…
this is a perfect demonstration of what's wrong with our schools, our churches, and our institutions of government, all of which are 19th-century snooze-inducers in a 21st-century world. for the sake of the future of our great republic, give these kids some dancing bears, flashing lights, and some songs! some songs, dammit! and some exploding stuff, too, that burns and looks real cool.
Except for the churches; their boring nature leads a lot of people to give up on going, which is definitely a positive. And makes their children safer.
All I wanted was a Pepsi…
I, for one, support the idea of letting a dancing bear loose in the Senate. And by dancing I mean angry and hungry.
My fortune cookie reads…
"A grizzly will wreak undesirable havoc."
Please reconsider.
Mostly I feel sorry for the bear. It's one thing to digest some senators and their Armani suits, but have you ever had to shit out 100 American flag pins? It's not pretty.
School lessons need more bling!
The kid's bored because he actually plays GTA — grandpa just watches him and talks about it like it's real.
Rousting commies tuckers a little guy out.
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things that escape those who dream only at night.
Needs moar Raffi.
Someone needs to smack that kid around.
Watch at :41 when another congressman comes over and accosts the kid for sleeping.
It was Mark Foley urging him to pay a little visit to the cloakroom.
When I took my eighth graders on a class trip to Washington, D.C. last spring, we visited the House chamber. It's much smaller—and much warmer, and much more boring—than I imagined it would be. I would probably fall asleep, too.
My grandfather was in the audience of the Price is Right once and he could never get over how much smaller the set seemed in person than it looked on TV. Same principle, I guess?
You'd be tired too if you were last night's entertainment at the C Street house.
Passed around like a joint at a Fish concert?
Some where Mark Foley is wishing he was still in Congress.
What's this ad that keeps popping up:
Wasilla: Mom discovers secret to get reality TV show, become President.
That is an awesome ad, I gotta tell you.
How many times do you have to listen Grandpa's stories from his youth? I wouldn't stay awake after the tenth telling either.
Isn't taking your grandson onto the floor of congress and taking your eye off him while the Republicans have the floor just asking for trouble?
The Poes have always been dreamers and dream weavers…
Poe kid!
Is there any explanation of why the kid is there in the first place? Babysitter cancelled at the last minute?
The poor kid probably made some offhand dinner time comment like "So, Gramp is a congressman, but what exactly does he do all day?"
He'll learn soon enough to shut up with those bright ideas.
The exploding children video is the best one I've seen since that woman got brained by a watermelon last month.
Reminds me of when I went to visit the Supreme Court with my college political science class and I nodded off while we were speaking to Potter Stewart. The prof hit me upside the head to wake me. In my defense, we were out at strip bars the night before. Odd in retrospect, because I don't even like the titties.
No way this is real. It's clearly a Poe.
I don't blame Travis, I fell asleep just watching the video.
And, as he speaks of domestic violence, the poison begins to wreak its terrible effect….
A Texas Republican worried about domestic violence? Are we sure this wasn't just his lead up to introducing the "Bitch, Grin and Bear It" bill?
Wait. They're trying to outlaw spousal immolation?!! That's it, I give up on America. I'm moving to Canadia, where Freedom is more than just a bumper sticker.
ok that's just fucking rude. like anyone would stay awake in that fetid old man atmosphere with the droning on hour after hour?
i think i'll be six now forever and ever.
also: we need the name of the shithead that woke him up.
He's right. You should have to pass an IQ test to buy gasoline in Texas.
Shouldn't the kid be in school?
"Is this a kissing book?"
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