February 4, 2021--"Loony Lies"

Thus spake Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell when he was finally motivated to say something about the rampaging, QAnon-inspired  freshman Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene who, among other outrages, called for the "lynching" of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

And, I almost forgot, wants to see Speaker Nancy Pelosi executed with a "bullet to the head."

And, I also forgot, claims the massacres at the Newtown and Parkland schools never occurred. They were "hoaxes."

And how could I have forgotten that "Jewish blue laser" that she is convinced ignited California's forest fires.

Quite a piece of work the GOP's Ms. Greene. And all this after just a couple of weeks in the House of Representatives. 

So the Republicans have a problem.

Trump loves her and that means wimpy but politically ambitious GOPers have to do likewise. Minimally, if they want to avoid being primaried by the Trump machine they need to kiss the Don's ring as well as parts of his lower anatomy, and not speak ill of his Georgia zombie clone.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is struggling to carry out this mandate. He is already running for president and knows the path to the nomination runs through Mar-a-Lago.

Good luck with that as Melania can't wait to see Kevin and, of course, Lindsay again.

Thus McCarthy's quick trip last week to Trump's Florida place of exile to beg to be forgiven for uttering a word or two of softball criticism of Trump after the president led the January 6th insurrection at the capital and the Minority Leader's 90-minute talk with Greene Tuesday night, when it was reported, the pathetic Kevin beseeched her to recant or he'd have no choice but to consider removing her from the House Education Committee. 

About that I am sure she is not miserable because after all this publicity she has the potential to become this decade's Sarah Palin and the less time she is required to spend in Washington the better for her. Fame and money await.

One thing more--

Here is what senator McConnell said about congresswoman Greene earlier this week when he couldn't take it anymore.

On the Senate floor Mitch claimed that her "loony lies and conspiracy theories" amounted to "a cancer" on the Republican Party.

A Mitch loyalist, Sen Todd Young (D-Ind.) called her a "nutty House member."

And Mitt Romney chimed in, saying "the GOP has a big tent but it isn't large enough to accommodate conservatives and kooks like Marjorie Taylor Greene." 

In the current political climate, where avoiding responsibility for everything is a universal goal, the three senators, by comparison, came across reasonably well.

But McConnell labeling her a "looney," Young "Nutty,"and Romney a "kook" trivializes her offenses--calling for assassinations and mass murder-- especially if one adds a gender lens to the mix.

"The kooky little lady may have done some silly things but, you know, that's how they are when it comes to wanting to take over a man's role. It must be that time of the month."