Eeyores

Day 120. Eeyores.

Time to wax political again..... I hope you know what "Eeyores" are. If not, here's a lesson: they're the gloomy, pessimistic, people who ruin dang near everything they get involved in with their negativity. Today's lesson on Capital Hill brought them out in droves. People who you don't expect to hear honking their displeasure come out of the woodwork. Misery loves company, I guess.

The vote in the House of Representative for Speaker was held just after noon today. There was some sort of half-baked movement to oust John Boehner (R - OH) from the position. A story from earlier in the week explained one Congressman's stance on why he wasn't voting for someone else. There was an opportunity in early November to nominate others: no one did. There have been two months since to nominate others: no one did. To be taken seriously, you have to spend time getting people to back your play. That didn't happen. Whilst Louie Gohmert (R - TX) and others tossed their names out last week in a last minute play, nobody was serious. A week? Really.

There was a poll from last week referencing that 60% of Republicans wanted Boehner out as Speaker. Digging into it like Glenn Beck told me to, I found that it was a telephone poll of 100 people, self-identified as Republican or Independent. From a Democratic pollster, Pat Cadell. Who worked for McGovern, Carter, Gary Heart, Biden, and Jerry Brown. Please. My dog has more credibility when it comes to polling conservatives. No doubt there are those who aren't happy with Boehner as Speaker, but I'm doubtful Public Polling called them on the phone. And again, pointless unless there's an alternative.

Bad weather stopped a few Congresscritters from making it back to DC for the vote. The entire NY delegation was absent, in attendance at former Governor Cuomo's wake. That raised the number of votes against Boehner to 36. They managed 25. Politics is nothing if not a numbers game, and who votes nay when it's an obvious losing hand?

Boehner won handily against the next closest challenger. Why? Ask the Eeyores. They say it's because all the people that voted for Boehner are RINOs (Republicans In Name Only.) Because they're traitors to what their constituents wanted. Because..... anything but the truth.  Because there was no serious challenger. Trey Gowdy was mentioned back in mid-December. He said he wasn't interested. They were out of DC the entire time, so even if he was interested there was no chance to garner interest in him. Remember, there were ZERO nominees from early November until today. Several interested parties raised their voices last week, but nobody serious enough to actually work for it.

We get the government we deserve. Bitching about how it works doesn't change a damn thing. Do something about it besides honking when it goes against your wishes.

610 to go...