By Baxter
Yes, we are all mad at Joe Manchin. We cats have never had much of a problem with him before, but this time, it's irritating. On the other hand, we have no desire to drum him or anyone else out of the party, because we remember too well what it's like to live under Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
We're hoping that instead of this being the end of the For The People Act, it's a beginning — as in, the start of a negotiating process that Joe Biden excels at. For example, we agree with Manchin that the John Lewis Act should apply to all states, not just the naughty ones. Voting rights need to be protected in places like Michigan as well as in Texas.
In the meantime, we feel sympathy for the poor slobs on Manchin's Senate staffs. The abuse they're about to hear on voicemail will probably be pretty brutal. While we won't add to it, we'll just say that maybe, Christmas Carol-like, Manchin should be visited by three spirits, who would show him the error of his ways. We nominate James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Swerner for that job.
Then again, perhaps a single visit from the ghost of Lyndon B. Johnson would do the trick. He would be the scariest, after all. We cats HISS and PURR at the same time.
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