Republican congressman Mo Brooks of Alabama said about one of the stupidest things you’d imagine a Republican congressman from Alabama could say today, and that’s saying something.
As News Corpse diaried it, “Brooks Warns that Guns are Needed to ‘Take Back Our Government.’”
Which quote immediately sent me down dark corridors of thought. Mo Brooks is in Congress. He literally is the government. Is he saying we need guns to take stuff from him? Is this some weird “Falling Down” suicide by cop plea for help? Are you okay, congressman? Should we call someone?
Soon, though, I came back to my first reaction: “Dude, you are the government,” and I wondered, could this be a useful message to get out the vote?
You hear people bitching everywhere, all the time. Crime’s terrible. Food prices are through the roof. The game’s rigged for the rich guy. The government should do something. damn it!
What a perfect opener to remind your neighbor or your friend or the yammering guy in line at the store, “Whoever most people vote for is going to be in power. That’s it. And voting or not voting determines who that is. You’re the government.”
I don’t know if this could be an effective message to get people thinking—and voting.
But it’s what I said to the guy in line at the store.