Here's a reminder just in case one forgets that the Republican Party is not just Donald "Rump" Trump and his odious pathologies: it's also the party of people like pencil- necked freshman Arkansas Sen. Tom "Ear to Ear" Cotton (R- Inbred). (Remember, he's the one who orchestrated the letter sent to Iran's leaders telling them that Republicans would undo President Obama's landmark nuclear agreement as soon as a Republican was in the White House. So, a traitorous crackpot to boot.)
But this story pretty well confirms Cotton as just about the most loathsome Obamaphobe and obstructionist in the Senate. This concerns Cassandra Butts, a highly respected aide to President Obama who he nominated to be Ambassador to the Bahamas. Unfortunately, because of a certain colossal dick =cough= Cotton =cough=, her nomination was held up for 835 days. (835 days. That's 2 years and 3-1/2 months.)
Now, her dream of an ambassadorship is finished. Why? Cassandra Butts passed away suddenly on May 25. So, why did Cotton put a hold on Butts' nomination?
At another point Senator Tom Cotton, an Arkansas Republican, put a hold specifically on Butts and on nominees for the ambassadorships to Sweden and Norway... [snip]
Cotton eventually released the two other holds, but not the one on Butts. She told me that she once went to see him about it, and he explained that he knew that she was a close friend of Obama’s — the two first encountered each other on a line for financial-aid forms at Harvard Law School, where they were classmates — and that blocking her was a way to inflict special pain on the president.This is a political party peopled wall- to- wall by Donald Trumps and Tom Cottons. The sooner they and their contemptible party mates can be removed (by ballot) from the body politic, the better for our country.
(Image: The Emmett Kelly of the Ozarks, the un-funny one.)The GOP has problems far deeper than Trump. This bit of nastiness from Tom Cotton is telling. https://t.co/Dg6gdVrUB0— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) June 6, 2016
