Take me out to the ballgame
Politicos of different partisan stripes don't work all that well together in this Parliament (and yes, that's new), but they still can, on rare occasions, play together.
There's a softball league on the Hill, made up of aides from all different parties, and the names they've chosen for their teams reveals a little of their political leanings. Well, I'm not sure the "Ballsheviks" would mirror anything in the major party platforms.
Guess which ones are the Conservatives amid this team lineup (bonus points for anyone who can come up with a team cheer for "Ritz's Barley Freedom Fighters" -- a reference to the Conservative efforts to break some commodity marketing boards and Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz):
The 'A' Team
Heroes
Harper's Hot Shots
Ballsheviks
Monte's Pythons
Adult Fun Superstore Swingers
roCSTars
Flaherty's Fighting Irish
The Pitch Slappers
Here-4-Beer
Ritz's Barley Freedom Fighters
The Naturals
Argentina
Dougouts
The Masterbatters
The "Ballsheviks" still? I remember when we came up with that name ages ago. It won out over "Tommies Commies" as I recall.
Posted by: Ancient former HillStaffer | June 18, 2008 at 08:34 AM
ritz barley's freedom fightas
hit the ball, we'll really like yas
Posted by: ryan | June 18, 2008 at 11:54 AM