Martin Bashir just read the GOP the riot act by quoting Oliver Cromwell

[Hekate]

... when he closed out Parliament circa 1653.

I'll try to get the whole quote, but it was not only vintage, it was absolutely hilarious in context. Most of those idjits have no idea who Cromwell was -- but they will surely get it that they have been roundly excoriated. Probably don't know what "excoriated" means either.

[Spider Jerusalem]

1. that would be this:

“You have sat too long here for any good you have been doing lately…. Depart, I say; and let us have done with you. In the name of God,—go!”

[Cha]

19. thanks for that, Spider.. most excellent

[grantcart]

27. Only at DU would you have a thread like this and the first poster have the correct

quotation.

I am impressed.

[blm]

2. They never knew what the Gadsden Flag meant, either, and that didn't stop them.

.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. This one?

"You have sat too long for any good you have been doing lately. Depart, I say; and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!"

It certainly fits.

[Hekate]

4. The whole thing: Ye have no more religion than my horse; gold is your God...

It is high time for me to put an end to your sitting in this place, which you have dishonored by your contempt of all virtue, and defiled by your practice of every vice; ye are a factious crew, and enemies to all good government; ye are a pack of mercenary wretches, and would like Esau sell your country for a mess of pottage, and like Judas betray your God for a few pieces of money.

Is there a single virtue now remaining amongst you? Is there one vice you do not possess? Ye have no more religion than my horse; gold is your God; which of you have not barter'd your conscience for bribes? Is there a man amongst you that has the least care for the good of the Commonwealth?

Ye sordid prostitutes have you not defil'd this sacred place, and turn'd the Lord's temple into a den of thieves, by your immoral principles and wicked practices? Ye are grown intolerably odious to the whole nation; you were deputed here by the people to get grievances redress'd, are yourselves gone! So! Take away that shining bauble there, and lock up the doors.

In the name of God, go!

http://www.famous-speeches-and-speech-topics.info/famous-short-speeches/oliver-cromwell-speech-dissolution-of-the-long-parliament.htm

[freshwest]

12. Wow, awesome and very fit!

[Cha]

20. Thanks for that most appropriate Graphic, fresh!

[geek tragedy]

5. Ah yesk, his speech to the rump parliament nt

[freshwest]

15. Ah, we need video! Don't know where it is on youtube though. Martin's videos are hard to find there.

[PADemD]

6. Loved it!

Can we send it to every Teabagger?

[sibelian]

11. I think you should...

[malaise]

7. 360 years ago

http://premiumtimesng.com/opinion/130653-a-word-for-our-leaders-by-femi-fani-kayode.html

[Cirque du So-What]

8. There's no love lost between me & Oliver Cromwell

but I grant a grudging respect toward his disdain for useless politicians.

[Scootaloo]

9. Appropos quote, but Cromwell makes my skin crawl n/t

[ailsagirl]

10. They're such dimwits

Boggles the mind

[mark eagledove]

13. He is the best

My favorite political show host by far!

[flamingdem]

14. Great quote!

Martin is a genius

[Itchinjim]

16. I believe the whole quote goes like this:

You have sat too long for any good you have been doing lately. Depart, I say; and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go! And murder a bunch of the Irish!"

[Hekate]

17. see post #4

[IrishAyes]

18. I have no personal use for Cromwell either; but the quote's beautiful, on target, and

much appreciated. After all this time, the words have a life of their own apart from the fanatic who first spoke them. (Cromwell stepped up the genocide against the Irish far beyond his predecessors.)

[Spider Jerusalem]

22. Not for the first time

they were addressed to Neville Chamberlain in 1940.

[Hekate]

23. Thank you, IrishAyes

Sometimes a quote is just a quote.

Hekate
(also Irish-American)

[WilliamPitt]

25. I just deleted a post that read

"Anyone with Irish blood who Rec's this post needs a history refresher."

I deleted it because of your post.

[IrishAyes]

28. Thank you to a poster I respect a great deal.

Once in awhile, with the wind at my back and luck on my side, I don't miss the mark quite so widely as usual.

I look at the quote somewhat like "Yankee Doodle Dandy" and "ObamaCare". Both started as perjoratives but were adopted by the targets and worn with pride. We've simply taken the words, cleansed them with a new beginning, and carried on.
...................................

My favorite Irishman in history, Michael Collins, dealt with the British in the best way possible at the time, signing the Treaty of Partition. It was not a surrender but rather buying time to regroup and resume. Yet as he said, "I've signed my own death warrant." De Valera May-He-Rot-In-Hell-Forever saw to that. Even my father swore and spat the few times he ever mentioned the latter's name.

Please forgive me if I sound like I'm preaching to the choir. Don't mean to. It's just that MC was a saint in our house; in addition to being warrior and statesman, he was a real policy wonk, having designed the modern Irish state from the ground up, which most people seem to forget now. Sort of reminds me of another surprising policy wonk, Al Franken, far better known as comedian and liberal champion extraordinaire. I take his newsletter although I don't live anywhere near his district.

OK, I'm out of breath now. Carry on!

[Cha]

21. ..

[muriel_volestrangler]

26. And then they came up with a Parliament with members nominated by churches

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominated_Assembly

which everyone thought was a failure; and they replaced that with Cromwell as dictator.