Where's Bierce When You Need Some Really Good Political Lampooning?

Ask me what I hate about politics, and I'll answer that it's stuff like this.

A summary of the link:
Politician the FIrst:  Hey guys, we only have a majority of one in the legislature, which means that we might actually have to seek compromises with the other parties in order to get things through committee."
(Politician the Second faints)
Politician the Third (fanning Politician the Second): Good gods!  That's preposterous!  A government making compromises because the people decided that they didn't deserve to have an overwhelming majority?  Why, I never!
Politician the First: Never fear!  I have a cunning plan to ensure that we never have to compromise!  (Politician the Second, having just recovered consciousness, promptly faints again upon hearing 'compromise'.)  What we'll do is change the rules!
Politician the Third:  Jolly good idea!  You're a genius, you know.  I think I'll make sure that your cousin's nephew gets that position you said he was so interested in.

God damn partisan politics…

On a completely unrelated note: the headline on this article caused me to make noises best approximated by "Bwa?" "Hzuh?" and "Wha?" when I spotted it over on CBC.  Elton John and Anne Rice — how could that have possibly gone wrong?^*

* That — I say that — was sarcasm, son.