PETTINESS ON DISPLAY

PETTINESS ON DISPLAY

Every time I think I have seen or heard it all, something happens to blow my mind all over again. 

It has become the norm for Members of Congress to behave in certain ways during the State of the Union speech by the President. If the President is a Republican, the Democrats as members of the opposition party sit on their hands during applause breaks. After all one could not expect the opposition to approve of anything good coming out of the other side. It is all so predictable. Even when the very security of the country is discussed, Democrats can find no good reason to offer congratulations to a Republican President.

I have no problem with this childish behavior. Look at who we are dealing with. For the most part these are people you wouldn’t even allow in your house for a meal. Let them play their silly little games. The only message they offer is that they are trite little people who would be more at home on a school playground than in the halls of Congress. 

Last night’s State of the Union was no exception. It all went as planned until the very end. That’s when the Speaker of the House, the queen of the swamp, Nancy Pelosi decided to give pettiness a brand new meaning. In a dramatic display of disrespect, she tore up her copy of the speech given to her by the President after his remarks. She did it with an evil relish and a snarl on her face. She appeared to make sure that the entire event was front and center for the cameras. I am sure that in her tiny mind she was showing the world how disgusted she was with the whole affair. Well guess what. She miscalculated. This whole thing is blowing up in her face. People all across the spectrum and that includes members of her own party were disgusted by the spectacle. 

As it stands today, those torn up pages could well find their way to the National Museum where they would sit on display as a testament to the former party known as Democrat. 

If you are a Democrat is this what you expect from one of your leaders? Are you okay with such an expression of hatred for the duly elected President of the United States? If this is all okay with you, shame on you. Shame on Nancy Pelosi. Shame on the very few in the audience who thought this was funny. It was not.

I suspect this November, when Trump is reelected by a landslide and the Republicans take over both houses of Congress, that situation like Pelosi’s hissy fit might come back to haunt them. Many current Members will be looking for new jobs. I was just at a McDonalds. They had a sign up that they were looking for help. Don’t say I never helped people in need. 

In all my years on this planet I never thought I would see such disrespect on display. We are better than this. We have the right to demand better from our elected Representatives. They are our employees. Let’s fire them and start over.

Ron Scarbro, February 5, 2020