He Got Tired of Herding Cats...

 

 

Speaker of the House, John Boehner, has announced his resignation as both Speaker and Member of the U.S. House of Representatives.  To be clear, he did not retired.  He quit.

 

It appears that those Republicans who still have a moderate bone in their bodies and an ounce of grey matter in their skull will understand that Boehner simply got tired of "herding cats."

 

There is a horde of Ultra-Conservative Cats in the U.S. House that are cheering wildly since the announcement; caring less about the United States Congress as a whole and more about their own narrow, selfish views of how their pointy-headed little world should be.

 

When another Speaker is elected - most likely a moderate like Boehner - the Ultra-Conservative Cats will continue their obnoxious and ruinous march on sanity.  Their noise and disruption will continue and their actions will be the caustic vitriol that could ultimately bring down the entire Republican Party - which seems devoid of any concern by the horde.

 

Speaker Boehner has been known for wearing his emotions on his sleeve, and at least to most, that is a welcoming characteristic for any politician. That type of politician, unfortunately, is as hard to find as hen's teeth. 

 

Comparatively, these Ultra-Conservative Cats wear knives up their sleeves and blood in their eyes.  And, in the U.S. House, they are much easier to find.

 

What God (and most of the voters)  joined together,

let no horde put asunder.

 

 

 

   

Carly, the Corporate Capitalist...

 

 

Carly Fiorina is a Republican Candidate for the Office of President of the United States. 

 

She has spent most of her adult life in the corporate world, much of it as CEO of Hewlett-Packard, where she cut more than 20,000 jobs and, reportedly,  was eventually fired for poor performance.

 

Fiorina's vision is hazy beyond the Profit and Loss Statements of a company.  She appears to be only slightly aware of the working peasants outside the corporate gates and but a fleeting memory of  them standing on the dock as she sails away in the corporate yacht.  She finds issues such as minimum wage and labor unions rather boring and unnecessary.

As a presidential candidate, however, she can grit her teeth,  hold her nose, and speak of the Middle Class almost as if they are real members of the human race and not simply grunt workers necessary to produce company profits.  (In all honesty, this noticeable discomfort was seen on the faces of nearly all of the candidates on the debate stage.)

The word "hypocrite" comes to mind in so many answers that Ms. Fiorina and her debate cronies projected to the cameras. The words "liar" and "disingenuous" were abundantly clear to describe Fiorina and several other candidates on stage.  Such key words were often uttered to tug at the hearts - and votes - of Republicans, such as:  Evangelical, Abortion, Planned Parenthood, Gay Marriages, Obamacare, Iran Deal, and Hillary's email and Benghazi scandals.  Extra credit was given to any candidate who could use all of those words in one sentence. 

I'm sorry, but I would have to pass on this candidate as a presidential nominee.  She gives the appearance of being rather caustic to anyone who may disagree with her, and is too defensive about being the "woman in the room."  It is a character flaw which would give her trouble when dealing with congressional and world leaders.

Finally, I see Fiorina as a capitalist who can tell you all about the "art of the deal," but can't tell you diddly squat about how badly the Middle Class Americans are hurting...or what to do about it.