Lame Duck Prez vs. Lame Brain Congress

Makes Me Wonder Why I Stopped Not Voting

Our Nation’s Capital

January 10, 2015

Don’t vote, it only encourages them. That was my motto for many years. I stopped voting after the unsuccessful attempt to recall long-time-racist, quintessential thug and Philadelphia mayor, Frank Rizzo. For decades I alternately watched and ignored the goings on of politics in America. There was no one I actually wanted to vote for had I been so inclined. I decided to try again after the unsuccessful election and subsequent Supreme Court appointment of George W. Bush. I still have great difficulty finding someone I actually want to help put in office, but for some bizarre reason I’ve decided to keep trying.

Despite my (and very few others’) best efforts, the 114^th Congress is now in session. It seems that the fewer people who vote, the more pathetic our elected officials get. Who knew? Now that the Republican’ts own the House and the Senate they’re not wasting any time. On their first day in power they lobbed a grenade at Social Security and reproductive rights. But not before challenging John Boehner’s speakership with one of the world’s biggest idiots – Tea Party darling, Louis Buller "Louie" Gohmert, Jr. If you’re not familiar with Louie, Google him - if you have some time to kill. Suffice it to say that he has the IQ of a sock and all the appeal of a deer tick.

Also, on day one of the new Congress the Repugnants stood up for their new number-three man – the man slated to replace super-loser Eric Cantor, who was ousted by a Tea Party zealot in a primary no one ever thought Cantor could lose. Cantor was the only Jewish Republican’t serving in Congress at the time and the guy replacing him - Steve Scalise - once described himself as “David Duke without the baggage.” Scalise spoke to a group founded by David Duke, ex-Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan in 2002. Scalise now claims he had no idea the group was a bunch of neo-Nazis and racists. He also said he had no idea the Pope was Catholic. I believe him, why shouldn’t I?

The 114^th Congress wants corporations and the very rich to trickle down on you. Republican’ts refuse to give up pretending to believe in their repeatedly disproven philosophy, which holds that if you give the richest members of society more money they will piss gold onto the wretched refuse below. As many times as they’ve tried this approach it has never worked. It never will. They keep trying to sell the idea that Obama is a socialist/communist who is ruining our economy by pushing the stimulus, killing jobs, crushing Wall Street, Obamacare and whatever else Obama puts his hand to. Right now the American economy is showing the fastest growth in over a decade, unemployment rates fell in 41 states in November, the dollar is gaining strength faster than a pro athlete on steroids, GDP is rising faster than Dick Cheney’s pecker when he talks about torture, Obamacare has relieved millions of the chronic trauma of being uninsured, while at the same time stimulating the economy and the stock market is hovering around 18,000 for the first time in forever. Socialism!

Newly installed Senate Majority Leader and (according to Jon Stewart) human-turtle hybrid, Mitch McConnell claims that it is the mere anticipation of a new Republican’t controlled House and Senate that has brought about all this economic exuberance.  McConnell, Senate Minority Leader at the time of Barack Obama’s election said, “My number one priority is making sure president Obama’s a one-term president.” He went on to obstruct every single thing Obama tried to do, overseeing the most filibuster-happy six years in the history of our nation. McTurtle and his do-less-than-nothing Congress buddies in the House could not obstruct enough to stop Obamacare, which however lacking it may be, is still better than what preceded it. McConnell and his fellow travelers were also incapable of stopping the country’s greatly improved economic situation. Practically on his own, Obama has presided over an amazing economic recovery after George W. Bush practically burned the place to the ground thanks to his considerable efforts to redistribute the wealth from the 99% to the 1%. What is the opposite of Socialism?

Say what you will about Barack Obama, I’m not a big fan, but at least he’s no Mitch McConnell, or Michelle Bachmann, or Sarah Palin, John McCain, Mitt Romney, Louie Gohmert, Newt Gingrich, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio…need I go on?

I. Mangrey reporting.

Thanks for listening. It’s been a hard day’s night.