Today a good friend of mine proudly emailed me a photo of his new membership card. He has just joined the Democratic Socialists of America.
I, of course, immediately emailed him this (slightly altered) excerpt from Monty Python’s Life of Brian:
REG: We’re the Democratic Socialists of America. Listen. If you wanted to join the D.S.A. you’d have to really hate the Republicans.
BRIAN: I do!
REG: Oh, yeah? How much?
BRIAN: A lot!
REG: Right. You’re in. Listen. The only people we hate more than the Republicans are the fucking American Democratic Socialists.
P.F.J.: Yeah…
JUDITH: Splitters.
P.F.J.: Splitters…
FRANCIS: And the American Popular Democratic Socialists.
P.F.J.: Yeah. Oh, yeah. Splitters. Splitters…
LORETTA: And the Democratic Socialists of America.
P.F.J.: Yeah. Splitters. Splitters…
REG: What?
LORETTA: The Democratic Socialists of America. Splitters.
REG: We’re the Democratic Socialists of America!
LORETTA: Oh … I thought we were the Popular Democratic Socialists.