TweedleDem and TweedleRee were always quarreling.  If T-Dem said “up,”
T-Ree said “down.”  If T-Ree said “stop,” T-Dem said “go.”
    One day, while T-Ree was walking by the river, he saw a small child fall in.  He
was the only person close enough to help.  Fortunately, there was a large tree branch
handy.  It appeared that T-Ree was about to offer the branch to the child, but he took a look
at it, tossed it aside, and walked off.  The child, of course, was swept away and drowned.
    A witness to this incident rushed up.
     “Why didn’t you save the child?” he asked incredulously.
     “TweedleDem had carved his name on that branch.  I didn’t want him to get the
credit,” said TweedleRee.

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    Why hasn’t the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty come before the Senate for
ratification?  I understand that the Republican leadership doesn’t want Bill Clinton to get
credit for it.  I have news for y’all.  That is not Bill Clinton’s treaty.  It’s our treaty, and we
are the human race.  Isn’t there one mother’s son (or daughter) up there who knows how to
put aside politics for the common good?  If the United States will not take leadership in this
matter, who will?  India, maybe?
    Just one more rhetorical question.  Suppose you let this treaty die.  And suppose
there is a nuclear war between, say, India and Pakistan.  Suppose that you believe that we
are accountable for our actions in this life.  When asked, how would you explain your role?
    You don’t suppose you could nudge those nudniks into bringing the treaty up for a
vote?  (Okay, that was the last rhetorical question.)