Winter in southwest Mississippi is a stunning time. Even in February, the woods are dotted with inexperienced bushes: magnolias, cedar, and pine. Now that duck season is over, and the shotgun blasts have died away, Lake Mary, the place I dwell, is particularly placid.
Sadly, I used to be anxious about President Trump’s cupboard nominations, and I watched TV as a substitute of considering the tranquil great thing about rural Mississippi. Would Trump’s cupboard picks get by way of the Senate affirmation course of and be confirmed, or would they be shot down like geese in flight, destroyed by mean-spirited Democratic senators delivering nasty questions like shotgun blasts?
Figuring out probably the most boorish senator in final week’s senate hearings could be tough. Nonetheless, my vote goes to Bernie Sanders, Vermont’s geriatric Jeremiah, who shouted at Robert F. Kennedy Jr, Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Well being and Human Providers.
Sanders appeared to be interviewing for the lead position within the sequel to Dangerous Grandpa. When Kennedy accused Sanders of taking cash from the pharmaceutical trade, Bernie went nuts. Why? As a result of Sanders certainly took cash from Large Pharma–$1.4 million in 2019-2020.
Sanders was not the one Democratic senator who behaved clownishly. It appeared that every one the Democratic senators had been performing out comedic roles.
As I not too long ago wrote, Senator Warren jogged my memory of Emily Litella, the scatterbrained citizen protester performed by Gilda Radner on Saturday Night time Dwell. Did Warren notice how ridiculous she seemed as she screeched and shook her fists on the cupboard nominees?
Warren stridently accused Kennedy of cashing in on vaccine lawsuits, but like different Democratic senators, she took cash from the pharmaceutical trade ($822,000 in 2019-2020).
Maybe the least clever senator on Capitol Hill, Senator Mazie Hirono, jogged my memory of Roseanne Rosannadanna, certainly one of Gilda Radner’s SNL characters, who usually started her commentaries by saying, “It is all the time one thing.” Throughout Kelly Loeffler’s affirmation listening to, Hirono gratuitously requested Loeffler if she had ever been accused of constructing undesirable sexual advances. Such trashy habits!
Senator Richard Blumenthal, who seems uncannily like Mad Journal’s Alfred E. Neuman, behaved like a bully at Kash Patel’s affirmation listening to. Blumenthal concluded a partisan sermon by demanding Kash Patel reply a “sure or no” query. Patel answered the query truthfully and forthrightly, however Blumenthal maliciously selected to misread Patel’s response.
In my thoughts, final week’s senate affirmation hearings got here throughout as one lengthy episode of Saturday Night time Dwell; the Blue State Democrats seemed to be reciting their strains for laughs.
As I watched these disgraceful proceedings, I requested myself this query. If the Democrats behave so churlishly when out of energy, how would they behave if Kamala Harris had been elected president?
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