"You can't take the effect and make it the cause" -- Congresswoman Quotes the White Stripes

American Congresswoman Donna Edwards quoted the White Stripes to congress last week during a debate over whether or not the American government should be shut down.

“Mr. Speaker there have been a lot of quotes on this floor,” Edwards opened, “so this one goes out to our young people and our seniors and service members and federal workers who stand to be effected by a government shutdown. It’s a lesson for my republican colleagues courtesy of the White Stripes.”

Edwards went on to read lyrics from the rock song “Effect and Cause,” preaching that “You can’t take the effect and make it the cause,” (or stated more metaphorically, “If you’re heading to the grave, you don’t blame the hearse”

And it’s not that Edwards made the song political by presenting it to Congress— the 2007 -released song lends itself to political interpretation.