I went grocery shopping yesterday evening, and who should be shaking hands outside but my very own Congressworm.
When he stuck his hand out, I really tried to be polite but I couldn't help hesitating. I finally said, "You know, I really can't shake the hand of anyone who voted for that obscene Military Commissions bill."
(First time diarist here. Please be gentle.)
I went grocery shopping yesterday evening, and who should be shaking hands outside but my very own Congressworm.
When he stuck his hand out, I really tried to be polite but I couldn't help hesitating. I finally said, "You know, I really can't shake the hand of anyone who voted for that obscene Military Commissions bill."
He was surprised into responding, "Uh?"
Me: "That was the most shameful, un-American bill Congress has passed in my lifetime."
He: "Well, we disagree."
Me: "Then you need to learn more about history and constitutional law."
He: "Well, I'm not a lawyer."
With that brilliant riposte, he turned his back on me. I wasn't about to let a little thing that that stop my parting shot: "Voting Republican used be merely stupid. This Congress has made it immoral."
Several people nearby laughed, and I saw his shoulders flinch.
He greeted five or six more people while I was loading my car. Only one promised to vote for him, the rest were noncommittal or told him to his face they were voting for his Democratic opponent, Andrew Hurst. This must have rattled Davis, who is having a much tougher re-election campaign than he ever expected. (Today's WaPo has a story on just that topic.)
Among his many other sins, Davis is the guy who voted against siting a high-density condo/townhouse development next to a subway station because, "Those places breed Democrats."
What a maroon.