New Mexico’s bizarre governor, who has jumped through drywall in heels, made the news for kicking men to the curb this week. Not to be outdone in political stunts and soundbites, President Donald Trump’s Kennedy Center makeover is not going to make a huge reveal, Congressional GOP right-wingers are struggling to bury the MAGA divide, and the bedazzled lawmaker up and left.
Democratic Party: No Men Need Apply
While speaking at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) Rules and Bylaws Committee Meeting in Washington, DC, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, sassily proclaimed: "If women, Democratic women, just show up and vote, we're good. We don't need any of the men.” What did you Democratic men do to be ostracized by all of these political women?
Where’s the #MeToo for dudes? In Dallas, Kristian Scimeca said: “That is a sexist viewpoint.”
Grisham came along in the orbit of the #MeToo movement, but no one seemed to care about her alleged sexual assault of her campaign spokesperson. She settled and paid $150,000 to the plaintiff staffer, James Hallinan, who claimed Grisham had poured water on his crotch and grabbed his genitals during a campaign meeting. This New Mexican, Gene LaLonde, just had to ask: “Then who’s [sic] crotch would she have to grab at parties?”
Doug Owens, in Thornton, CO, poked and prodded: “I’m confused, so at this point the Democratic Party can define a male and female?”
In Corsicana TX, these two, Bud and Nancy Bridgforth, reminded us: “She be gone soon.”
Yes, and many are celebrating that Michelle, COVID rule abuser and all-around tyrant, is on the way out.
Partisan Politics – Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
Check out this headline from The Daily Caller: “Judge Married To Joe Biden’s Personal Attorney Says Trump Can’t Put His Name On Kennedy Center.” Here is the skinny: Neither Trump nor the board members of the Kennedy Center may arbitrarily put the president’s name on the event venue. So ruled US District Judge Christopher R. Cooper, who is married to Joe Biden’s personal attorney, Amy Jeffress.
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is a national cultural institution and living memorial established by federal statute; it requires a formal act of Congress to alter its designation. But why did Cooper have to get petty and block the administration’s plans for a two-year closure? The once grand place is a rundown, sad shell.
Trump tried to get the reno rolling, saying: “This important decision, based on input from many Highly Respected Experts, will take a tired, broken, and dilapidated Center, one that has been in bad condition, both financially and structurally for many years, and turn it into a World Class Bastion of Arts, Music, and Entertainment, far better than it has ever been before. America will be very proud of its new and beautiful Landmark for many generations to come.”
Nope. Cooper says live with it.
A list of necessary upgrades includes: Replacing and refitting leaking expansion joints and faulty drainage systems to stop water damage to electrical rooms and deteriorating marble; changing 2,000-pound exterior soffit panels that have reached the end of their lifespan; and replacing outdated boilers, chillers, and an obsolete River Pump Room with modern, energy-efficient water-tower-based cooling systems.
Do Kennedy Center combatants really want overflowing toilets? It’s difficult enough to walk in some of those formal gowns, let alone maneuver through tragic backflow problems. And no one should have to wear a dangerous endangered fur to stay warm while watching Elton or Led Zeppelin or Zamfir for goodness' sake. But sacrifice we must. That’s a whole lot of hooey. Heartlanders really don’t care about naming the event venue or even the Kennedy Center at all. But they do love a good debate fortified by booze.
In Iowa Falls, IA, Janine Shaner says: “Trump said that’s fine, I wash my hands of it. Congress can do the repairs.” So, we can’t have nice things now because of Trump? Damnit. Where’s Harris?
Bedazzler Be Gone
Two weeks ago wasn’t the time – so said the minions of Frederica Wilson (D-FL). The Congresswoman told Axios it was just a “wild rumor," but it now appears the Bedazzler is done: “I think it’s time, and I think I really held on as long as I did because of the 5000 Role Models program, and my concern about the future of it.” For those who may question parts of that statement, the program pairs at-risk underprivileged kids of color with successful adults of the same color for mentoring and such.
Kenny Stinson in Alabama lost a bet with his buds when he said she was leaving: “To focus on her work with The Gap Band?” Well, Kenny, that crossed everyone’s mind.
Wilson also said: “I figured if I announced that I was retiring, what would the Legislature and the governor do? What would they say? Would District 24 be an easy target because Frederica is no longer there? I’m a strong candidate.”
We are all relatively sure the world will still spin without the very sparkly Frederica.
In Iowa, Jeffrey Clark seemed concerned: “But what happens to the hats? Or is she going to head out west on a cattle drive?”
And In Case You Missed it…
A rare albino buffalo in Bangladesh bearing an uncanny resemblance to President Donald Trump has been spared from ritual slaughter, according to a ministry official. Now that buffalo needs a one-way ticket to a nice ranch here in the US.
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