There’s an interesting story in today’s New York Times that quotes our junior senator as basically saying he doesn’t give a rat’s patootie about what any of his constituents think; he’s just going to allow himself to be sucked up into the Trump vortex until his brain, like that of IMPOTUS, is nothing but mush.
In fact, John N. Kennedy is already so far along that path that he long ago reached the point of no return.
Kennedy long ago – even before fellow senator Bill Cassidy’s shameful but at the same time, shameless, thumbs-up on yesterday’s confirmation hearing on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health – sold his soul to IMPOTUS.
He’s in so deep that he now actually believes he answers to no one other than the ringmaster of Washington’s three-ring circus.
What he doesn’t seem to understand is that politics is like a clock’s pendulum; it swings both ways. Right now, it’s at full-tilt right swing but one day, when the infatuation with this orange blowhard is past, it’ll swing back. A quick look at history will affirm that theory.
One day when Mrs. Putin has exited the White House and America comes to its senses, people like Kennedy, Mike Johnson and Clay Higgins will be footnotes, unworthy of serious study.
Think about it. What have they said or done, really? Clay Higgins froths at the mouth a lot. Mike Johnson has a porn app to monitor his son and vice-versa and Kennedy is Foghorn Leghorn reincarnated. Kennedy is full of platitudes and cliches that contribute nothing to serious debate and now, he’s even insulted all of us with his observation on Trump’s efforts to dismantle the federal government, starting with USAID when he said:
“To my friends who are upset, I would say with respect, you know, call somebody who cares. They better get used to this. It’s USAID today. It’s going to be Department of Education tomorrow.”
Seems to me he’s actually trying to take credit for what billionaire – and unelected – Elon Musk is doing. It also appears that he’s forgotten where he came from – Zachary – but let’s allow that to pass and concentrate on Kennedy’s Bronx cheer message: “Call somebody who cares.”
That’s about a crass as an elected official can get. If someone decides to run against this buffoon in six years, it would be wise to plaster TV ads with clips of Kennedy uttering those ignoble words.
“Call somebody who cares.”
Louisiana Voice 
Sounds about right.
I recently wrote to both Senators Kennedy and Cassidy asking them to vote against H.R. 23, the so-called Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act (that would have served to condemn the International Criminal Court for issuing an arrest warrant for Netanyahu), which was ultimately voted down, but only because of the filibuster. Neither of them voted no.
The reply from Cassidy was totally non-responsive, and talked about military funding. Kennedy’s was also unresponsive in that it did not mention the issue I wrote him about, but it did talk about his supporting Israel, and he proudly informed me that he “introduced the Peace and Tolerance in Palestinian Education Act which requires the State Department to report whether U.S. taxpayer dollars fund the teaching of anti-Semitism in Palestinian schools”.
Every time I have communicated with them, and there have been several, those kinds of replies are what I get back.
Politics has been like a clock’s pendulum … up until now. I am not at all convinced it will continue to be like a clock’s pendulum going forward. Neither, as far as I can tell, do the MAGA fascists or their suck-up politicians. In Trump the MAGA fascists have power like no one in America has ever had power before in the form of an irredeemably corrupt individual eager to abuse it. They will NEVER willingly give that up. “Call someone who cares” indeed.
You are right. There is indeed a worry about the pendulum being able to swing back. Will they be able to take complete control of the clock? A realistic fear.
My email to Senator Cassidy:
Very disappointed in your vote for Kennedy. Presume the only possible reason is an under the table deal with John Fleming that he will withdraw as a candidate against you. No way I will be able to support you — I would vote for Ray Nagin first.
Brobson Lutz, MD
New Orleans
Great article and comments! He who has the gold, makes the rule, RIGHT?? Kennedy’s parents had the gold. I bet there are more of us, who “love thy neighbor like thyself” just do not covet his ass. See how words can be confusing….I named my rescue jackass, Buster Bill Clinton, trying to explain him to my grandkids…. thanks