Made In China Plastic Xmas Tree Shakes Up Texas State House

[matcom]

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DALLAS (Reuters) - The speaker of the Texas House of Representatives is under fire and having his Lone Star State pride questioned, all because he decorated the House floor with a giant made-in-China plastic Christmas tree.

The state's tree growers are up in arms and crying 'Bah Humbug' over the 15-foot polyvinyl chloride tree that Speaker Tom Craddick, a Republican from the west Texas town of Midland, had installed on the House floor.

They have supplied the State House with free trees and are ready to bring in a Texas-grown tree to replace the plastic model.

"I think people can deduce for themselves about what it means to have a plastic Christmas tree from China in the Texas State House," said Lanny Dreesen, a spokesman for the Texas Christmas Tree Growers Association.

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[realFedUp]

1. probably another Puleo Tree Co. pre-lit tree...

hehehe.

[mhr]

2. Don't You Know, Everything About Republicans Is Phony!

I guess the Texas tree grower just didn't get the memo.

[GOPisEvil]

3. Bwahahahahaha...Tom Craddick, you suck ass. You AND your "tree"!

You loser - take your Tom-DeLay-butt-smooching-self back to Midland.