[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 71 (Tuesday, May 2, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E922]
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              DEMOCRATS STILL OFFER AMERICA THE BEST DEAL

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                          HON. MAJOR R. OWENS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                          Tuesday, May 2, 1995
  Mr. OWENS. Mr. Speaker, Members of this House certainly have the 
right to change their parties. But when such soul changing operations 
occur in ways that humiliate fellow Members, the swindled parties have 
a right to express their bitterness. Some Democrats can still hear the 
riotous mocking laughter in the Republican cloakroom as a former 
Democrat from Georgia announced that he was now ready to expose himself 
as a Republican. The problem for some of us is that this crossing of 
the bridge into the enemy camps was staged to achieve maximum 
humiliation for Democrats. The turncoat chose to first play the role of 
Pied Piper playing the tune of welfare reform compromise to gullible, 
juvenile Democrats. He led the children of the Donkey through their own 
manure of illusions. He even had some political babies believing that 
his decoy legislation might pass.
  The lesson of this latest fiasco should be perfectly clear: Democrats 
should stop wasting their energies laboring to construct compromises 
with the Republicans: Instead, Democrats must jettison their 
sluggishness and take a bold new set of alternatives to the masses of 
the caring majority that refused to vote in the last election. We must 
denounce the deals and loudly state exactly what Democrats intend to do 
for this Nation. Democrats must work to create jobs not only for 
welfare recipients but also stimulate job development for the 
unemployed and the underemployed. Democrats must fight for reform that 
eliminates taxes on personal wages of less than $50,000. Democrats must 
sponsor all necessary increases in the education and job training 
budget while we decrease wasteful spending on the CIA, Seawolf 
submarines and F22's for Defense. Democrats must insist that prosperous 
Germany and rich Japan pay the full cost for overseas bases. Democrats 
must do whatever is necessary to rebuild the Nation's physical 
infrastructure and provide greater economic security for citizens at 
all income levels. Instead of stepping in the manure of Trojan horse 
deals; instead of being confused by covenants and ad hoc compromises; 
Democrats should acknowledge and celebrate the solid rock foundations 
of Roosevelt's New Deal. On these foundations--full-employment, Federal 
deposit insurance, a national conservation program, fair labor 
standards, social security, et cetera--Democrats must resolve to keep 
building a magnificent tower of sharing that spreads light over all 
Americans.
                       Manure of the Trojan Horse

     The Trojan plot
     They now reveal
     A low down dirty deal
     Majorities have
     Power appeal
     Democratic cowards
     Are an easy steal
     Loyalty the turncoats
     Never feel
     The Trojan plot
     They now reveal
     The real deal
     Camouflaged
     An Aldridge Ames fox
     In the Gephardt henhouse
     Solidarity forever
     Licking the rear
     Of the sly rude right
     Cunning Caucus Clan
     Benevolently bowing
     To the Benedict Arnolds
     Til all reason
     Sinks way out of sight
     Brief unity was real
     We rallied round the deal
     Liberals waded thru manure and dirt
     Even while it smelled and hurt
     We voted for the deal
     But the Judas hug
     Proved poisonous and unreal
     Prostitution was the thing
     A slimy partisan sting
     Compromise
     Is on the rise
     From the halls of the White House
     To the shores of the DNC
     Adulteration duplication
     Invitation is the
     Grand fascination
     Our nation needs to feel
     Which is the clear and pure
     Just and honest real deal
     The lesson should be learned
     No more should we be burned
     On this plagiarized chapter
     Set tight the sad seal
     Democrats to compromise
     Never again must kneel
     Destiny demands
     That we construct
     Own own dam daring deal
     The Trojan plot
     We all now know
     In a separate direction
     With dedicated speed
     Democrats must go.
     

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