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FireDogLake has a small post about an unwisely candid remark by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell:When you do something together, the result is that it’s not usable in the election. I think there’s an understanding that if there’s a grand bargain, none of it will be usable in next year’s election.That's what all these Gang-of-whatevers in the Senate are really about. A small group of members from both parties collude in closed meetings to strike a "grand bargain" on a major issue. These bargains reflect implement the goals of powerful elite interests at the expense of ordinary Americans. On their behalf, elite political commentators lecture us all about how we must swallow our medicine, like big girls and boys. Even when a grand bargain is highly unpopular, voters who want to punish the responsible party have no practical recourse. Politicians know this, and that's why these "gangs" emerge from the mud as predictably as locusts. And most politicians know not to actually admit to this. But not poor Mitch McConnell.
that's cuz Mitch isn't a locust in the mud. He's a hapless turtle in the mud-- with the brain of a locust.
ReplyDeleteWould a locust with the brain of a turtle be God -- in Locust Land? Or maybe he has a larger collection. Hey kids, collect them all!
ReplyDeleteAndy Astrocyte
Elaine: we do not countenance insults to turtles or pigs here at Fifty50. No need for insults anyway. God can sort 'em all out tomorrow after The Rapture.
ReplyDeleteAndy: yes, your hypothesis is probably correct. An important aspect of the occult knowledge, though, is that the universe has layer upon layer of "divinity," with the demiurge being second in command (second only to that which cannot be known). Turtle Brain probably reports to an alligator with the brain of a French chef. Personally, I'm hoping the demiurge is also a turtle; I'd like that.