Impotency and the need for Viagra™
One day recently, at a church whose denomination will not be revealed, a children’s service was taking place. The children, all of whom were under ten years of age, sat in the front row pews while their parents were sitting in the pews behind. The pastor, as is done frequently, asked the children if any of them knew the meaning of the word “resurrection”. After a few moments, one of the children raised his hand and said, “I know if it lasts for more than four hours you need to see a doctor…” Predictably, the parents roared in laughter and the pastor was beet red with embarrassment, until he too doubled over in laughter.
Today we are bombarded with advertisements for medications which treat erectile dysfunction, but that is not the subject of this essay.
The impotence to which we reluctantly refer is the impotence of the GOP House and Senate leadership, whose all-too-tepid and milquetoast moderate stratagems are marginalizing what should be a party of opposition to the president. Ever since the House leadership went from Democrat Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Republican Speaker John Boehner, and ever since the Senate Leadership went from Democrat Majority Leader Harry Reid to Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell- both amidst promises to curtail the president’s over-reach on a variety of issues- the Republican leadership has acted more like Democrat wannabes, than Republican leaders. Their reluctance to lead has caused Republican voters to collectively ask “Just who are these guys trying to impress- the mainstream media or their Democrat counterparts?” It would be nice if someone, ANYONE would take a hold of these two, by the collar, shake them and scream, “Grow a pair for Pete’s sake !”
ObamaCare? It’s still alive and kicking, despite promises to end this unpopular program. Executive Orders on amnesty? Nope, no action on this, either. Planned Parenthood defunding? Yeah, hurry up and wait ‘til September. It’s absolutely nauseating to see the lengths these two clowns will go to just avoid offending anyone- except their own party’s base, that is to say.
Now, even with a few but growing list of Democrats who are rightfully opposed to Obama’s farce of a “deal” with Iran, and an all-but-unanimous Republican opposition to this deal, the Senate leadership seems to be dithering on the issue while the House Speaker mumbles something about appearing to have the votes to object to, but not block, the worst foreign policy initiative ever put forth by a sitting US president, and one which will just as surely escalate a nuclear arms race in the Middle East and practically ensure the destruction of Israel, if allowed to be implemented. This deal, as has been recently learned, provides for Iranian inspections of Iranian centrifuges and enrichment sites. Has someone lost their friggin’ mind (besides President Obama, Secretary of State Kerry and the rest of what can laughingly be called a negation team) ?!?
If the Speaker of the House and the Senate Majority Leader can’t seem to (excuse the expression) “get it up” on this Iran deal, then the two of them need to step aside and allow others- ones who are capable of “getting it up” – to replace them at once. No “little blue pill” will help these two, but maybe, just maybe, if their constituents start flooding the telephone lines at the US Capitol, demanding immediate and swift action on this deal (not to mention Planned Parenthood defunding) someone up there will get the message and start acting like they “have a pair”, after all. Otherwise, the President will continue to laugh at their “floppy jalopies” as he continues to march this country down the road to irrelevance.
-Drew Nickell, 20 August 2015
(author’s note- Viagra™ is a trademark of Pfizer, Inc.)
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