So, anyway, this happened. [impeachment chatter among House Rethuglicans]
Be advised. The United States House of Representatives -- one-half of the national legislature, which is one third-of the national government, if you're keeping score in civics class -- exists now solely to gin up enthusiasm in, and to raise money from, the increasingly demented political base of the Republican party. It is a campaign mechanism, not a governing institution. If it were a governing institution, it would have actual leaders who would tell the more demented members of firm to knock this pointless shit off and get on with the business of proposing policy alternatives as part of the business of running the country.Lest there be any doubt in your mind that this is a cottage industry grifting the bitter, low-information wingnut population, just type in "Impeach Obama" in Google Images and check out the plethora of bumper stickers, mugs, etc., available for sale to these yahoos. Once you get past that, consider the fundraising going on now in the looniest precincts of America using the meme of "Obama The Tyrant," or some feverish variation on that theme. Sic transit gloria, America.
(Photo: Question - if combined, do these two make one wit?)
5 comments:
Jeezuz ! after reading Chas. Pierce (not the great Pragmatist - but a bit of a Dramatist ) and yourself (Sir HW) - I feel like a grifted, low-information, wing-nut (a bit over-the-top that phraseology but colorful as all get-out!) I'm shocked - shocked ! that we're experiencing FACTIONALISM in the USA ( I say again - Sweet Jeeez..., Sir: you write a very entertaining blog - but for the love of God (may I say "God" 'round these precincts? (rhetorical question), For the love etc PLEASE TAKE A BREATH now and then.
Respiratorialy yours (did I spell the R word correctly?) oh well...,
It's that GD Little Joe again from Noo Yawk. (I'm not a Robot - Yes I am, No I'm Not dammit!
"PLEASE TAKE A BREATH now and then." Hmmm. Aren't you the same person who was hyperventilating about Netanyahu - I mean "Israel" -- the other day?
Also - if you haven't, read the linked article by Dana Milbank (now there's a both-sides-do-it guy to warm your heart!), and tell me these guys aren't nuts. We're happy to be the faction opposing them.
I wasn't hyperventilating about Netanyahu - I was pointing out that he's taken a bullet for his country. His brother died leading a raid that prevented the thuglican Idi Amin from killing innocent Jews for the crime of being innocent Jews. It's hip in the beltway to look at Israel with disdain. You might try walking a mile in their shoes. Joe fm NYC
Once again, please stop equating Netanyahu with the State of Israel. Your comments suggest we disdain Israel. Nothing could be further from the truth. Oh, and you were hyperventilating.
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