BRAVE BRAVE BRAVE SIR ROBIN

“Yes, Brave Sir Robin turned about And gallantly he chickened out.” So goes a line from Monty Python’s Brave Sir Robin Ran Away. Maybe the good people in Minnesota should start calling their senior Senator Mark Dayton, Brave Sir Robin.

Senator Dayton, uh…er, Brave Sir Robin last week closed his Washington DC office for the recess citing security concerns. I’m sure the dust in Tora Bora that was once Osama bin Laden is being carried bit lighter on the wind today because of Brave Sir Robin’s decision to run like a squirrel. When it’s safe for Brave Sir Robin to come back to Washington in, oh 30-40 years, he can run leadership seminars. His agenda will look something like this:

I. Knowing when to run away
a. All situations are dangerous
b. Always be ready to run away
c. Run away first, ask questions later
d. You can’t run away if you’re dead

II. Knowing how to run away
a. Like a squirrel
b. Like a rabbit
c. Like an elected official

III. Why running away is important
a. Save your own worthless hide
b. Create hysteria among the population during an election cycle
c. Embarrass political opponents (Be CAREFUL! This often backfires and you yourself will end up looking like a craven political opportunist!)

Yes Brave Sir Robin gives new meaning to term “Girly Man”. If Brave Sir Robin doesn’t have the uh…guts to do his duty, then maybe he should turn his office over to someone that does. You can reach Brave Sir Robin here. I don’t know if his bunker is e-mail equipped or if or when he comes out to see if any of us are still alive.