Monday, January 23, 2012
Self-explanatory inaction
If we can believe the stories about Rep Giffords, her resignation yesterday was not forced or pressured. This one fact tells us everything we need to know about Congress. It's not exactly a self-explanatory sentence, but it falls into the same category.
Contrast with the strong campaign to recall Gov Walker of Wisconsin, which comes at least partly from grass-roots popular fervor.
Meaning:
Congress is completely non-functional. Nobody expects any member of Congress to be competent or useful. They could all be brain-damaged and incoherent like Giffords, and we wouldn't bother to fire them or urge them to resign. Congress is just a club of dissipated aristocrats, and we expect aristocrats to be inbred and defective.
Governors are functional, powerful and hugely important. When they misbehave or disserve the peculiar interests of the state, we get pissed. We do give a damn. ¶ 5:27 PM
Contrast with the strong campaign to recall Gov Walker of Wisconsin, which comes at least partly from grass-roots popular fervor.
Meaning:
Congress is completely non-functional. Nobody expects any member of Congress to be competent or useful. They could all be brain-damaged and incoherent like Giffords, and we wouldn't bother to fire them or urge them to resign. Congress is just a club of dissipated aristocrats, and we expect aristocrats to be inbred and defective.
Governors are functional, powerful and hugely important. When they misbehave or disserve the peculiar interests of the state, we get pissed. We do give a damn. ¶ 5:27 PM
