Is it unfair to ask Congressman Michael Grimm (11th Dist. NY Republican) as to whether he had a bit too much caffeine before threatening NY1 reporter, Michael Scotto last night?
a. "Throw you off this fucking balcony."
b. "Break you in half...like a boy."
Hell, he said he was sorry and acknowledged that he "lost his cool" but thought a question during the post SOTU interview with Scotto was "unprofessional."In other words, he felt "jumped".
Glad Scotto didn't ask the umpires to check the pine tar on his bat. But he probably succeeded in getting more than his fifteen minutes of attention. I don't think "fame" is the operative reward for threatening to kill a reporter. But, what do I know? Given the news the past several weeks, he substituted words for those who said nothing--- and pulled a trigger to redress their grievances.
Reporters ask silly questions and politicians give silly answers.
The President didn't break any new ground last night. Judging from the expressions of Joe Biden and John Boehner at different moments, he may have been breaking wind. I thought Boehner was trying to pass a kidney stone. I think he hates long speeches. All cigarette smokers do. You just get crankier and crankier. I don't care if he's addicted to alcohol and nicotine. I'm just sorry he doesn't have the same relationship with the truth. But he's not the only one.
Republicans are both smart and dumb: smart enough to have concentrated on local and statewide elections, with the help of dark money. They are pretty much defeat proof in many states and therefore will likely hold on to the House in 2014. They may even take over the Senate. And dumb enough to understand that their brand is halfway up a dying elephant's ass and therefore, dying. And because they feel they are highly principled, they have no clue that they continue to batter their brand and lose market share because they do not know how to speak to large (important) segments of the electorate. But they have promised that if they regain control of both houses, they will vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
So, and maybe not surprisingly, todays humstle is John Lennon's How Do You Sleep?
Sleep well my friends. Tomorrow is another day between heaven and hell. Which brings me to another humstle. Florence Reece's Which Side Are You On?. One of the notable singers of this 1931 classic was a man who deserves another tip of the hat and another RIP. Pete Seeger.
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