YES, THEY REALLY WERE ELECTED
Senator Marco Rubio and Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi: And we
wonder why
nothing gets accomplished in Washington DC?
(Wednesday February 13,
2013. Washington, DC) After President Barack Obama delivered his
annual State of the Union Address before a joint session of Congress and
millions of American television viewer, both the Democratic and Republican
Party’s were able to put before the American public prime examples of their
respective Party’s gross incompetence and sub-par intellects. In what has become a tradition a specially
selected member of the opposition Party, the Party not holding the White House,
is given the opportunity to telecast their “response” to the President’s
address. Since the Democratic president
has been in Office now for five years, the Republicans have had five chances to
showcase one of their “best and brightest”, one of their internally designated
“rising stars”. In the last four years
we have had to painfully watch as the Republican designated to perform this
politically important task have not been able to make the grade. Actually, the last four Republicans each
bombed in their own unique moronic ways and clearly Florida Republican Senator,
Marco Rubio, honored that expanding tradition.
The young freshman Senator likely removed himself from the ranks of his
Party’s up and comers by being down and out before a large national audience.
The GOP chose the boyish
looking Senator for obvious and crass political reasons. Having lost the last election by huge margins
in the Latino and African-American segments of the populace the telegenic Cuban
American has the superficial cosmetic appeal his Party feels they need to reach
voters not inclined to vote Republican.
This could have worked to their advantage in a very small way but
instead it backfired miserably as Rubio delivered an incoherent, convoluted,
contradictory speech in a clumsy, fumbling manner. Even if one had watched Rubio with the sound
turned off it was painfully obvious he was so ill-suited to the moment and task
that he resembled a little boy wearing his daddy’s business cloths as a
costume.
If one had been listening to
the speech itself it was delivered in short bursts of sentences that he seemed
unable to read properly from the Teleprompter; either he does not read aloud
very well or the speech was presented to him without punctuation. He was in obvious distress as his audible inhalations
and exhalations sounded alternatively like a vacuum cleaner being rapidly
switched on and off. He demonstrated an
odd nervous tic occasionally swiping at his temples perhaps as a way to staunch
the perspiration flow or perhaps not. It
was difficult to determine.
Much is being made about Rubio’s mid-speech
awkward stretch for a small bottle of drinking water to add some much needed
moisture to his dry mouth but that was not really that big of a deal. By that time he had already amply shown the
American public that he is just another empty suit; another idiot politico
uninterested in the nuts and bolts of legislating but rather in Washington DC
to pursue his own self-serving ambitions.
Yes, Marco had a featured role at the Republican National Convention
last year in Tampa. He delivered to that
moribund crowd a speech that was essentially nothing more than an autobiography
of the life of Rubio up to that point.
But, he is young, good looking and Latino, three big assets in the eyes
of the powers that be in the GOP. Had
they kept him under wraps for a few more years, at least until he matured a
bit, gained some experience, and became more polished as a politician he may
have been a viable candidate in 2020.
Instead they have used him to put a different public face before the
voters who perceive the republicans as the Party of old, rich white,
conservative men. Based on his abysmal
performance last night they seriously miscalculated their hand.
So desperate are the
Republicans to find an identity that will have a broader appeal beyond their
traditional base that they will use anyone as a dupe. In his naivety Rubio likely thought his
selection to make the GOP response was an honor bestowed to him because of his
political viability as a candidate who could attract a more diverse segment of
the voting population , i,e,: African-Americans & Latinos, to support Republican candidates and
causes. How sadly mistaken he was. Perhaps if he had come across as an
intellectual with feasible ideas and a willingness to compromise with the
President and the Democrats on some of the most serious issues of the day,
those issues that resonant most strongly with the vast majority of Americans,
he may have furthered his and his Party’s caused. Instead he embarrassed himself. After giving the American people such a
rotten first impression it may be difficult for the ambitious youngster to
recover.
From the other side of the
aisle the viewing public who stayed tuned after the President’s address had
concluded were treated to an interview starring the House Minority Leader, the
addled California Democrat Nancy Pelosi.
On the cable network MSNBC old Nancy was interviewed by on air
personality Ed Schultz. Ed lobbed soft
ball questions at the aging Congresswomen and had to suffer through her
disjointed, nonsensical replies. Nancy
is either unable to speak as the result of the 20 or 30 facelifts she’s had or
her Botox and red Bull addictions have left her permanently impaired. She seemed to not be aware of her surroundings
and glanced at loud mouthed Ed like he was a leper.
Pelosi is at the other end of
the spectrum from Rubio. A long time
Congresswoman from a very secure California district she has been in the House
since Rubio was basically still in diapers.
She is the consummate political hack from a family of political
operators. She was the first female
Speaker of the House before the GOP regained control of that useless corrupt
body and installed the vapid orange tinted man, John Boehner for Ohio. He’s been even less effective as Speaker than
was the geriatric Pelosi. Pelosi is usually so befuddled that she no longer
even makes an effort to appear as if she understands questions being asked of
her. She answers virtually every
question with a rictus of a smile and some boilerplate blather that makes sense
ot no one aside from her.
Perhaps Ms. Pelosi had a solid
excuse for her incoherence, confusion, and florid dementia; she is, after all
well over 70 years old and partially mummified.
It was difficult to determine if the old gal had intentionally applied
her own lipstick or if a drunk had been hired to accomplish that task. In any case she looked like a cross between
Mommy Dearest and a wrinkled crack whore.
Her performance was a strong argument for term limits as well as some
basic competency testing for all members of Congress who’ve held office for
more than 10 years. Thankfully MSNBC
kept her air time limited and spent the balance of their post-address broadcast
allowing the blithering, spitting, buffoon Chris Matthews spout out his usual
voluminous partisan tripe.
After watching Rubio and
Pelosi it is easy to see why the Congress has its lowest approval level in
history and why they are unable to accomplish anything of substance or value
for the American people. These people
and their colleagues have no agenda other than their own. Incumbency afforded them a host of benefits
that make the prospect of a rival unseating them come election time a very
difficult prospect. Such job security breeds
complacency, arrogance, and effectively disconnects them from the very real
pressing needs of their constituents.
Committee assignment often vault obscure back benchers into positions of
Chairmanships that they have no right having.
They rely on their bloated staffs to do all the research into every
issue and the Congress members themselves serve as pre-programmed mouthpieces
reminiscent of the greatest mouthpiece of modern politics, the Alzheimic Ronald
Reagan.
THERE WAS A TIME
There was a time not very long
ago in our history when the Senate and House were occupied by men (primarily)
who were politicians, yes, but functioned in their roles ever cognizant of the
responsibilities that came with the office. They not only felt obligated to
serving their country and constituents but were more than willing to put
partisan differences aside and work together in common purpose for the great
good. That era of Congressmen were of
such a higher quality than the self-serving, money hungry, power obsessed,
imbeciles that walk the corridors of the Capitol today. Perhaps our elected officials are but a
reflection of the electors, of the voting public. As our national character has changed so dramatically
in the last 30 or 40 years and our society and culture have learched through
these very same changes, so too has the
quality of those we elect. They
collectively lack the integrity and intelligence, the shared sense of
responsibility and purpose, and for doing the duties that would fulfill their
oath of office. There are no grand
thinkers like Fulbright, Dirkson, and Moynihan.
There are no expects in special fields sitting on committees that deal
with what they no best like Sam Nunn, Richard Lugar, Les Aspin, and Gerald
Ford. No, there are no statesmen or
individuals of character and dedication.
All we have today are corrupt
hacks, flacks, and men and women bought and paid for by the entire array of
lobbyists, special interest groups, big corporations, political action
committees (PAC) and any other organization or individual who can financially
help them stay in office. The members of
both chambers of Congress are there to be reelected again and again. That is their only purpose and that is why we
have the ilk of people we do occupying The Capitol.
TAGS: MARCO RUBIO REPUBLICAN RESPONSE, RUBIO WATER BOTTLE
GRAB, RUBIO NERVOUS TICS, DRY MOUTH, POOR READING SKILLS, NANCY PELOSI
FOSSILIZED, FACE LIFTED, BOTOX INJECTED, OLD CONFUSED LADY.
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