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I know nothing about Democrats Lauren Jewett or James “Jim” Long, both of Metairie, or Republican Randal Arrington, of Ponchatoula other than all three are seeking to unseat Steve “KKK” Scalise in Louisiana’s 1st Congressional District.
Arrington and Scalise will face off in the Republican Primary on May 16 and Jewett and Long will vie for the Democratic nomination that same date.
And while I must plead ignorance on the qualifications of the three challengers, here’s what I do know about Scalise:
He spoke at a Jefferson Parish event backed by David Duke.
He told reporter Stephanie Grace that he was “David Duke without the baggage.” (What the hell does that mean, anyway? If you’re affiliated or identified with Duke in any manner, you’ve got baggage.)
Scalise is the House Majority Leader for the Repugnantcans who at this very moment are considering cutting ANOTHER $30 BILLION from healthcare funding and to bounce another 300,000 Americans off their health insurance.
And for what?
Well, it seems that President Ineptstein needs the money to fund his illegal war that he launched arbitrarily against Iran and in which he now finds he is stuck to like the proverbial tar baby. If you’re wondering, that would be his version of “America First.”
It’s pretty puzzling how we’re able to find money for waging an unconstitutional war, for funding other questionable projects or for giving huge tax breaks for corporations and lucrative contracts to family members but when it comes to helping American in need, there just ain’t enough money available.
Unsaid by the mainstream media is the fact that the First Grifter family has profiteered handsomely off the war what with contracts going to Junior’s drone company—not to mention the obvious insider trading by those close to him who just happen to make lucrative stock deals just before a major military operation is announced.
Remember, Ineptstein made a campaign pledge to cut the cost of gasoline by half if America was foolish enough to elect him in 2024. It did and the result thus far has been an increase in the cost of gasoline of about 28 percent, or somewhere north of $4 a gallon. America First.
And don’t forget for one nano-second that Scalise is a big part of this mess of soaring food costs, gasoline prices, another endless Mideast war, job market uncertainty and stock market fluctuations.
Meanwhile, Ineptstein continues to play golf while American military personnel die because of his idiocy. So far in his first year of this term, he has cost the U.S. $100 million for his golf outings (that includes transportation to Mar-a-Lago, salaries, housing, meals, etc. for Secret Service personnel). Cankle Ankles sees no problem with spending $400 million on his ballroom and he insists we need an Archway with his name emblazoned on it at the entrance to the Beltway.
For better or worse—mostly much, much worse—Mr. Scalise is a big part of all this, even if he is a peripheral player. It matters not. Ethics are ethics and if he stands idly by as a spectator to the abuses of President Ineptstein, then he is every bit as guilty of betraying his oath of office and unfit to serve in the People’s House.
Yet…and yet, I must admit that I have zero confidence in the voters of the 1st District—or any other red district in Louisiana—to comprehend the threat to this country that most of the Repugnantcans in Congress present to the liberties that we have enjoyed for 250 years.
All I can say at this point is good luck on the next 250.
Far too much attention has been given House Bill 221 by State Rep. Michael Echols (R-Monroe) who is running hard to overcome Mar-A-Lardo’s endorsement of State Sen. Blake Miguez (R-New Iberia) in hopes of succeeding Day Trader Julia Letlow, who is seeking to unseat Bill Cassidy for Cassidy’s U.S. Senate seat. Got that? Good. Let’s move on.
HB 221 is Echols’s effort to out-Trump Miguez while also hammering home the carpetbagger theme by pointing out Miguez lives about 100 miles outside House District 2 in which he, along with Echols, Sen. Rick Edmonds of Baton Rouge and Board of Regents member Misti Cordell, is running.
The bill seeks to name the proposed new bridge over the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge after Trump, aka TACO Don, aka Dementia Don, aka Cankle Ankles, aka Mar-a-Lardo. Which of those names is Echols proposing? Some observers even question if the name Yam Tits Bridge will catch on with the public, however. But all that speculation hasn’t deterred Echols—or 67 other members of the House.
The bill has zipped through committee and passed the house by a disheartening 68-26 vote, with nine members taking a walk. To see how your representative voted, CLICK HERE. It now goes to the Senate for consideration. Should it pass the Senate, it’s a lead-pipe cinch that Gov. Squeaky Toy will sign it into law.
Every session, there are benign bills introduced to name stretches of highway and bridges after local dignitaries and generally speaking, most pass without so much as a whimper of protest of negative vote.
But this year could be different.
That’s because not to be outshone as a full-blown Trumpster, another legislator has upped the ante by introducing House Bill 8647 which calls for name changes to several bridges to honor the legacies of several of the state’s own former icons of the Jim Crow era.
One of those is the I-20 bridge over the Red River connecting Bossier City and Shreveport, which may soon bear the name of staunch segregationist WILLIE RAINACH. Under the bill filed by Rep. Dogmatizer P. Jingoist (R-Zealoton). You remember Willie Rainach, right? He ran for governor in 1959, finishing third behind New Orleans Mayor deLesseps Morrison and Jimmie Davis (Davis won the runoff against Morrison). Rainach was the status-quo candidate of the Southern aristocrat wannabes. He ran on the single so-called states’ rights issue of keeping Blacks in their place, wherever that supposed “place” might have been.
Willie Rainach
About a hundred miles to the east, Monroe’s Louisville Street bridge will be renamed under Jingoist’s bill to the Richard Nixon Watergate Memorial Bridge.
The name of the John James Audubon Bridge in St. Francisville would be changed to the JOHN RARICK Memorial Bridge. Rarick was an outspoken white supremacist former judge and U.S. representative from St. Francisville who opposed any legislation beneficial to Blacks or that advanced the cause of civil rights—and who wasn’t shy about saying so.
John Rarick
The Crescent City Connection linking New Orleans with the West Bank of the Mississippi River will henceforth be known as the LEANDER PEREZ CONNECTIONunder Jingoist’s bill.
Leander Perez, aka Boss Hogg of Plaquemines Parish
The footbridge over the scenic Tickfaw River in Livingston Parish will for now and evermore be known as The DAVID DUKE BRIDGE TO NOWHEREshould Jingoist’s bill become law. Duke, who ran unsuccessful races for U.S. Senate and Louisiana governor (forcing Edwin Edwards into a runoff in 1991) was known as one who pursued the perfect political trifecta of money, women and power through his neo-Nazi fundraising activities.
David Duke and his footbridge
Finally, as a bent-knee gesture to Trump, Jingoist’s bill would erase the name of the Sunshine Bridge near Donaldsonville in favor of a more appropriate name for the state and national Repugnantcan Party.
“Sunshine is anathema to all that we stand for,” he said. “That is why I want the Sunshine Bridge’s name expunged from history and replaced by the more administration-friendly name of the STEPHEN MILLER BRIDGE TO OPAQUENESS.”
Puppeteer Stephen Miller
“HB 8647 is the sincerest way to pay homage to the heroes of white supremacy and the principle of States Rights,” Jingoist said. “God, I miss Jim Crow.”
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