Posted on 12/18/2008 11:29:20 AM PST by quintr
Once upon a time many years ago, George Washington declined the title of King George. He said he didn't want the Americas to look like the monarchy-ruled England. And so he became known as President Washington.
That's all well and good. History worthy of repeating itself.
Fast forward to 2008. It looks like the senate is trying to rename itself the House of Lords.
For instance, when Hillary moves over from the senate to be the State Department nominee as Secretary, none other than Caroline Kennedy said she wanted Hillary's old job. Kennedy's on a grandstand tour of northern New York trying to get voters to come out in the state's frozen tundra. No thaw apparently. Does this mean that we've finally gotten over our infatuation with the Kennedy Camelot myth and Princess Caroline is no more?
Then there's Joe Biden's old senate seat. He's trying to bequeath it to his own son. We'll see if that sails through the Delaware List of Political Wonders.
But back here in Illinois we have another vacancy from Obama now that he's president-elect. Problem here is that the governor has been arrested and was recently sprung from the hoosegaw for trying to bankroll that senate spot with a few choice political tidbits for himself and his foul-mouthed wife Patti. Then Harry Reid, the senate boss king said he wouldn't approve anybody that Governor Blago recommended. Blago then said, "Fine. I won't appoint anybody then." And the Attorney General for Illinois went to the state Supreme Court to have Blago removed from office.
The Supremes said, in so many words, "If you don't want this stinky man for governor, you have to impeach him. So see if you have enough people over there in your cngress who have the courage to do that. We aren't going to do it for you. After all, this man did get the majority of the state's votes even if his approval rating has now slipped to 4%."
Then there's that senate seat up in Minnesota that's been a tight race between Coleman and Franken since election day. Coleman has been in the lead since Franken demanded a recount. And every time Franken finds new votes tucked away in car trunks or hidden closets somewhere, and goes to the courts to have permission for the "lost" votes counted, Coleman gets in a better position. Last I heard, Coleman was ahead by some 700 votes. Right after the election, Coleman was only leading by about 200 votes. So wouldn't you think Franken would just give it up? Nah. In essence, Harry Reid, over in Washingtonville, has said that if Franken can't get himself elected, the senate will decide the matter.
And now you know why politics has become so interesting. It is a giant fiction with a low level plot. And the same characters keep moving in and out of familiar story lines so you don't have to keep learning about new faces, like in the soap operas.
The real problem is that this is a very real world even though congress is spending paper money like it's going out of style. It is becoming increasingly obvious to me that there's no one in Washington, D.C. who has a clue about fixing this financial mess that the country's in. Perhaps that's because the people who are trying to fix it are the very ones who caused it in the first place.
I, for one, can't wait until a whole bunch of soldiers come back from deployment in the middle east. They've been watching the news channels too and are none too happy either about the way things are going. I'm praying that they all run for the House of Representatives or Senate and get the mess cleaned up and ship out the politicos who don't know how to govern. After all, we've sent our military all over the world to clean up messes. Surely they can fix this one that the politicians have made.
And if you think all of this is bad, how would you like to have been on a flight from Cardiff, England, to Paris, France when the pilot announced to the passengers that he was not qualified to land the plane in a fog? So he flew the plane back to Cardiff. He said to the helpless passengers, "They are asking for a level two qualification and I only have a level five." Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,469547,00.html
He was serious. He was only used to flying a bombardier and hasn't been approved for anything for visibility landings.
That's what we've got in congress, folks. A bunch of bombardiers who don't know how to guide our nation to a safe financial place. They are just politicians, not governmental leaders.
One of these days, when the voters wake up, there'll be another election. Let's hope that not too much damage has been done by the next time we go to the polls.
Hell, Kennedy with his ... "ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country!" would have been toast. Imagine the audacity of expecting citizens to support the country. Kennedy was a liberal? The country is supposed to support the citizens.
none other than Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg
That's exactly what I keep saying to myself, over and over and over. Kinda like "There's no place like home . . . ." No waking up from this bad dream, though.
That's what gets me with these Kennedys, et al - they have this sense of entitlement - "I'm a Kennedy", therefore I am qualified. Have the broad run for dogcatcher and start to prove she has it. I remember another Kennedy jumping into the head of the line by running for Congress or a state position with no priors.
I believe one the Tom Clancy novels contains the solution in the plot line?
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