Here are my observations and opinions on my selected news of the day.
MARTHA MC SALLY’S LOSS in her run for the seat to be vacated by Sen. Jeff “The” Flake is being blamed on a number of factors in a party memo leaked to the Washington Post. While noting that a significant segment of the AZ GOP was hostile to President Trump, and a dislike of his appointment of Kavanaugh, the name of John McCain was frequently mentioned, citing his opposition to the president being a key factor in fracturing the state’s party.
This comes as no surprise to me. Regular readers will recall my deep disappointment in McCain following his “nay” vote to prevent the repeal of ObamaCare. I continue to contend that vote was an act of vengeance against President Trump.
Not alone in that memory, Jason Lewis highlighted that vote in his Wall Street Journal piece after the midterms,” Who Lost The House? John McCain.”
The prolonged mourning of his passing from the Arizona Capitol rotunda to that of our nation’s capital, and finally the Naval Academy, brought out the hypocrites to praise him; Democrats and Republicans alike, who feigned admiration for this war hero turned RINO and bitter old man.
From the decision to disinvite President Trump to the not-so-subtle eulogy references to him, Arizona voters got an earful from Washington’s elite amid the midterm election campaign. And word went out from Phoenix that the president wasn’t welcome to rally for McSally.
Despite the hostility toward the president, the fickle voters of Arizona, including Republicans, voted for Kyrsten Sinema, who portrayed herself as willing to work with him. Interestingly, Sinema never used the word “Democrat” in her TV commercials.
THE ELECTION IS OVER, but a disgruntled group of Arizona voters have issued a frivolous lawsuit against Republican Gov. Doug Ducey in an effort to force him to call a special election to replace McCain, a seat temporarily held by Jon Kyl. The governor is following the law under the 17th Amendment.
Arizona’s scheming former attorney general, Grant Woods, who is not-so-secretly desirous of the McCain seat, tweeted that he hoped “Ducey puts Arizona’s interests first and not the backroom deals we’re hearing about,” a reference to the word he might appoint McSally to fill the seat. Woods knows all about those “backroom deals.”
Stay tuned. In the meantime, Jon Kyl is more than satisfying Republicans, allowing us to forget the previous holder of that seat.
MICHIGAN LAWMAKERS STUCK ON STUPID, to borrow a phrase from Gen. Russel Honore. Fourteen Democrats and one Republican have sponsored a resolution that would make sex-segregated toys illegal. It’s designed to put pressure on fast food companies (McDonald’s) from asking customers if they prefer a “girl toy” or a “boy toy” when they order meals marked for young children.
The resolution explains that toys designated for boys are action figures or building toys, in primary colors, while girl toys are often stuffed animals and are usually in a pastel color. This practice can influence and limit children’s imaginations and interests by promoting some toys as only suitable for girls and others only for boys, the lawmakers worry, according to Tyler O’Neil of PJMedia.
Citing a 2015 study from the Association for Psychological Science, the bill sponsors say this explains why, on average, boys and men tend to do better in Stem and why, on average, girls and women have higher emotional intelligence and sympathy.
Balderdash.
Incidentally, fast food customers are offered the option of toy they wish for their child.
MORE FROM THE SOCIALIST Democrat Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez. Speaking at what was called a “Sunrise Movement” press conference, she sees her recent election victory as a watershed moment in world history akin to landing on the moon.
“That’s what we did when so many of us won an election this year. We electrified the nation,” comparing it to going to the moon. “We’ve done what we thought was impossible. We went to the moon,” she said.
Oh my.
May God bless the United States of America.
