I almost can’t think about politics these days, let alone write about it, because it’s so awful I can’t stand it. I realize this is why the situation continues to deteriorate: people like me can’t work up the energy necessary to, you know, do something about it. The only thing I’ve done lately is to call up Sen. Feinstein’s office and say, politely, to the intern answering the phone, “What the fuck was Feinstein thinking saying there would be no Alito filibuster? Filibuster him, damn you.” Okay, I used little to no profanity. But I was thinking it.
Anyhow, today’s bit of insanity, which displays just how far down the rabbit hole we are right now, comes from Rep. Bob Ney, of Ohio (via Atrios):
Ohio Republican Chairman Bob Bennett said Thursday that he’d ask Rep. Bob Ney to resign from Congress if he were indicted on felony charges.
Bennett stressed that Ney, R-Heath, has not been charged with any crime and that the party backs him for re-election.
…Asked if Ney planned to step down if Bennett urged him to do so, Ney said: “I would say if he asked me to step down that he’d better look in the mirror because glass houses break easily.”
An elected Congressional Representative isn’t claiming innocence; he’s saying, “Yeah, I’m guilty, and if I go down, I’m taking people with me.”
And, you know, this isn’t particularly big news.
Of course, in a time when the President had not only admitted publicly to high crimes and misdemeanors but has said he’ll do it again and again, and Congress isn’t really doing much to hold up their end of the Constitutional bargain… I guess I shouldn’t be that surprised.
Cheer up. Ney’s going down and he’s gonna take others down with him. This is a GOOD thing.