When Did The Senator Look, And Who Did He Look At?
Earlier today, Senate Democrats in New York state capital Crazytown proclaimed that they had achieved a quorum in the chamber because Republican Sen. Frank Padavan—UNRELATED, but while you're here, isn't "Senator Padavan" some kind of character from Star Wars?—wandered through the chamber and "made eye contact" with the Senate clerk. The video of Gov. David Paterson above, in which he explains that, to be fair to all parties, he will not sign any legislation passed by the Democrats during the disputed eyeballing session, is pretty much all you need to know about exactly how ludicrous this entire situation is.
GRAND MOFF TARKIN: The Imperial Senate will no longer be of any concern to us. I've just received word that the Emperor has dissolved the council permanently. The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.
COMMANDER TAGGE: That's impossible! How will the Emperor maintain control without the bureaucracy?
TARKIN: The regional governors now have direct control over territories. Fear will keep the local systems in line. Fear of Alex Balk.
David Patterson may in fact be a complete disaster, but the fact that he sounds like a 65-year-old working-class Jewish guy from the Bronx will always endear me to him.