So this is how it’s going to be. Let’s just call it exactly what it is. A congressional majority of white, racist, sexist men are in charge of our government. Yep, they have control and they plan to control every aspect of our supposed democracy.
I have never seen such overt political control in this country as I witnessed last night when Mitch “The Turtle” McConnell put Senator Elizabeth Warren in a political cage. As she read Coretta Scott King’s letter that was penned in 1986, a letter Ms King wrote to the then Senate Majority Leader Strom Thurmond asking him to NOT approve Jeff Sessions for a federal judgeship position due to his racist behaviors, McConnell barred Senator Warren from further comments. Wow! If there was ever a pivotal moment in our nation’s history that demonstrated abject control of our country by a white, male majority it was last night.
“Nevertheless, she persisted” was McConnell’s final assertion as he dismissed her permanently from the Jeff Sessions hearings. He might as well have said “she asked for it” because his justification for barring her is analogous to a perpetrator’s rationale for committing sexual assault. Freedom of speech is granted to all Americans in our Constitution. Mitch McConnell apparently believes that he grants Americans that right when he sees fit. I’m surprised he didn’t order her to remove her shoes and become pregnant! Can someone please tell me what year this really is? Last night I thought it was circa 1960 as I watched in horror when our Republican majority stifled both Ms Warren and Ms King. As my father used to say, it’s time for the revolution.
I implore everyone reading this to read/reread my blog entry, The (un)United States of America. If there was ever a time to pursue a national divorce it is now. The WORMs (for those who aren’t in my head right now that’s my surreptitious coined acronym for White Old Racist Male) are drunk on their congressional and presidential power. And everyone knows that people will say what they truly feel when they are intoxicated. So women, especially black women but also black men, look out! We’re just beginning to actually see the discrimination that has been discussed only in the WORMs closed offices. Anyone who does not believe that we are in serious trouble please remove your denial cap and start donning a red or blue hat.
People are now starting to agree with my suggestion that we would all be better off as two separate countries. The rate at which we are going backwards in time is frightening, and there is no end in sight. As our nation toils over a racist travel ban, incompetent cabinet choices (Yes I’m especially talking to you Betsy “I Have No Public Education Experience” Devos), and a hostile WORM takeover, we continue on this never-ending path of political conflict, minority disenfranchisement and white male domination. We are not winning any battles and we are more likely to enter battle vis á vis a world war thanks to 45. So please, please think about the irreconcilable divorce option before more people are jailed in cages and the bombs start flying. And pass this concept on to others who have not yet found the Muppet Man blog so we can gain some real traction. Speak now or forever hold your peace. And that’s way more than Mitch McConnell provided Elizabeth Warren!
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