I ran across this article today, in which we learn that Senator Rick Scott (Felon-Florida) is urging state governors to return any money the Feds give them as a result of the COVID-19 relief measure the Democrats just passed.
The equally corrupt governor of Florida, meanwhile, has not only said he won’t take Scott’s advice, but he’s also criticizing Scott for not following Lisa Murkowski’s lead: pushing for an amendment to get more funds for your state, then voting against the bill.
Scott’s bloviating is emblematic of the current Republican approach to “governing”: Unless you are in a position to shovel money toward the rich, simply engage in moral scolding, knowing full well, as in this instance, that the folks you’re scolding will ignore you, but that it will play well with the folks at Fox and the brainwashed base. Actually doing anything for their constituents is the last thing on their minds. The first thing on their minds is propagandizing the sheep into believing that the government shouldn’t do anything for them, because if the government is doing it, all the best stuff always goes to those nasty brown and black people.
I have a very young granddaughter, and when she gets old enough to understand, I suppose I’ll be boring her with stories about how when I was her age, there were actually Republicans, with whom I could disagree, but who I could still respect as people who cared about their country and their constituents. Republicans who actually wanted to do the right thing. She probably won’t believe me. She’ll simply see it as a sign of dementia.
Afterthought: On a somewhat related note, it appears that the Republicans have known all along that the American Recovery Act would work, and have now settled on a line of attack to propagandize against it:
After failing to stop the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell now hopes no one will notice when it helps stimulate the struggling economy.
“The economy’s coming back. People are getting vaccine. We’re on the way out of this. We’re about to have a boom,” McConnell (R-KY) told reporters on Wednesday. “And if we do have a boom, it will have absolutely nothing to do with this $1.9 trillion.”
You might think that’s far too transparently absurd, but this is America in 2021. The boom will, of course, have everything to do with the $1.9 trillion, but Fox will pick up the baton, and the brain dead will believe it even as they cash their checks and get their rent relief. Much to my surprise, however, it appears that Biden is fully aware of the strategy, and for once, the Democrats are prepared to beat the drums on their own behalf.
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