20/20 Gonzo 13: The Local Disco

Somehow we made it in to the House Chamber, me and Bobby McGee.  Crowds and mobs in the hallways were chanting loudly and in unison, they had chosen sides.  On one side, "Go Nads!! Go Nads!!", they were cheering for New York Democratic Congessman Robert Nadler.  On the other side, "Go Mert!!  Go Mert!!", they were cheering for Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert.  Some sort of fight was about to go down.

Surprisingly, the House Chamber was mostly empty.  We were expecting an all out brawl, guess the Nadler/Gohmert fight was happening later in the afternoon.  Like Romero, the bull-fighter in The Sun Also Rises, there was alot of formality involved.  Then the elected officials started taking turns on the microphones, everyone was calling everyone else their "good friend from (insert state)", the "aisle" was repeatedly discussed, they were loud, they were insulting, they were orderly.  The carpet was obnoxious, in God they all trusted.

We kept waiting, eventually we got bored, Bobby was asleep near the C-Span camera operator, who was also asleep. No surprise, the previous night was wild and weird.  On our way home from a night out at the local disco, we had abandoned our car near a flooded swamp outside of town, it just quit working.  The five mile walk back was smelly, soggy, and somewhat dangerous.  Figure I'll wake her when this Nadler and Gohmet fight starts, her body, mind, and spirit need the rest.