by Noah
Amazingly depressing, isn't it? All that alleged brainpower in Washington, all that professed caring, but it took a comedian to get the $enate to finally do the so obviously right thing and vote for passage of a bill (the PACT Bill) that would provide some better healthcare for veterans, especially veterans that are greatly suffering from the hellacious effects of being exposed to the toxic fumes given off by military burn pits they were exposed to in the service of this country. The way we treat our veterans is bad enough to begin with but the Republican Party stood in the way like they always do when it comes to matters of healthcare.
Every American should be looking at the semi-braindead glad-handing assclowns in the $enate and ask why does it take Jon Stewart and his well-organized protest on the steps of the Capitol Building to shame politicians who live to promote human misery and death into taking the action that they finally did last week. Clearly the answer lies in the fact that most of those who run for office have no sense of right and wrong, and certainly have no sense at all.
In the first vote on the PACT bill, 41 Republican $enators voted against it. Then, Jon Stewart took action and 30, even those like "Ted" Cruz who went around fist bumping his anti-vet cohorts after the initial defeat of the legislation got shook just enough to change their minds. Blowback matters, sometimes.
Here are the 11 special scumbag psychopaths that doubled down on their personal evil and voted against coming to the aid of veterans in the second vote: Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA),Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID), Sen. James Lankford (R-OK), Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), Sen. James Risch (R-ID), Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT), Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL), Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL). Not surprising really since every republican in the $enate has shown that they have no problem with their fellow republicans who beat a cop to death and injured 140 more on 1/6.
Run for office, Jon. Let's have more comedians and fewer money-grubbing political hacks. It worked here last week and, hey, it seems to be working so far in Ukraine! I always thought George Carlin would have been a good president. Lenny Bruce, too. Here's your cue, Al Franken!