David Rothkopf has a few thoughts on the current inmates on the Republican side of the aisle on Capitol Hill:
The Congress of the United States is not Arkham Asylum, the psychiatric hospital and prison in Batman’s Gotham City.
Though if you watched the mad ranting of Minority “Leader” Kevin McCarthy, who spoke on the House floor for eight and a half hours from Thursday night until early Friday morning, you could be forgiven for thinking otherwise. For most of his speech there was almost no audience. For all of his speech he made no sense. His marathon babblefest achieved nothing whatsoever. But he blatherbustered on and on, full of, as Shakespeare would say, sound and fury, signifying nothing.
Censured Paul “Anime” Gosar, Louie Gohmert, Madison Cawthorn, Andrew Clyde, and the representative from Glock, the fitness trainer unfit for Congress, Senator Cornpone, etc. It’s quite a crew.
Rothkopf runs down some recent greatest hits, but the bottom line is they are not there to help anyone. McCarthy claimed a record for holding the floor “in opposition to providing hearing aids for the elderly, pre-K for children, home care for those who needed it, help for the environment, and more jobs for Americans.)”
Freedom. For those who’ve made it a worship word, it’s not freedom for anything or to do anything in particular. Just freedom. Political office is the same for many. It’s not power to do anything. Just power.