Scapegoat Paul Ryan strips clothless, and walks through the halls of the Capitol, while being shamed – and maybe pinched on the behind, because the Republican Congress has taken gridlock and inaction to a new level, refusing to pass anything lest they break their record as the most reviled and inactive Congress in the Guinness World Record Book.
The pig-headed stubbornness of Congress knows no bounds. While their reluctance to appoint Merrick Garland hangs over the proceedings, Congress continues to refuse to act on anything, save the times they were fired up to shut down the government. Just this week, they turned down an innocuous anti-discrimination bill, and refused to allocate funds to fight the Zika virus. I’m loving ‘short timer’ President Obama, who said; “This isn’t something where we can build a wall, mosquitoes don’t go through customs.”
Seth Meyers gives a good – if disturbing account of the reluctant Congress, and summarizes that at least their favored candidate has a solid plan to get Congress working again. The Donald’s plan involves grabbing them, and smothering them with hugs, kisses …This, I’ve got to watch on C-SPAN!