Senator Richard Shelby, in seeking a sixth term,
has stalled the work of the Senate banking committee, which has not approved
any of President Obama’s sixteen nominees.
Now why should Senator Shelby be re-elected if he does not do the work
of the government to which he he was elected?
Republicans like Shelby who have
attempted to make Obama’s presidency “illegitimate” have, instead, made their
own positions irrelevant. After all, why do we need politicians in Washington
who not only “disapprove” of the president but refuse to do the work they were
elected to do? What would you think of someone who was hired to work at a
company and then refused to consider any of the work put on the desk but rather sat
back doing virtually nothing but give speeches and collect a big fat paycheck?
Why should anyone back home vote for such a person? We bemoan this “do nothing” Congress, but the Congress will
continue to do nothing until and unless the folks back home decide they want
people how, whatever party they belong to, who are willing to roll up their sleeves
and get to work. No excuses of any sort. No “I would work like hell but I don’t
like the president” excuses.
The rest of us don’t have the luxury of deciding
that the boss is not to our liking so we just won’t do any work. Could any of
us get away with that? Why should the US Congress? These people make more money
than most of the citizens who vote. So who the hell are these constituents who vote against their own best
interests? And, believe me, it is in no one’s interest to have people in
Washington who do nothing.
Nobel-prizing winning candidates for positions have
not even been considered but have been allowed to languish until the candidates
finally gave up on being voted on and allowed to get to work; bills that would
have put many people to work on fixing infrastructure have not been voted on,
not even considered; and yes Congress has repealed Obamacare at least sixty
times and numerous bills curtailing the rights of women.
Should a Republican president come into office, we might see a revolution¾but I am not
sure that it would be to people’s liking once it became clear exactly what
these measures meant for people’s lives and future.
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