Louisiana Voice

Louisiana’s junior (soon to be senior) U.S. Sen. John Neely Kennedy is one of three senators The Washington Post says remain undecided on how they will vote on the confirmation of Todd Blanche as Il Duce Trump’s permanent attorney general–or at least as permanent as any of his appointees are, which is to say not so much.

Now just hold on a dad-blamed minute here. How long has The Post had to figure out that Kennedy is a straight-line adherent to the wishes of the bloated self-described genius who knows how to make deals? Ten full years?

Now, I know those writers up in Washington are well-versed in how politics works and how every action, every vote in the Beltway is calculated to render the highest return on political investment and we down here in the backwoods are rubes who just don’t understand the intricacies of how the system works.

They may be correct but one thing we do know down here is this: John Neely Kennedy ain’t about to cross swords with the Agent of Orange. No, siree. Ain’t gonna happen. Why, he’d rather drink weed killer.

The Post said that Sens. John Cornyn of Texas, Thom Tillis of South Carolina and Kennedy asked Blanche “pointed questions” about his record at the Justice Department. POLITICO noted the three have the power to derail Blanche’s nomination.

Well, just to remind you, Cornyn has already lost his reelection bid to one of the worst possible candidates, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, and Tillis has announced his retirement so neither of them really has anything to lose at this point. Either—or both—could conceivably vote no as a parting middle finger to Trump.

But Kennedy? His High School yearbook at Zachary High School, said his ambition to be president of the U.S. That may be a pretty remote career goal at this point but Vanderbilt Boy still wants to be reelected without the bother of being primaried.

Were I a rich man, I would be finding me a good online betting service and lay some heavy odds that Kennedy will toe the Trump line. He’s just that easy to buy. He’s just that sleazy. And weed killer probably doesn’t taste very good anyway.