Sunday, December 20, 2009

On the Debate Floor

“The Senator from Arizona is out of line!” said Chairman Gordon.

“I demand the right to speak,” growled Senator Krantz.

“I invoke Rule 714-point-3,” said Gordon. He rose, his hand rising to the shimmering talisman at his neck.

“So be it.” Krantz narrowed his eyes and stepped from behind the podium. With a sharp gesture, he snapped the ruby off of his tiepin. It flared with crimson light, and the phoenix burst forth in a gout of flame.

Gordon clutched his viridian stone and the winged saurian form of his own guardian emerged, hissing. “Let us now debate!” he cried.

2 comments:

Loren Eaton said...

Now this would make C-SPAN awesome! And I thought Stuart Smalley shutting down Lieberman was interesting to watch.

Scattercat said...

I think that video clip was actually the origin point. It's what got me thinking about senate debates that day, anyway.