Could the clowns in the US House have found a worse time to conduct their three-ring circus? The clock was already ticking on yet another government shutdown, looming on November 17. But instead of acting on the possible shutdown, House members opted to dump their majority leader. A tiny minority keeps stirring the pot, delaying and preventing the election of a new leader — without which no government business can be conducted. Zero. Zilch. The grandstanding and in-fighting is sickening. One candidate finally selected — Steve Scalese (R-LA) — withdrew the next day when it became apparent that he didn’t have the votes to win. So back to square one, with the ex-president’s choice, Jim Jordan (R-OH), the next most likely choice.
Does no one there know the meaning of compromise? Maturity? Responsibility?
Government employees still fear for their paychecks; there’s no funding for continued border security; support promised to Ukraine has been entirely cut off while the fighting with Russia continues; Hamas has brutally attacked Israel and Israel is counter-attacking; the media keep stoking the fire with photos of slaughtered babies; anti-semitic threats, demonstrations, and attacks are now on the rise in the US …
But in the US House, egos and power remain paramount.
Nero fiddles while Rome burns.
I can only reiterate how strongly I feel that voter irresponsibility leads to this kind of horrible mess. And by that I mean there are people who vote for these pigs – who have long since shown what kind of scum they are – and there are people who don’t vote at all ..
True. Sad but true.
But they are not without recourse. They could call or write their elected representatives and give ’em hell, threaten not to vote for them again, threaten a recall vote, etc. And of course, not vote for a clown in the next election. But all that would require a certain level of awareness and concern …
Perfect
Thank you.
You’re not really surprised about how the GOP has devolved are you. You watched back bencher Gingrich bomb throw his way to being Speaker. And watched Tom Delay parlay K Street into a GOP retreat.
And Speaker John Boehner feared his republican caucus to the point that he couldn’t even utter the word compromise in a Leslie Stall interview. The GOP has been running Speakers out of the Beltway for decades.
Yep, the GOP has for years has known that demographics are against them. Even if most voters liked their policies, and most don’t , the demographics of the country have damned them to be nothing more than a circus of kakistocracy.
Remember how former House Majority Leader Dick Armey just flat out astro-turfed the arguably grass roots Tea-Party for bucks, yucks, and the suck of anti-Obama flat out racism. Which lead to Birtherism , which led to Trump, and he and Palin sharing a pizza in NYC and both chowing down on a thin slice using a knife and fork.
How damn un-American is that. Nice post….nice lady.
Which came first … the voting clowns or the elected clowns? Whichever, they’re all now circling the drain and sucking the nation down with them.
I have to hope these buffoons, the voted and elected, have soon had their run.
Fingers crossed … but not holding my breath.
Nero is fiddling — a horrible, off-key, monstrous democracy death dirge.
Yep, it sounds pretty awful.
Excellent comments, sir!
If that was meant for me, thank you. If for r.Douglas, then I agree. He has a way with words.
Thanks a lot…strange days. Stay well.
I have a feeling we’re in for more chaos. Unfortunately for our democracy.