"No, that's not it", stated West Virgina's Robert Byrd. "That's not what I meant when I said...I forgot, read it back to me."
"Sir, you stated that 'It's been stalled in committee!'. Which bill were you referring to?"
"Bill, my ass! I'm trying to tell you that I'm constipated! I was attempting to tell you in a nice way before C-Span over there. From now on, I'm going to look that live camera in the eye and state, "I Can't Shit!!"
After several of his political friends ran over and wheeled the Senator off the Senate floor, someone tried to get up and start talking about the oil leak.
However, in a strange sounding echo behind the speaker was "I still can't shit!"
So the microphone was turned off.
But not before old Jim Bunning of Kentucky was heard to declare, "Gentlemen, my bill is also stalled in committee! Get it? I have a full house...but what I need is a flush! Turn off that***** camera!"
