The only thing more annoying than Bill Murray’s movie Groundhog Day, are the insipid clichés it has encouraged.
Every morning in the movie, Murray’s character awakens to a day exactly like the previous day, which happened to be the most celebrated time of the year for no one we know, Groundhog Day.
Monday was a red-banner event for Colorado pols and activists, who tried, and failed, to link the day in a clever way to their political bent.
So without further adieu, (see what we did there?) we give you, Monday in Clichés:
Today is #GroundhogDay. In related news, #HouseGOP scheduled the 56th vote to repeal the #ACA. #GroundhogDayProblems pic.twitter.com/KbV2dpW88v
— Rep Ed Perlmutter (@RepPerlmutter) February 2, 2015
.@HouseGOP r stuck in a #GroundhogDay cycle trying to repeal #ACA, while @WhiteHouse budget will move the nation fwd: http://t.co/oeTOQhH3si — Rep. Jared Polis (@RepJaredPolis) February 2, 2015
#GroundhogDay and another health care reform repeal; there has to be a punchline there somewhere.
— Rep. Diana DeGette (@RepDianaDeGette) February 2, 2015
Yes Diana, there is a punchline, and you all are it: The House was not scheduled to vote Monday on Obamacare, that vote is today, which is not Groundhog Day. Jeez guys, get your clichés straight. Not to be outdone, the anti-gun brigade was out in force at the Capitol yesterday to protest Republican attempts to roll back controversial gun laws, employing as their weapon of choice, clichés.
This groundhog is pro gun control and here for gun day Monday at #coleg pic.twitter.com/gwG8Xr0DBr — Tessa Cheek (@tessacheek) February 2, 2015
#GroundhogDay 3:48pm: Support for criminal background checks repeal runs out of steam like last year. #COLeg
— Kjersten Forseth (@KjerstenForseth) February 2, 2015
Dougherty describes years fighting for gun safety in Colorado and to protect new laws: “it’s Groundhog Day in Colorado.” #copolitics — Alan Franklin (@alanfranklin) February 2, 2015
Further muddying the cliché, the groundhog pictured on the podium above does not appear to be the Groundhog Day groundhog, but the Caddyshack gopher assuming the”I’m alright” pose.