I think there must have been a weird alignment of the planets lately that have been adversely affecting the GOP – more so than usual.
1. Rob Woodall pulled out the Tea Party playbook and lectured a constituent to stop relying on others to take care of her.
2. Eric Cantor wanted to use disaster relief money for Joplin’s devastation from a Cat 5 tornado as leverage to get more spending cuts.
I thought that would be the end of it. Hell, those were depressing enough. Maybe bad things really do come in threes.
3. Representative Patrick McHenry of North Carolina accuses Elizabeth Warren, Obama’s consumer protection advisor, of lying.
There was some kind of mix-up with the scheduled hearing. Warren said there was an agreement about the time being limited to an hour. McHenry says there was no agreement and told her, “You’re making this up.” Lovely. He took a scheduling conflict as an opportunity to attack Elizabeth Warren’s character.
Message to McHenry: It’s pretty sad when a member of your subcommittee has to call you out on your behavior. Not exactly becoming of a Congressman, let alone a Chairman. Are you related to Joe “You Lie!” Wilson?
May 26th, 2011 at 1:15 AM
He is a clown…..he was performing for the camera….he needs to be gone…..
May 26th, 2011 at 8:30 AM
Or he’s just a complete jackass. He definitely needs to be gone.
May 26th, 2011 at 5:34 AM
Geez. What caliber of individual are we populating our Congress with? It’s all about the “gotcha!” these days. I wonder if any of these people have the capacity for shame anymore. Warren is a classy lady. She outshines the morons who are questioning her integrity.
May 26th, 2011 at 8:34 AM
Exactly! I know she was honest be she even corrected Rep. Cummings (the guy who defended her) saying that it was a meeting she needed to attend.
May 26th, 2011 at 5:34 AM
Pathetic … and so is Rep Cantor’s treatment of Joplin! Grrrrr ….
May 26th, 2011 at 8:35 AM
No kidding. When I saw this story, I was thought, “What? Again?”
May 26th, 2011 at 11:49 AM
Just another example that when I’m on the uppity side, I refer him as Lieutenant Twit.
May 26th, 2011 at 1:30 PM
Very fitting.
May 26th, 2011 at 7:02 AM
The mature response for congressman Henry would go something like this: “You know Ms. Warren, we may have miscalculated here. If so, I apologize and will check into it with my staff to make sure we are not guilty of this in the future. Now, let’s move on to the the important business at hand”
May 26th, 2011 at 8:36 AM
You should send that to him so he can put it on an index card for future use.
May 26th, 2011 at 8:09 AM
Its funny congressmen keep saying they understand the needs of working people, but then act in ways that would get any other person fired at the job.
I keep wanting voters to remember this stuff — but the list of things I want them to remember is so long- I’m going to need a new hard drive just to house the document!
May 26th, 2011 at 8:57 AM
Exactly. Thems fighting words, too.
Seriously. They need to print out this list, and take it with them to the voting booth. Warning: The list is HELLA long, which reinforces your new hard drive statement.
GOP Crimes
May 26th, 2011 at 2:10 PM
patrick mchenry was and always will be an asswipe. he’s one of the most offensive members of congress, and with the current crop of rethuglicans, that’s saying a lot.
May 26th, 2011 at 2:18 PM
That is saying a lot. I wonder if it’s a game. Who can be the most offensive?
May 26th, 2011 at 4:44 PM
Take all of these lunatic shit heads out to the wood shed, and give them a good old fashion ass kicking.
May 27th, 2011 at 9:17 AM
Hahaha. I know that you probably have a location in mind.
May 26th, 2011 at 8:55 PM
Oh my, a member of Congress uses the “lie” word — perhaps the most overused word in American politics. Were you planning to comment on on Ed Schultz calling Laura Ingraham a “slut” (just speaking of Miss Manners)?
May 27th, 2011 at 4:40 AM
I wasn’t aware of that particular incident, Kendrick – but now I am. And you know how I feel about those words. Ed Schultz was a boorish slob for saying that.
May 27th, 2011 at 8:24 AM
Joe Wilson or Patrick McHenry? Both are Congressmen. And the former decided to yell it during the State of the Union address. He should have had the decency to check e-mail on his Blackberry like other Congressmen during that speech. Hell, fall asleep like Biden. Just don’t scream like you’re in some game or rock concert.
I read this after I put the Ed Schultz post in queue for posting.
May 26th, 2011 at 9:39 PM
As always your posts and the responses they elicit are razor sharp. PLEASE give us your spin on Sarah Palin’s “fire in the belly” farce.
May 27th, 2011 at 4:35 AM
Hey Spinny, I got this one.
pbenjay,
That’s easy. She is a nincoompoop. http://afrankangle.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/on-nincompoop/
May 27th, 2011 at 8:48 AM
Nice. Thanks for doing the heavy lifting.
May 27th, 2011 at 8:27 AM
You’re so sweet pbenjay. I may do that if her bus tour turns into Palin 2012. Your latest conspiracy post was nearly unbelievable. I’ve never heard the camera in TVs one. Hahaha