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Tx4obama

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Wed Oct 30, 2013, 02:50 PM Oct 2013

Congress Can’t Get Enough Sebelius Wizard of Oz Jokes (during Sebelius hearing) - video link



Below is a supercut of all the best Wizard of Oz moments from today’s very strange hearing. “We’re off to see the Wizard…”

VIDEO here: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/watch-congress-cant-get-enough-sebelius-wizard-of-oz-jokes/


Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius was not in Kansas anymore when she testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee in Wednesday. No, the former governor of Kansas was in Washington, D.C., where members of both political parties spent an inordinate amount of time making jokes about and references to The Wizard of Oz.

Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) kicked off the trend, but soon Democrats Frank Pallone of New Jersey and Bruce Braley of Iowa were getting in on the act. By the time in was Kansas Republican Mike Pompeo’s turn to speak, most of the good comments about Yellow Brick Roads and mysterious men hiding behind curtains had been taken. A frustrated Pompeo noted that in his opinion, “I don’t think anybody not from Kansas should be able to do Oz allegories.”

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Congress Can’t Get Enough Sebelius Wizard of Oz Jokes (during Sebelius hearing) - video link (Original Post) Tx4obama Oct 2013 OP
As a native Kansan may I say that Oz jokes are never funny - DURHAM D Oct 2013 #1

DURHAM D

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1. As a native Kansan may I say that Oz jokes are never funny -
Wed Oct 30, 2013, 03:48 PM
Oct 2013

they are usually meant to ridicule us and they are not clever.

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