Interesting reality of the republican lifestyle, isn’t it?
Selective memory normally has something more to due with a teenager forgetting that he was asked by his parents to take out the garbage. But in the world of republicans being controlled by the gun lobby, it means wearing flag pins and sporting banners that proclaim “We will never forget” and a silhouette of the twin towers, while just 4 months after Newtown, CT saying they’ll filibuster any and all gun safety bills that are brought to the floor of the U.S. Senate.
Ah, republican senators, what proud men and women you are… (clear throat). In this day and age, I think the best we can hope for from republicans is that they support the Sandyhook is a hoax conspiracy theories in private… at least that way I’ll only feel sick to my stomach, but not actually lose my lunch when thinking about republicans in the senate.
There’s not much more to say, honestly. What should we as a country think about a Republican Party who after over a decade still exploits the tragedy of 9/11 as much as they can to get increased military funding and warrantless everything, yet after only four months behave as if the tragedy at Sandy Hook (let alone the 3300 other people who have died since Sandy Hook by gun violence) simply never happened.
Selective memory to national tragedies only when it fits the ultra-conservative agenda… yup… I feel sick.
Even though there is a massive majority of U.S. citizens who think at least background checks should be the law of this country… republicans refuse to do it because of the NRA.
Senators refuse to even vote because they know they will not survived an election with a no vote on their record in most U.S. states… you can’t gerrymander a senate seat like you can in the house. The house republicans are happy to vote and prove their NRA loyalties… because many of their seats are safe due to the gerrymandering after the last census. To think that we have elected officials who actually boast about being pro anti-terrorism internationally, yet support domestic terrorists getting every weapon they can get their hands on. How does one resolve that in a way that allows them to sleep at night?
Right.. I forgot… they all have full, government paid health coverage so probably have large doses of Ambien.
We all should be remembering what it is that Mitch McConnell and the House republican Tea Party crazies choose to remember and exploit for political purposes. They only remember the tragedies that get them more money. Sure, the democrats are not much better when it comes to their own special interests… but at least the don’t make me search for a Tums whenever I think about them. Sadly, that’s the criteria we have these days: which part gives you the least amount of acid reflux.
