Following is Sen. Kennedy’s response to the pandemic, given during one of his town hall meetings:
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LouisianaVoice, in fairness, reports John Kennedy’s leadership role in combatting coronavirus pandemic
November 14, 2020 by tomaswell
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Yes. He is most eloquent when silent. Thanks for being fair.
Well, I suppose in some unenvious way, we could look over a couple of state lines and be happy we’re not in Alabama. Or is there much difference. From yesterday’s New York Times:
In his first big interview as a senator-elect, Tommy Tuberville, Republican of Alabama, misidentified the three branches of the federal government, claimed erroneously that World War II was a battle against socialism and wrongly asserted that former Vice President Al Gore was president-elect for 30 days.
Asked if he thought Republicans could still use their potential Senate majority to pass legislation in divided government, with Democrats controlling the White House and House of Representatives, Mr. Tuberville replied that he had been given a mandate to “help people,” adding, “I don’t care if you’re a Republican or Democrat.”
“Our government wasn’t set up for one group to have all three branches of government — wasn’t set up that way,” Mr. Tuberville said. “You know, the House, the Senate, and the executive.”
Oh. Dear. God.
Sadly, or not, God had nothing to do with it. This monstrosity of an electorate is man-made.
I became convinced that many Louisiana voters preferred to elect governors who didn’t seem to be particularly intellectual until Jindal got elected. They liked Foster, but rejected the more cerebral Roemer, for example. Once Jindal got rolling they ignored his I Q, but accepted him because he seemed to do what they wanted without necessarily worrying about pesky things like the law (see the requirement for balanced budgets).
48% of voters in the U. S. seem to prefer to elect people who are as ignorant as possible about government (see Tuberville). Tuberville, to his credit, never claimed to know a lot about government or politics. The current POTUS certainly didn’t and fumbled the presidency in remarkable ways, but his base stayed with him. Fortunately for the rest of us, we outnumbered them at the polls and he will soon be gone.
Bottom-line: It is clear to me that almost half the people in our population (and a higher percent in Louisiana and Alabama) prefer to elect government officials who they think will do what they think they want done, regardless of qualifications, ostensible I. Q., experience, or any other tangible measures of potential success in governance.
The fortunate exception would seem to be our current governor and we need to start thinking about 2023 now. I personally hope he runs against, and defeats, Senator Kornpone in 2022. Lt. Gov. Nungesser works across party lines and would certainly be a credible stand-in if nothing else.
CJG….I am wondering in the former “Dumbest U. S. Elected Official from nearby East Texas” knows that he has been out dumbed? This really is a Race to the Bottom!
I’m not getting the audio? Video? Quote?
Cindy, that’s just it. There is none.