Golden Rule

"Do unto us as we should have done unto you:"

On the House side, members did their part to pledge cooperation, but those claims were clouded by Republican charges that Democrats already aren't living up to their campaign promises.

"I think they're getting off to a bit of a rough start," said incoming House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio

"In 1994 when we took control of the House, 12 years ago, it wasn't that — we wanted to treat Democrats the way we had asked to be treated. And, frankly, that's what we did. What we really expect out of the Democrats is for them to treat us as they would like to have been treated," Boehner said.

That's just fine John. We'll treat you just the way you treated us.

Meanwhile, this isn't the only case where Republicans are running afowl of Biblical allusions.

Last night on CNN, Tweety Bird (Chris Matthews) was interviewing Al Sharpton and a Republican talking head, whose name I've forgotten. The Republican started whining about how the weak-kneed Democrats always wanted the lion to lie down with the lamb, and opined that that was an idiotic way to think.

Al Sharpton was back at him instantly with some comment like, "the allusion to lions lying down with lambs comes from the Bible. I would think you guys, who always want to spout off about 'Christian values' might take a lesson from it."