The Town Hall Toughie via Video Feed...

 

 

I'm not the gavel banger,

nor the gavel banger's son.

   But I'll bang the big-boy's gavel,

      'cause it looks like lots of fun.

 

   That 'Lil Pocahontas'

      is messin' with our guy.

   So now she'll have to take her seat

      and tell us all bye-bye.

 

   See my Town Hall meeting;

      it's comin' to your town.

   (Except I'll be in Washington...hidin' underground)

 

   

  

   Senator Steve "Chicken Little" Daines was going to blow into town and put on a first-rate Town Hall Meeting for the yokels here in Montana.  We were going hear all kinds of good stuff about his military-style coup of Senator Elizabeth  Warren's speech on the U.S. Senate Floor.  She was in the process of reading a letter from the widow of Martin Luther King. Jr. regarding Senator Sessions' racist views from the past.  He was most successful at suppressing black voters from getting to the polls.  But, it  cost him an appointment to a Federal Judgeship, as well.

 

   Before "Pocahontas" Warren (what the GOP Senators like to call her, forgetting rule 19, of course) could finish her reading, another good ol' boy Senate Majority Leader McConnell rose and called her on the diabolical "rule 19"...which says one good ol' boy senator cannot shame another good ol' boy senator...even if he is being investigated as a nominee for Attorney General of the United States of America!

 

   Little Senator Stevie Daines, with gavel in hand and eyes focused sharply on good ol' boy Mitch for his every cue, was ready and eager to lower the hammer on her.  When good ol' boy Mitch nodded his head, Lil' Stevie grabbed that gavel, banged it on the table, and told her to sit down!

 

   Well, you can imagine the uproar around the country.  And, you can imagine it here in his home state, too.

 

  I don't have to explain much further that "Captain Courage" - for some reason - decided it would cost too much to travel to Montana and put on his Town Hall Meeting.  He's all about saving us money, you understand.

 

   So...next best - and safest - way to cover his butt and keep a couple thousand miles away would be to use a video feed for the Town Hall Meeting.  Hostile words and over-ripe tomatoes would be better served on a video screen than on the  Senator.

 

   Senator Steve may be a scaredy-cat, but he ain't stoopid.

 

 

 

 

  

  

 

 

 

 

 



The Little Senator That Could Have...

   Betsy DeVos has never held a teaching certificate, hates Public Schools, and along with her family has doled out two-hundred million to the Republican Party, and she is President Trump's Nominee for Secretary of Education.  (Have you picked out the qualification that is probably most important?)

 

   This nomination is going to go down in history as the most ludicrous  bought-and-paid-for fiasco in modern history.  During her committee hearing, she gave the most sophomoric answers imaginable.  Her educational acumen brought answers that caused headshakes and looks of pity.

 

   When you consider this batch of unqualified billionaires, bigots, Wall Street Bankers, and bamboozlers, however, DeVos is not exactly at the bottom of the list.  Trump's entire Cabinet has been selected with one thing in mind: Tear the guts out of America and replace it with a country for millionaires, billionaires, and bigots!  No ruffians and no riff-raff.  Just Republicans.

   And then there's our Senator from Montana.

   Aside from the fact that DeVos gave Senator Daines more than $45,000 for his campaign war chest, he thinks ol' Betsy is just swell.  He could have been one of the Republican Senators to give ol' Betsy her walking papers, but, no...Senator Daines whipped out the GOP Rubber Stamp that hangs around his neck like a medal, and voted to confirm this educational neophyte as America's Secretary of Education.

   It is being reported that phone banks on Capitol Hill have never seen such activity from Americans who are upset with this nominee.  Montanans were included in those calls, too.

   Of course, what happens on Capitol Hill stays on Capitol Hill.  Constituents back home?...let 'em eat dog food.



  

A Bench-Warmer Should Only be in Charge Of the Water Bucket...

 

 

 

   Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) is a barrel of laughs and a boxfull of GOP rubber stamps.

 

   Watching him work a crowd of bigwigs at a Republican bash is about as sad as anything I've seen.  He has the appearance of a "Novice Junior Senator" who tries his best to feel noticed by "the party."  It is obvious, however, that the only notice he gets is when a real party member asks him if he still has the rubber stamp tied around his neck.  "We have several bills and nominees coming up, Stevie, and we'll let you know when to start using it."

 

   Undoubtedly, the next important vote for Steve's rubber stamp will be that Secretary of Education lady who has probably never stepped into a public school classroom, never owned a teaching certificate, loves charter, private, and religious schooling, and has a pure hatred for public education.  Her claim to fame is the fact she and her family have donated more than $200 million to the Republican Party.  Her sophomoric answers to questions put to her by the committee testing her worthiness for such an important position should have spelled doom for her chances.  But, our Senator Daines thinks she would be just swell. RUBBER STAMP "YES."  (P.S.  She and her family have donated more than $45,000 to Daines' campaign.  Anywhere else in America, that would disqualify him from even voting.)

 

   How does he feel about repealing the Affordable Care Act without a safety net for millions who are now insured?  A party member's elbow to Stevie's rib cage and he sings like a canary...RUBBER STAMP "YES."

 

   What are his thoughts about polluting our clean air and spilling toxic waste - on purpose or through pipeline leaks - into our rivers and streams, after regulations are cut by up to 75%?  "My RUBBER STAMP "YES" is ready," says Stevie.

 

   We cannot let this guy remain in the U.S. Senate!

 

   Somebody hide his rubber stamp, his ink pad...and his invitations to the Pachyderm Parties.