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Lawmakers take their cue from ‘Animal House’

Lawmakers who attended a closed-door meeting of the conservative Republican Study Committee last Wednesday watched a clip from the classic frat-house movie “Animal House” to find motivation to press the GOP leadership to include budget-process reform in the House budget resolution.

Conservative Republicans and centrist Republican leaders who attended the meeting attempted several times to get the GOP leadership to amend the budget process to make it harder to waive budget rules. By girding to face down Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas), they apparently have begun to identify with the characters of Delta House in their showdown with the crusty Dean Wormer.

The lawmakers watched inspirational speeches by the characters Otter, the Delta House president, played by Tim Matheson, and Bluto, played by the legendary late Jim Belushi.

Otter: “I think in this case we need to go all out. I think that this situation absolutely requires something really futile and stupid to be done on someone’s part.”

Bluto: “We’re just the guys to do it. LET’S DO IT!!!!”

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First seen at Atrios. This explains a lot about the repub agenda....