"Marble Ceiling" (Nancy Pelosi)

[Jonathan Lighter]

Oh, I get it. The Congressional chambers have actual marble ceilings, not actual glass ceilings.

  So it's like, you know, a metaphor for "the kind of *metaphorical* glass ceiling they have in Congress."

  It's easy when you dumb yourself down.

  JL

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Nancy Pelosi's speech today again mentions a "marble ceiling."
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Marble ceiling? Who the hell wants a marble ceiling? What is that?
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