I followed the Nancy P. rosepaloza with some interest. I will admit at first glance it seems frivolous and ridiculously extravagant to send x dozen roses. But. In the grand scheme of things...
Is it more frivolous than dressing up like a character from the musical 1776 and hanging a teabag from your hat? More ridiculous than hanging a giant flag from Mt. Rushmore? Dumber than making a threatening call, or tossing a brick? Sillier than tossing paint on an old lady in a mink? I think not. It was a symbol and a powerful one. It was a way to say we're glad you didn't listen to the neighsayers.
American history is full of grand gestures from tossing tea in Boston Bay to chaining ones self to a tree to stop the bulldozers.
The party of no has done a great job making these gestures over the last few months. Dress a few people up funny and yell and carry signs and convince people that you are legion. They have driven the narrative, convincing a whole lot of people that their is something to be scared of. They've also turned a lot of people off.
We can do better. The roses were a day brightener, not just for Mrs. P. but for her staff, the soldiers who got to share them, and so on.
I've been thinking about ways to say thanks, so, for starters, I'm sending a flowers to Sen. Johnson to his office here in town to thank him for his support of HCR.