It was Minority Leader John Boehner who told his GOP brethren that they shall "behave like grown-ups" before the historic health care debate on Sunday night. But it was John Boehner who was one of many Congressmen on the right who forgot what that meant. Boehner rose with a "sad and heavy heart" during his floor speech and went on to yell "hell no" several times throughout his plea against providing Americans with affordable insurance. It got better from there. Our own Lubbock Texas Congressman Randy Neugebauer decided to shout down anti-abortion Democratic Congressman Bart Stupak and call him a baby killer. Nancy Pelosi also stood before the House and stated that "being a woman will no longer be a pre existing condition". That was actually met with jeers from the right.
While such outbursts may seem the norm for parliamentary governments around the world such as Great Britain, it is not the norm on the floor of Congress in the United States. The House and Senate has always maintained a certain amount of decorum while other members spoke, even if they did not agree. But apparently that is out the window. Apparently it is ok to shout "you lie" at the President. And now it is ok to yell "baby killer".
Most people who can't be quiet when they are told are somewhere in the age range of 4 years old. They throw tantrums and cry. They scream with random insensible outbursts. If you don't give them the cookie or Barbie that they want, then they yell even louder. This is exactly what the Republican Congressmen, and the teabaggers outside the chambers who spat on House members and called one a faggot, have become. Tantrum throwing children who can only be tamed either by appeasement with a cookie, or a harsh spanking on the ass. Get ready for some majority rule spanking, GOP. As any bad baby, you deserve it.
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