And New Hampshire Closes In On South Carolina ….
I think the Republican Mothership (the USS Nixon) is sending signals down to earth for all Republicans to start acting like their pants are on fire.
Let us go to normally staid New Hampshire where we shall meet State Representative Steve Vailliancourt of Manchester, a man who is a little tightly wound to start with. Set him off by not letting his bully his way to legislation and you, my friend, become Adolph Hussein Hitler to him.
Vailliancourt later apologized but it took 4, count ‘um four, tries for him to get the apology right.
First try: “So I will never use a German word again, including (unintelligible German) meine damen und herren,” which roughly translates to “I’m being sarcastic as hell, you jerks.”
Finally he was able to get it right. Well, sort of.
“Again, I apologize to the chair of the House for using those inflammatory German words,” he said.
Later on, Vaillancourt was still upset about the initial procedural matter that set him off.
“It’s a Stalinist tactic. It’s the tactic of a tyrant,” he said.
Well, that’s so much nicer. I mean, Stalin ain’t bad, право?
Thanks to Irene for the heads up.
Hey, Stevie, try repeating THIS German phrase “Ich bin ein arschloch.”
Es tut mir Leid, Mutti.
1In New Hampshire the motto is “Live Free or Die”, smart never enters into the picture.
2The context is that Rep Vallancourt a Republican, stepped in to defend the right of his fellow legislator, a Democrat to participate in the debate over voter ID. Speaker OBrien whose leadership trademark is removing legislators from committees while they’ve gone out to pee and replacing them to move legislation that HE wants to proceed…also renown for putting a disabled Republican Legislator who voted against right to work legislation, in the middle of of the seating rather than on the aisle, so as to make said legislator crawl to said seat, was keeping the Dem from participating with an improper procedural objection. In a fit of rage, Vallancourt said what he did…and although, it was not nice, the person it was directed at…well I can’t say in public what is said about him on the mountain….deserved the epitaph! The Speaker is also being sued by another Rebublican for bullying! This is not just garden variety NH crazy conservative, this is barkin’ hootin’ crazy. The Texas legee is a model of decorum compared to what’s been going on in NH this past two years. There’s serious trouble on the on the evil side of the twin states. Very scary too!
3Should also add that, there are apparently a few good Republicans left here and there in the GOP, but they are fast being run out of town! Case in point.
4And also, evidence that news clips an interpretations don’t always explain the whole situation. And of course, we know that triick well don’t we!
Sorry for the fragmented commentary!
5@Patin:
6“Good”
Lord have mercy. IOKIYA^R Big ole meanie speaker forcing Stevie into a temper tantrum.
Shoot. That “Good” was supposed to be over the insert mark.
7No, good in the sense that Vallancourt and a few others have had it up to the eyeballs with O’brien and at least they are speaking up…despite the retribution that is sure to follow. It’s just too bad that Vallancourt went over the top. It took the wind out of an otherwise principled objection. Hey, it looks like Republicans aren’t just calling President O a Hitler now.
Anyway, the picture is O’Brien’s a Monster, not just a run of the mill bully! Word is that O’Briens headed for the trash pile in November…let’s hope.
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