Louisiana Voice

When I see headlines like THIS, I can’t help but think of a former friend who could best be described as penny-wise but pound-foolish. He loved to ridicule women who said they “saved” a certain amount of money when they purchased some item of clothing that was say, marked down 50 percent.

“They say they saved $50 by buying a dress for $50 that was originally priced at $100,” he was fond of point out, “when in reality, they were spending $50 foolishly.”

That was his math formula as applied to women, whom he apparently preferred to see dressed in rags. But as for his own purposes, he thought nothing of paying $4,000 for a wristwatch or $375 for a pair of sunglasses.

Once, he showed me his watch while proudly telling me the brand and the price. I showed him my watch and said, “Timex. $17.95. It keeps the same time as yours but when mine quits, I just buy another one. What do you do when your $4,000 watch quits?”

In his most condescending manner, he said, “I buy another one.”

Such is the mindset of most Republicans I know. It’s a philosophy of “I got mine; you don’t deserve yours.”

There’s a sad but undeniable parallel between my former friend and Senate Republicans who voted in lock-step to confirm Trump’s nominees right down the line. It’s almost as though they were programmed to be completely subservient to their master. Why, it’s almost as though they have no original ideas of their own.

Our own two senators are classic examples of this sycophantic behavior. Both, for example, voted to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services (along with every single one of Trump’s other nominees). Here’s their vote on Kennedy:

That’s not political propaganda; it’s from https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/119-2025/s52, which tracks the vote of every single member of Congress on every single issue.

A few days ago, I had the opportunity to ask Cassidy what it would take for him to finally rebuke Kennedy. Cassidy, the milquetoast that he has shown himself to be, simply walked away without answering.

But at least he did show his face at a speaking event that day. That’s more than John Neely Kennedy has done. All his public utterances are made within the safe confines of the Senate chamber where he recently lamented the presence of radioactivity in shrimp.

That’s correct. He is apparently gravely concerned about the health threats to Louisianans who consume nuclear shrimp than he is about the potential to those who eschew vaccinations. Somehow, I see smallpox, measles, whooping cough and polio as being a far greater threat to our well-being than consuming a few contaminated shrimp.

But does Sen. Kennedy speak a single word of buyer’s remorse? No, of course not. That would mean that (gasp) he might’ve been wrong in blindly complying with our FBI Informant-in-Chief’s wishes.

Let’s review. It’s gone from “The files are on my desk” to “the files don’t exist” to “Fake news” to “I broke it off with Jeffrey after he stole my girl from Mar-a-Lago” to “Democratic hoax cooked up by Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama” to “working undercover for the FBI to expose Epstein.”

To get to that last absurdity, he used this clown as his mouthpiece:

So, the next logical step for our very own Mike Johnson is this:

Kent State University, above and Jackson State, below:

These are bullet holes from police weapons

National Guardsmen kill four at Kent State.

Both the Jackson State and Kent State events were in 1970

Stand by, the National Guard may be coming to your hometown next as we move closer and closer to an authoratative police state.

I recently had the opportunity to talk one-on-one with Sen. Bill Cassidy and my first question was, “When are you going to get enough of Robert Kennedy and stand up for your constituents’ interests?”

Cassidy, if you don’t remember, is a doctor and the man responsible for RFK Jr. being confirmed as Secretary of Health – knowing full well Kennedy’s brain-worm antagonistic position on vaccines.

Cassidy’s lame response to my question was, “We’ll see. We’re waiting to see what he does next.”

My followup question was, “How long do you have to wait?”

“Just wait,” he said with a politician’s smile, and he walked away.

Well, that time apparently came yesterday during a three-hour Senate hearing at which RFK Jr. was called to task by several senators – such as it was. Cassidy took his turn in expressing his “concern” over Junior’s opposition to vaccines. But then Cassidy, in an effort to ensure that his criticism of Junior was not a reflection on Cadet Bone Spurs, chimed in with the bizarre question to Junior as to whether the secretary thought ol’ Yam Tits deserved the NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.

WHAT?!!

He was one of 10 Senate Repugnantcans who voted to convict Trump in his second impeachment trial and now he thinks he should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?

IT JUST DON’T ADD UP!

Of all the sucking up that was imaginably possible, Cassidy used that particular forum as an opportunity to kiss Agent Orange’s ass – in front of the whole world. Well, that should make Don Whoreleone happy, maybe even enough to secure an endorsement in Cassidy’s reelection bid next year. But Cheeto Benito ain’t gonna forget that Cassidy voted in favor of his impeachment in 2021. Kim Don Un doesn’t remember much, but he’s gonna remember that and no amount of puckering by Cassidy’s gonna change that.

And the Nobel Peace Price for the Mango Mussolini? Give me a freakin’ break. The only “peace” that he knows anything about is spelled differently and can be found in the Epstein files.

So, in the final analysis, the courage displayed so fleetingly by Bill Cassidy was at the same time flavored with lip gloss for derriere smooching.