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ANN ALTHOUSE OBJECTS TO TEA PARTY CAPITOL CLEANUP EFFORTS: ?The reason the estimate is so high is t?

By Glenn Reynolds

ANN ALTHOUSE OBJECTS TO TEA PARTY CAPITOL CLEANUP EFFORTS: “The reason the estimate is so high is that this is extremely valuable old marble that needs to be cleaned according to the protocols of historical restoration. Don’t come in here with buckets of water and scrub brushes or whatever you think will make you look good on camera. Don’t you realize you could cause more damage?”

But, from the comments: “If you can tape posters on the walls, sleep there overnight and bang a bongo drum nonstop, why can’t you mop the floors and scrub the toilets? Seems to me there are no rules.” It’s funny that cleaning is now transgressive.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on March 06, 2011 (boomark / email).