Top 5 overused metaphors from debt ceiling negotiations

Source: Raw Story
By Kase Wickman

As the debate over whether and how to raise the nation's debt ceiling and cut the deficit droned on and on the past few weeks, lawmakers seemed to be running out of not just time before the August 2 deadline, but also out of original metaphors to brighten up their statements and positions.

Here are the top five dumbest recurring themes of the 2011 debt ceiling negotiations.

1. What's on the menu?

Though Republicans feasted on pizza delivered to the office of House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) on Friday, the most dominant meme of the past few weeks -- food -- has focused on other treats.

To underline the importance of avoiding default, President Barack Obama said July 11 that it was time to "eat our peas." (The Pea Council supported the president's message, and added that a few lentils couldn't hurt either.) Boehner likened the Democrats in the negotiation process to Jell-O: "Some days it's firmer than others; some days it's like they left it out overnight." Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) lashed out at attempts to cut from defense spending, suggesting, "let's pass a bill to cover the moon with yogurt." Mother Jones' Kevin Drum's immediate reaction to the Sunday night debt deal was that it was a "shit sandwich," and Black Caucus chairman Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) came along on the picnic as well. Sunday, he called the deal a sugar-coated Satan sandwich."

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