Republican Hall Of Shame

It is inarguable that the Democrats have an overabundance of simpletons and generally questionable types on the national scene.

AOC, Crock Of It, Crying Chuck, Swellballs, OhMar, Tllllllllaib, Pimp Guy, Cackling Kamala, Greasy Hair Guy, Clueless Joe, Barack Hussein and on and on and on.

But, Republicans have their share of disingenuous boobs, too. Obstructionists, rebels without a cause, all of them possessing the intestinal fortitude of craven cowards, these Republicans In Name Only (RINOs) are a stain on the party and not exactly the type of folks you’d want to share a foxhole with, what with their propensity to fold like tents in hurricanes.

I propose a Republican Hall of Shame for these Quislings.

Begin with Rand Paul, once a respected maverick, but now a petty type who will say or do anything for a little more time in the spotlight. He’s become an opportunist who never lets the good of the country get in the way of his fragile ego.

Most recently, Paul, as chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee, tried to torpedo Markwayne Mullin’s nomination to head homeland security by voting against him.

Paul had a sore butt because Mullin once described him as a snake, which I would say is an insult to the reptiles. Also, Mullin has noted that having seen Paul in action, he understands why a neighbor beat the crap out of him in the past.

Randy Rand saw a chance for revenge against Mullin. Of course, instead of inviting Mullin out into the parking lot to decide things, Paul sought to take advantage of his position on the committee to torpedo Mullin.

Fortunately, Democrat John Fetterman of Pennsylvania voted for Mullin and he advanced to consideration before the full Senate by a razor-thin 8-7 margin.

In the interest of full disclosure, I didn’t vote for Fetterman, but I wish I had. Also, I didn’t vote for Dr. Oz, the carpetbagger that Republicans ran against Fetterman. As I recall, I voted for myself in protest of Republicans failing to provide a viable candidate.

But, Fetterman increasingly is notable as a voice of reason in the Democrat Party and, now that Democrats are out to get rid of him for that grievous offense, I will be voting Fetterman in the future.

While Rand Paul is in the spotlight currently, he is just one of many disappointing Republicans.

Let’s also nominate for the Hall of Shame Thom Tillis (yeah, the pompous guy is a Thomas but won’t settle for Tom). He’s headed out the door after this term and is taking advantage of not running for re-election to be a major obstructionist. If Trump and the administration is for it, Thom is against it. That applies to Federal Reserve matters, the SAVE act, you name it.

Most likely, mouthy Thom realized he’d made a powerful enemy in Trump, who would have endorsed anyone running against him in a primary and old Thom was likely to lose, so he just decided to leave.

You can’t fire me, I quit.

If Thom would just leave, no problem. But, he’s trying to make a mess of things before that, and that speaks to the idiocy of Republicans rebels.

Give Democrats their due, they don’t hamstring Democrat policies. They stick together and when they have a majority, they wield it like a club. Republicans, unfortunately, never get that memo.

Republican Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski are distaff Rand Pauls. Type the words “Collins and Murkowski” into the Bing search engine and the first result is a Newsweek story about Democrats relying on the two to block Republican plans.

Like Rand, they just love being in the spotlight, courted for their votes any time a huge issue is on the docket. Often they succeed in throwing sand in the gears. Why don’t they just follow Thom out the door?

Marjorie Taylor Greene has resigned from the House of Representatives, amid a flurry of what could be described as unhinged criticisms, suggesting she’s having some of what Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson and Joe Kent have been smoking.

Before we leave, posthumous recognition for the Hall of Shame is deserved for John McCain and Dick Cheney, two egomaniacs who failed to recognize and appreciate how Trump had remade the moribund Republican Party into a national force once again.

Trump’s success wounded these two geriatric types and, in their dotage, they became favorites of the leftist media because they were all too willing to attack Trump anytime someone stuffed a microphone up their noses.

This is quite a Republican Hall of Shame cast we’ve proposed, but admittedly not an all-inclusive one. The Republicans have a deep bench of petty backstabbers.