I Have The Worst Luck
When it comes to Congresscritters I get represented by real ‘winners’. Joe Scarborough is one of my former ‘Critters, The most recent former ‘Critter was Jefferson Beauregard Miller who, as chair of the House veterans committee held no hearings on the VA until the media began to report on problems. Before him was Earl Hutto whose most remarkable accomplishment was starring in a locally produced children’s TV show. Now I have Matt Gaetz, who Charlie Pierce highlighted:
…Meanwhile, Matt Gaetz from Florida began his one-minute oration with a Shakespearean flourish, which brought to the proceedings all the gravitas of the average middle-school book report.
“Mr. Speaker, I come to bury Obamacare, not to praise it. The evil that men do lives on after them…”
Oh, just shut up, Fenwick. Honest to god.
I ragged on former Senator Arlen Specter for years about his use of a Shakespeare quote during the confirmation hearing for Clarence Thomas. Gaetz obviously is totally unaware that Mark Antony’s funeral speech is a great piece of sarcasm. I used it with the death of Fidel Castro, and I resort to its deepest sarcasm with references to ‘honorable men’, you know, like the Republican members of Congress or the Director of the FBI.
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Oh, quit your complaining! I got Daryl Issa. We almost got the car thief this last time! With the increasing revulsion for the President-elect, we’ll get him the next time. It’s Orange County that saved his buggered butt!
When I lived in SoCal my ‘Critter was Duke Cunningham who was so stupid he got caught. Issa is definitely a warped piece of work.