Watching the State of the Union speech I was struck by the visual of the GOP sitting there looking as though the ship is not sinking. All around them is chaos, people running for the life boats, the klaxons are going off, crew members are herding passengers to the upper decks, women and children are being separated from the men of the family not knowing if they will ever see each other again and the reality has sunk in of the momentous hurdles that must be overcome to survive a disaster like this.
Now contrast that with a couple hundred old, rich, out of touch white guys just sitting there sipping 100 year old scotch, smoking the best hand rolled Cubans while waiting for the ship to sink. See, they have a private contractors that will be there to rescue them. As the ship goes down they will be plucked from the deck while those less fortunate are left to fight for themselves.
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