What the House Republican Insurgents Got Right

I like to watch a good sporting event as much as the next guy. Roller Derby is an obvious favorite, but “Bowling for Dollars” can be fun! And I can’t begin to count the number of hours I’ve spent watching the Titans of Peruvian Curling keeping it real. But as invigorating as those competitions can be, nothing compares to the recent battle between the Republicans and the…well…Republicans, over who will be Speaker of the US House.

What’s happened in Washington DC is positively Shakespearian. As someone who has read a lot of Shakespeare and even written a good deal of it (mostly the early stuff, for which I never get credit), I recognize the broken egos, the back-stabbing, the intrigue and the pervasive subtexts in everything everyone involved said.

For example, it was breathtaking to watch so many members of congress say “I wholeheartedly support Kevin McCarthy for Speaker”, when they really meant “You wouldn’t believe the shit he gave me to say this!”.

On the other side, there were the extreme right-wing insurgents who spoke about the need for new blood and new rules in Congress, when what THEY were really saying was a “We believe that giant lizard people in the shape of George Soros are using Venezuelan technology and Marshmallows to clone thousands of giant Hillary Clintons to sneak Karl Marx into your local…