by Noah
Amazingly depressing, isn't it? All that alleged brainpower in Washington, all that professed caring, but it took a comedian to get the $enate to finally do the so obviously right thing and vote for passage of a bill (the PACT Bill) that would provide some better healthcare for veterans, especially veterans that are greatly suffering from the hellacious effects of being exposed to the toxic fumes given off by military burn pits they were exposed to in the service of this country. The way we treat our veterans is bad enough to begin with but the Republican Party stood in the way like they always do when it comes to matters of healthcare.
Every American should be looking at the semi-braindead glad-handing assclowns in the $enate and ask why does it take Jon Stewart and his well-organized protest on the steps of the Capitol Building to shame politicians who live to promote human misery and death into taking the action that they finally did last week. Clearly the answer lies in the fact that most of those who run for office have no sense of right and wrong, and certainly have no sense at all.
In the first vote on the PACT bill, 41 Republican $enators voted against it. Then, Jon Stewart took action and 30, even those like "Ted" Cruz who went around fist bumping his anti-vet cohorts after the initial defeat of the legislation got shook just enough to change their minds. Blowback matters, sometimes.
Here are the 11 special scumbag psychopaths that doubled down on their personal evil and voted against coming to the aid of veterans in the second vote: Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA),Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID), Sen. James Lankford (R-OK), Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), Sen. James Risch (R-ID), Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT), Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL), Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL). Not surprising really since every republican in the $enate has shown that they have no problem with their fellow republicans who beat a cop to death and injured 140 more on 1/6.
Run for office, Jon. Let's have more comedians and fewer money-grubbing political hacks. It worked here last week and, hey, it seems to be working so far in Ukraine! I always thought George Carlin would have been a good president. Lenny Bruce, too. Here's your cue, Al Franken!
hatewatt, I agree to an extent.
But here's the thing. YOUR way gets the same result. And it gets it without even trying anything else.
As Einstein is reputed to have said: "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." (true whether Einstein said or not).
Sorta like electing democraps since 1968 and expecting the Democrats of the FDR era?
My way might not work, especially given the intellectual limitations inherent in 99.5% of americans who vote. But it's at least trying something different than the same old shit that hasn't worked and won't ever work.
pipe dream? prolly. but YOUR way is like just giving up.
crapper says- "Could Jon be the catalyst for the new progressive party that the democraps have needed for 50 years?" Great, crapper! Nice pipe dream but every asshole who works at a bank will love having a new party they can corrupt. Even better, a non-nazi one to split the anti-nazi vote more and give the nazis more power and faster too. We already have the Greens who Stein has sold for Russian bucks. The new Forward jerks will be next. I see your game, crapper, one big nazi party and a bunch of little fragmented nobody parties with no voice at all. The U.S. political scene is bad and you want to make it worse than the bad we…
"Clearly the answer lies in the fact that most of those who run for office have no sense of right and wrong, and certainly have no sense at all."
Actually, I think it's because nobody EXPECTS anyone they vote for to do anything useful. Moreso on the nazi side, of course, but also on the democrap side.
Hate is a funny thing. You hate those you hate... and you're expected to hate everyone?
But more people listen to what Jon says. His Daily Show run ended a while back and he shows up from time to time to do important stuff. So they listen?
"Run for office, Jon." NOW you're on to something. But not as a democrap. Could …