Rep. Kevin McCarthy Wrestles With English Language, Loses

Dana Milbank lets us in on a secret:  likely next Speaker of the House Rep. Kevin "I'm Not a Pod Person!" McCarthy (R-Californington) might not be the brightest bulb in the House Republican chandelier (and, hoo-boy, there's not much wattage there to begin with):

“I have visited Poland, Hungria, Estonia,” he said, and also “visited in our, uh, the allies in the Arab Gulf.”

He has, furthermore, been informed that we “live on the greatest nation that’s ever been on the face of the Earth.”

McCarthy called for “an effective politically strategy to match the military strategy,” and he lamented that “we have isolated Israel while bolding places like Iran.” He blamed President Obama’s White House for “putting us in tough decisions for the future,” but he voiced hope that a “safe zone would create a stem the flow of refugees.

And he scolded the Department of Veterans Affairs for failing to assist returning servicemen “who fought to the death in Ramadi.”

McCarthy’s difficulties were particularly alarming, both because he was mostly reading from a text and because he’s about to enter a very public glare in which his every word, or attempted word, will be analyzed. With the death of Yogi Berra, the new speaker may become the most famous mis-speaker in America. But in a sense, it may not matter what he says, because his colleagues won’t be listening to him anyway.  (our emphasis)

We wishes him good.

(Photo:  Rep. McCarthy, appropriate leader for the Stupid Party.)