Wednesday, May 25, 2005
ONCE AGAIN WE SPOTLIGHT: THIS DAY IN DOWNTRODDEN PARTY HISTORY...
May 25, 1977: President Jimmy Carter sends one of his first pieces of legislation to the US Congress: an effort to make the peanut the National Bird. Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill calls it "one of the most important bills to hit my desk" but screams in horror after an aide eats the peanut accompanying the bill. In the US Senate, Senator Ted Kennedy tries to filibuster a Republican bill to make the first Tuesday in October "Remember Victims of Drowning" Day.
Please stay tuned for our next installment of: THIS DATE IN DOWNTRODDEN PARTY HISTORY!
