A Feral Bunch of Dive Bar Nazis

 House Speaker, Kevin McCarthy is hardly a visionary, in fact he is barely the speaker, but even he saw it coming. On Tuesday morning, before Joe Biden's state of the union speech, he called republicans together and pleaded with them not to heckle, or otherwise interrupt the address. He knew if they did nothing good would come of it. He knew if they acted like a bunch of crude banshees the reaction would be swift and overwhelmingly negative.

All his little talk did was prove just how little control he has over GOP members of the house.

Yes, it didn't take long for things to get ugly on Tuesday night. Congresswoman, Marjorie Taylor Greene led the way. Dressed in a white fur trimmed coat--which caused many on Twitter to compare her to the Disney character, Cruella Deville--she repeatedly yelled, "liar," at the president and booed him with a lust normally reserved for football stadiums. Others, no doubt enchanted by her elegant wardrobe--in all truth she appeared to have just attended an exquisite soiree honoring some fellow sophisticate such as Hank Williams Jr.--joined in. 

Unfortunately, for the republicans involved and much to McCarthy's chagrin, most of the media reaction after the speech was just as the speaker feared. It didn't help that Mr. Biden was prepared for Greene and the rest to act like a bunch of drunk honk-tonk patrons. He dished it out far better than he received.

Not everyone on the ultra right acted like buffoons. At least not aloud. Utah republican Senator, Mike Lee sat silent, but he overplayed his act of, "Where did he come up with us wanting to kill social security and medicare? We never said that." It's unknown what the senator's expression was when shortly after he portrayed utter perplexion a video surfaced showing him saying exactly that.

The day after the speech, Colorado republican Lauren Boebert claimed Mr. Biden was the person who shut down American schools during the pandemic. Not hardly. The schools were shut down long before Joe Biden took office. Since that is an irrefutable fact we are left with the conclusion either Lauren Boebert is a reprehensible liar, or the stupidest woman hailing from the western slope of the Rockies.    

After the President exuded optimism and the hope for bipartisanship Arkansas Governor, Sarah Huckabee Sanders gave the republican response. Her presentation was at best dour, if not dire. In her words, the woke mob, "wants us to fly their flag and worship their idols." It was a statement which moved MSNBC's Chris Hayes to ask, What was she talking about?"

Ah, the mysteries of the MAGA mind. They are an inexplicable lot.

Meanwhile Marjorie Taylor Greene claimed in an interview she was not baited into her unhinged display, even though it certainly appeared that way at the time. In the end she said she didn't regret her actions and added, "He got exactly what he deserved."

Well, madam, while the jury is still out on what Joe Biden deserves we know one thing for sure. He got exactly what he wanted. He was vigorously full of fight, good humor, optimism, and set full speed on a course to improve not only the American infrastructure, but American lives. 

You and your pals, on the other hand, looked like what you are. A feral pack of dive bar nazis with no respect for Americans the institutions of the republic, or, as we saw Tuesday, even yourselves.

sic vita est

2-9-23