Waxman to Weiner: ‘Speak English’
A little mameloshn came spilling out of the mouth of Rep. Anthony Weiner (aka the future Mr. Huma Abedin) during a discussion of health care reform. New York Daily News blogger Michael McAuliff reports:
“We’re not going to take hundreds of billions of dollars a year and give it to insurance companies who give us bupkis,” Weiner said, veins bulging.
That prompted a gavel from Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman and a joking rebuke.
“The gentleman will speak English,” Waxman said.
We’re still waiting for someone to tell that to New York City Councilman Hiram Monserrate, who drew the notice of The New York Times with his mastery of Yiddish put-downs and, more recently, proved his proficiency with Yiddish as a language of political praise.
For Weiner and Waxman’s mameloshn mash-up, fast forward the following video to 6:45:
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