by Pa Rock
Citizen Journalist
Now there are two Republican senators who have chosen not to seek reelection due to the promise of raving hyenas challenging them in primaries - and a third sitting Republican senator has already been retired by a raging bigot and homophobe in a primary election.
Bob Corker of Tennessee announced a few weeks ago that he would not stand for reelection, thus opening the door for a wide array of Volunteer State slime, like Marsha Blackburn, to ooze itself into the race. Corker, ever the gentleman, chose to remove himself from the political equation apparently so that he would then be free to tell America what he really thinks of Donald John Trump. Just a day or so ago he predicted that Trump's legacy would be the "debasing" of America.
The ink on the "debasing" comment was hardly dry when another senator rose to announce his retirement and then proceeded to deliver his own eloquent attack on the walking personality disorder that is Donald Trump. Jeff Flake of Arizona, in a floor speech that was both eloquent and poignant, noted that behaviors emanating from the Executive Branch (presumably Trump himself) have been "reckless, outrageous, and undignified" and have by-and-large "been excused." Senator Flake, in speaking out, observed that "silence equals complicity."
Comedian Stephen Colbert noted last night that Republican senators only speak up when they are not involved in reelection campaigns, a fact he spit out with just a tinge of bitterness. Colbert observed:
Senator Flake has vowed to be"silent no longer," but in a mere fourteen months he will have lost his national pulpit and being heard will be considerably more difficult. Perhaps he and Senator Corker will both continue to pose challenges to Donald Trump's debasement of America and his continuous assault of reckless, outrageous, and undignified behavior upon the nation and the world - and we have to hope that they will. But in the meantime it feels as if they have both taken the easy way out and left the rest of us to deal with the train wreck.
Stay strong, Senator Corker and Senator Flake, and don't slide into complicity through silence. America is depending on you.
Citizen Journalist
Now there are two Republican senators who have chosen not to seek reelection due to the promise of raving hyenas challenging them in primaries - and a third sitting Republican senator has already been retired by a raging bigot and homophobe in a primary election.
Bob Corker of Tennessee announced a few weeks ago that he would not stand for reelection, thus opening the door for a wide array of Volunteer State slime, like Marsha Blackburn, to ooze itself into the race. Corker, ever the gentleman, chose to remove himself from the political equation apparently so that he would then be free to tell America what he really thinks of Donald John Trump. Just a day or so ago he predicted that Trump's legacy would be the "debasing" of America.
The ink on the "debasing" comment was hardly dry when another senator rose to announce his retirement and then proceeded to deliver his own eloquent attack on the walking personality disorder that is Donald Trump. Jeff Flake of Arizona, in a floor speech that was both eloquent and poignant, noted that behaviors emanating from the Executive Branch (presumably Trump himself) have been "reckless, outrageous, and undignified" and have by-and-large "been excused." Senator Flake, in speaking out, observed that "silence equals complicity."
Comedian Stephen Colbert noted last night that Republican senators only speak up when they are not involved in reelection campaigns, a fact he spit out with just a tinge of bitterness. Colbert observed:
"First McCain, then Corker, now Flake — why is it that Republicans only speak up against Donald Trump when they know they're not running for re-election? They finally grow a set, then they say, 'I'm taking my balls and going home.'"
Senator Flake has vowed to be"silent no longer," but in a mere fourteen months he will have lost his national pulpit and being heard will be considerably more difficult. Perhaps he and Senator Corker will both continue to pose challenges to Donald Trump's debasement of America and his continuous assault of reckless, outrageous, and undignified behavior upon the nation and the world - and we have to hope that they will. But in the meantime it feels as if they have both taken the easy way out and left the rest of us to deal with the train wreck.
Stay strong, Senator Corker and Senator Flake, and don't slide into complicity through silence. America is depending on you.
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