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Colin McEnroe Show: A Cat Call & Response To The SOTU

Connecticut Public Radio | By Colin McEnroe
Published January 26, 2011 at 3:24 PM EST
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I heard two New York congressmen on NPR this morning talking about last night's co-called Date Night in which Republicans and Democrats had to find people from the opposite party to sit with.

This morning's consensus, from them? It was a nice thing to do, but we probably won't do it again next year. Oh really? For most of us, I think, there was something reassuring about the spectacle of collegiality even if there were a certain number of clenched teeth involved. 
 
Maybe we want them to do it again next year. And every year after that for the foreseeable future.
I mean, are they saying that, by next year, the pangs of conscience occasioned by the Tucson shooting will have receded and will no longer matter?
 
I have a suggestion to Congress: We'll tell you when we're ready for you to stop acting nice with each other. Until then, humor us with the kabuki theater of cooperation.
 
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Colin McEnroe
Colin McEnroe is a radio host, newspaper columnist, magazine writer, author, playwright, lecturer, moderator, college instructor and occasional singer. Colin can be reached at colin@ctpublic.org.
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