Rep. Donna Edwards Scolds GOP by Quoting Song Lyrics on House Floor
- Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:15pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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I‘d like to think I’m pretty hip, but when I heard Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD) give the GOP a tongue-lashing this afternoon while quoting the band White Stripes, I had no idea who she was talking about. I also wondered why she was quoting obscure song lyrics in order to bash Republicans about the budget (by the way, notice she’s wearing a white-striped shirt):
So I did a little research. Apparently, the White Stripes are a Grammy Award-winning alternative rock group featuring female drummer Meg White and her now ex-husband and lead singer Jack White. In February, they ceased being a band.
The song Edwards referenced is “Effect and Cause.” The lyrics, which seem to be about blaming others for your actions, are below:
I guess you have to have a problem
If you want to invent a contraption
First you cause a train wreck
Then you put me in tractionWell, first came an action
And then a reaction
But you can’t switch around
For your own satisfaction
Well, you put my house down, then got mad
At my reactionWell, in every complicated situation
You’re the human relation
Makin’ sense of it all
Take a whole lot a concentrationWell, you can blame my baby
For her pregnant ma
And if there’s one of these
On the order for laws
It‘s that you just can’t take the effect
And make it the causeWell, you can’t take the effect
And make it the cause
I didn’t rob a bank
Because you made up a law
When you people robbin’ Peter
Don’t you blame Paul
Can’t take the effect
And make it the cause
I ain’t the reason that you gave me no reason to return your call
You built a house of cards and got shocked when you saw them fall
Well are you sayin‘ I’m innocent?
In fact the reverse
But if you‘re headin’ to the grave
You don’t blame the hearse
You‘re like a little girl yellin’ at her brother
‘Cause you lost his ballWell you keep blamin’ me for what you did
And that ain’t all
The way you clean up a wreck
Is enough to get one pause
You seem to forget
Just how this song started
I‘m reactin’ to you because you left me broken-hearted
See, you just can’t take the effect
And make it the causeCan’t take the effect
And make it the cause
I didn’t rob a bank
Because you made up a law
Blame people robbin’ Peter
Don’t you blame Paul
Can’t take the effect
And make it the cause
You can listen to the song below:
I wonder if the group ever imagined their song would be quoted on the House floor just hours before the budget shuts down.
(H/T: Buzzfeed)
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Comments (202)
Steven63
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:44pmProof…
that liberals are losing their minds.
Report Post »Gypsy One
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:43pmPeople like her are not leaders when they have to resort to a rap song or whatever it is, to get their point across. Well, obama needs his teleprompter and she needs an already written lyric no one even wants to hear. That‘s par for the dem’s.
Report Post »Amica
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:38pmLaughing-til-I-cry!
Report Post »Jim in Houston
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:37pmLet’s hear it from the BCC morons. They always have something stupid to say.
Report Post »elosogrande
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:36pmI hope she makes more sense when she addresses Congress in her own words. If not, she’s a fool.
Report Post »Vote her out!
Donald
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:36pmDoes anyone have a pacifier for these Dem’s.
Report Post »And get we get a quote from Pelosi…word
BetterDays
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:32pmAnd the 17% of America that blindly follows after these liars shall rue the day they were so blind.
Report Post »We are the TEA PARTY, We are diverse and yet united, we are a quiet force like a tsunami..you can‘t hear us coming but you’ll for sure know we were there, We are many, We are growing, We are serious, We are mad as hell, We are not going away….you are. We are 36% of America and growing,…………….WE THE PEOPLE WILL BE HEARD !!!!
Amica
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:42pmI think your use of the word “tsunami” is insensitive and there is a chance, however slight, that seeing it may cause some percentage off the population some degree of discomfort. Shame on you.
(do I have to mention that I’m kidding?)
Report Post »concealled9mms
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:53pmBecause of all the bad press the tea party receives i found out myself that so much was lies i joined and i think alot more are gonna come aboard
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:54pmWHY I OTTA…….I …….I…….I……oh your kidding….whew, I actually thought I’d have to follow through for a second……………
Report Post »Amica
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:56pmDang it!
Report Post »“OF the population” not “OFF the population”
id-look-fat-in-a-burka
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:30pmWhat an idiot!!
Report Post »lynda1276
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:30pmcrack is whack
Report Post »Dr. Insane O
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:30pmAffirmative action at it’s best
Report Post »Treaty
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:28pmI’ve come to believe that the reason that we are having all these problems boils down to the number of immigrants that we have that know nothing of the history of the US. If the Republicans want to change this they must enact laws that require a non-revisionist history class in grades 1 through 12. It’s so sad that we have all of these entitlement programs that Democrats become so dependant on that it becomes next to impossible to wean them off the government teet.
Report Post »Falcon11
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:27pmSomebody needs to hide her crack before it’s too late.
Report Post »Dr. Insane O
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:27pmWe are seeing what happens when the preprogrammed oboambots cannot adjust to “no you can’t”.
Whatever they have for brains begin to short out and they don’t make sense. They can’t describe that they want a typical female haircut, Dress in Hale Bopp garb and wear a wrist brace on their right hand for attention.
Report Post »Nervous Investor
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:27pmIs this Representative out of her head? …… Oh wait …. am I naming a Rolling Stones Album …… nahhh that was “Out Of Our Heads”. The DemoRats need to grow up already and start to take responsibility.
Report Post »StevenL1955
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:24pmHow about a song titled “We’re Broke”
Report Post »Nervous Investor
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:29pmGreat Idea StevenL1955. Might try to write one over the weekend.
Report Post »chickenlittle
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 5:51pmLibs already got their “Money for Nothing.“ Maybe conservatives with ”Already Gone” as a reply? …but the actual Eagles lyrics don’t fit as well.
Report Post »Beckofile
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:23pmI still can’t believe Obama got elected and then you show me this lady. I weep for my country because obviosly someone was dumb enough to cast votes for these loons?
Report Post »Edgar Bennet
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:23pmWhat’s next? ‘If it pleases the Speaker I’d like to reply via interpretive dance’ …
Report Post »Nervous Investor
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:30pmNice one Edgar Bennet.
Report Post »Amica
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:34pmThe mental image caused by your comment made me laugh out loud, thanks!
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:36pmWhat’s next? ‘If it pleases the Speaker I’d like to reply via interpretive dance’ …
Report Post »………..with my dance partner Baaanee Faaank
lynda1276
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:40pmso funny….
Report Post »hgovantes
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 5:10pmThat was too funny.
Report Post »lynnissmart
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 5:23pmOh that made me laugh!
Report Post »crackerone
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 7:03pmThat was one of the funniest posts I’ve seen!
Made my month!
Report Post »tierrah
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:23pmI think Ms. Edwards doesn’t understand the concept of the song!!!
Report Post »MBA
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:50pmYa think?
Report Post »Strat_Cat
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:22pmNothing original here, she should be tea bagged!!!!
Report Post »Amica
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:44pmIf by tea bagged you mean dunked in hot water, wrung out and then discarded.
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:22pmWhat?? What is wrong with these idiots? What kind of trash do we have in our government? Quoting the lyrics of some second-rate rap song is almost funny if it were not so sickening. That kind of thinking is typical from that sort of representative.
Report Post »pajamash
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:21pmWell, being that the cause is way too much spending over way to many years this is the effect of that spending. It has to happen sometime! Better now than when we are closer to the edge than we already are!
Report Post »Untameable-kate
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:21pmThis just keeps on getting dumber and dumber.
Report Post »BonnieBlueFlag
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:37pmWell at least she is quoting a source with political expertise. Sort of like the policy advice given to Obama by the Black Eyed Peas during the Superbowl. Some real wisdom there.
“Mista President we gotta get these kids educated.” So profound.
Also, this foolish fraud does not listen to the White Stripes. These lyrics were sent to her in an email (obviously)
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 5:00pmYes it does. Huckabee was just on Cavuto saying that the Republicans should not hold out on this battle….they were so close on the money that they should compromise. It was not worth the hurt it would place on Military families. Can’t win every fight he says…………need to compromise and fight another day……………
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 5:59pmYou know .. we keep hearing about how dumb Republican women are … WELL democrats have them ALL BEAT!
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:21pmCome on lady, Let it be, let it be, let be. oh let it be. Simple words of wisdom let be. If your going to quote song lyrics, at least make it something people know.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:23pmI am a rock. I am an island. A rock feels no pain, and an island never cries.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:32pmEven better Showtime.
Report Post »Amica
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:36pmBaby you’re a fire work…c‘mon and show them what you’re worth
Report Post »Make ‘em go “Ah ah ah” as you shoot across the sky sky sky.
BetterDays
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:56pmThere is unrest in the forest
There is trouble with the trees
For the maples want more sunlight
And the oaks ignore there pleas
Rush.
Report Post »NancyBee
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 5:01pm“Stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues again”…..Dylan
Report Post »Edgar Bennet
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 5:11pmCmon everybody -
‘naaa naaa naa naa na na naaaaaaaaaaaaaa, na na na naaaaaaaaaaa Hey Jude’
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 5:42pmThis land is mine; God gave this land to me
This brave and ancient land to me
And when the morning sun reveals her hills and plain
Then I see a land where children can run free
So take my hand and walk this land with me
And walk this lovely land with me
Though I am just a man, when you are by my side
With the help of God I know I can be strong
To make this land our home
Report Post »If I must fight, I’ll fight to make this land our own
Until I die, this land is mine.
“Exodus”
CatB
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 5:55pmJimmy crack corn and I don’t care!
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 6:28pmInsert lyrics from any song off Pink Floyds “The Wall”
Report Post »Hula Calhoun
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 6:42pmGoo-goo-ga-joob
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:20pmDo they get royalties for her using their song?
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:33pmShe is a minority, woman democrat,
Report Post »so I’m guessing she will be charging the band “ White Stripes” for using their lyrics
Sparky101
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:49pmI heard she was also Jewish and a cross-dresser and of Hispanic descent. This makes her an “extreme” minority.
Report Post »123gone
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 5:18pmListen to it again, she changed some of the lyrics to suit her own agenda.
Report Post »chickenlittle
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 5:43pmYa know… I’m not positive (I don’t know the bands today OR the music), but I think this is the band that was playing that nightclub on the east coast that had that giant pyrotechnics fire that killed so many people some years back. Could be why they aren’t a “band” anymore.
Report Post »8jrts
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 5:45pm123gone
“Listen to it again, she changed some of the lyrics to suit her own agenda.”
Does this surprises you? When does the left NOT change things around to suit their agenda? If one of them didn’t…..well, that WOULD surprise me!!
Report Post »LadyIzShy
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:17pmwhat the heck? this doesnt make sense.. wonder what she was smoking
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:22pmDonna Edwards
CeeLo has a song for you , 2 words …..
pajamash
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:23pm“wonder what she was smoking”
Do you really want to know?
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:23pmWhatever it was, it stretched her lips!
Report Post »BIGJAYINPA
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:28pmOnce again I am forced to question the intelligence of the voters that sent this train wreck to Congress. What makes people vote for representation like this?? I am really starting to fear for my country’s future if this is the type of people we want to serve us in Washington. Yes I said serve us, these clowns work for us they are supposed to do what we tell them to do. Not as so many belive the other way around.
Report Post »Beckofile
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:30pmDon’t go a blamin
Report Post »For the lacking of the budget
We just did not want to run on it
Elections go badning when tell the truth thing
I’s is an idiot but you dids the electin
Proven the whole thing is a result of the
Progressives
Beckofile
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:35pmCan someone do the 2nd Verse
Report Post »Lantern
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:36pmThe Democrat National Anthem huh? Never heard of them. I’ve heard of Jack BLACK, but not White.
Report Post »WTH
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:37pm@Cheezwhiz
LMAO, very nice reference to a much better song that is fitting for this rep.
Report Post »WEHTexas
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:39pmI am not even going to watch the video. I read the lyrics and it makes no sense. I am now more dumb after reading those lyrics.
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:43pmWhat will Weiner sing
Report Post »Dale
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:44pmTHE BEAT GOES ON: eleanor holmes norton, shelia jackson lee, waters, lois capps, donna edwards – AND THE BEAT GOES ON!
Report Post »thegrassroots
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:48pmThey can stop anytime now! I’m convinced already! The dems are the least intelligent and the most immature of all! They could be very entertaining, without even trying. If it wasn’t so serious, I’d have a good laugh.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:50pmDid she borrow Obama’s teleprompter, because it makes about that much sense.
Report Post »OhPleaseEnoughAlready
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 5:02pmLibs never cease to amaze me! These people cause the problems and then they blame the conservatives for trying too fix it? Do we live in make believe world or something? ENOUGH ALREADY!!!
Report Post »DTOM_Jericho
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 5:02pmSO….. you are quoting a divorced couple that masquerade as brother and sister? … you have just proven how completely stupid the “educated” have become.
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 5:11pmIs there some sort of requirement for Democratic radicals in Washington to be suffering from brain damage?….Why is person not only wasting my tax dollars, but using up my breatheable air too?
Report Post »exdem
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 5:18pmIs Soros giving them acid and CDs?? What the hell is this? We should’nt be surprised , I guess. After all Stephan Colbert gave congressional testimony in comedic character. Our whole political system has turned into one big bizarre joke.
Report Post »theonefromabove
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 5:18pmYeah what was she on?
http://politicalbowl.com – Political Videos
Report Post »paperpushermj
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 5:19pmThis is what happens when a Congress person comes from a safe district. Natural selection of the brightest and best person to represent its people fails and you end up with sub-par people like Rep. Edwards.
Report Post »BuckOfama
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 6:00pmAnd I would like to quote a song for the demoncrats……. I like big butts and I can not lie………….
Report Post »Obama Bin Lying
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 6:13pmWhat is really sad here is….the democraps are the ones who caused this. The GOP is trying to stop the insane runaway spending of the OWEbama abomination. They had their chance to pass this last year…but Peelosi and her evil minions decided to play games.
Report Post »Sheepdog911
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 6:24pmNormally, I’d advise an idiot like this not to quit her day job …. but then again, she’s a Democratic Congresswoman, so I think I’ll make an exception.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 6:45pmI found a better song for her ….. ENJOY!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOKK8mAkiUI
Report Post »PACMAN55
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 6:51pmWtf
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 3:14amLadyIzShy
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:17pm
what the heck? this doesnt make sense.. wonder what she was smoking
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According to the album cover, it looks as if she was smoking “Icky Thump”… whatever the heck that is?????
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right-wing-waco
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 11:58amApparently, liberal voters and the progressive idiots in D.C. and State houses all over the country really believe that they can create wealth, (money, income, prosperity), by just spending great sums of OTHER PEOPLES money.
What the country needs is a first class taxpayer revolt. Imagine if everyone could just take 6 months off work an shut down the revenue to the government.
Send a weekly message to your Congresscritters and also to the un-President at the government web site whitehouse.gov. Be respectful but blunt & don’t hold back.
Report Post »Dave In Arizona
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 9:08pm@BIGJAYINPA
[snip].What makes people vote for representation like this?? I am really starting to fear for my country’s future if this is the type of people we want to serve us in Washington. [snip]
For the most part, the voters and the people they vote for are the products of a Liberal/Progressive education. How well do you think that’s working out for us?
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