Thoughts on Splitting the National Sheets

by Pa Rock

Citizen Journalist

Showing signs of having compassion or intelligence has never been a requirement for serving in Congress, so when a member of the US House of Representatives announces that she believes our country should undergo a national divorce with the red and blue states each going their own separate ways - permanently - none of us should really be too surprised.  

The flaws in that notion could almost fill an ocean, with perhaps the first and foremost being that the Republican congresswoman spouting that nonsense is from a state that shows an increasing amount of blue in each election.  There would also be serious concerns about how the red states - who often take more from the federal government than they contribute through taxes - would survive after the national breakup.   Clearly the congresswoman's mouth was operating at a much faster rate of speed than her brain while she was planting this bomb.  

Maybe she should poll that idea - Democrats might even be more supportive of a national divorce than Republicans!

The congresswoman, who is herself freshly divorced, is not serious with her political divorce rhetoric, but she does apparently believe that she is seriously being considered as Trump's potential running mate in 2024, and to that end she is deadly serious about keeping her name in the press as much as is humanly possible - and one way to do that is by constantly churning out crackpot ideas - like a national divorce.

The congresswoman's long game is about burnishing her own unique brand of crack-pottery, demonizing people according to their political beliefs, race and ethnicity, religion, and how they identify sexually, and to suck up as much of the political oxygen as she is capable of inhaling.   She does not fear the press, the voters, or even the gazpacho police - and, in fact, the only thing she does fear is a lack of attention!

It's not about secession, but it is about being the center of attention and making Donald Trump smile - and on that I would bet my Jewish space laser!