I Feel Like I'm Writing a Parenting Column

 Well that didn't take long.  

Not that I expected everyone in Congress to join hands and sing Kumbaya but I thought the reality of almost being killed would sober the members of Congress up and get them to stop behaving like toddlers and understand that our country needs serious help. They need to be the grown ups and shoulder the responsibility of doing a hard job; that's what they are paid to do.  Don't they understand we are dying out here? That we are hungry? That we need jobs so we can feed, clothe and house our children?

But instead we have weasels who are trying to read the tea leaves on what they should do to get re-elected in 2 or 4 years.  We have a couple of crazy ladies roaming the halls of Congress maskless, packing and  screaming at other duly elected representatives that they have the right to do whatever they want because their "base" (whatever that is) gives them permission.  

 Instead of working ways to get financial and medical help to the Americans who didn't storm the Capitol (if they don't agree with the President's proposal) they are running off to Florida to "strategize" on how to "retake the House". These are the same House  members who were threatened with death and hanging by a bunch of lawless goons and  hours later they still repeated the lies of a fraudulent election because (according to them) their constituents (another word for "base"?) demanded it. 

I can't believe I have to put it in language a kindegartener can understand but since that is who seems to be running the legislative branch of the government these days here goes:

What happened on January 6th was bad. Bad behavior has consequences. So put your big boy pants and big girl panties on and deal with the consequences for each and every one of the people who told lies about who won the election. As any parent knows if there are no consequences for bad behavior  something worse is bound to happen next time.

 As for those dangerous  tantrum throwers who broke doors down and crashed through windows, who threatened and hurt other people, who trashed the building, peed and pooped on the floors all the while screaming  "this is our house" and then lied when they were caught; they need to have a very, very long time out. 

So Congress, if you really want to be re-elected in 2 or 4 years see the first paragraph.  That's what you should do; accept responsibility for your words and your actions and clean up your mess.