From Ari Fleischer’s press briefing this afternoon:
QUESTION: The President has repeatedly said he wants to bring democracy to Iraq. But here in the District of Columbia, citizens have no elected representatives in Congress. On the license plate, there is a permanent protest. It says “taxation without representation.” What is the President doing to bring democracy to the District of Columbia?
MR. FLEISCHER: Per the Constitution, the District of Columbia is a unique entity and the President has expressed no desire to change the representation that the District of Columbia was given by the framers. And I don’t really think you can equate the District of Columbia being a democracy with Iraq’s failure to be a democracy, and it’s, in fact, of course, a totalitarian state.
I don’t think I would have been as nice. I would have said, “Nobody says you have to live inside the District. You can always move across the line, either direction, and be instantly represented by an elected Congressman and Senators.”
So if you’re really that damn concerned about being represented, District residents, then MOVE YOUR FUCKING ASS OUT. Who the hell wants to live in that place anyway?
I wish I knew who asked this. It almost had to be that harridan Helen Thomas.