Back in the '60s and '70s, Nebraska had a Senator named Hruska. (It sounds like you are saying “Husker” while clearing your throat.) He served during the time that the Senate was controlled by the Democratic party. He was not noted for any major, significant legislation, but did vote for the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
His only claim to fame was when the esteemed Senator from Nebraska was supporting the nomination to SCOTUS of G. Harrold Carswell, a Nixon nominee in 1970. Some criticized Judge Carswell as being mediocre. Responding to that criticism, Hruska claimed that:
“Even if he were mediocre, there are a lot of mediocre judges and people and lawyers. They are entitled to a little representation, aren't they, and a little chance? We can't have all Brandeises, Frankfurters, and Cardozos.”
Boy did I take a ribbing from my liberal friends at the University of Iowa. Yeah, give us mediocres a chance. “Are all of you guys from Nebraska mediocre?” What could I say?
We may just give the world a little levity. Well, New York seems to have followed Nebraska’s lead, only instead of sending someone to the Senate for over 20 years, they sent AOC to the House of Representatives. But she has certainly not lost any time entertaining the population with drivel and claptrap.
The latest statement equating Nazi concentration camps with the ICE detention centers has even upset some liberals. One comment I read was that there were not voluntary lines of potential inmates streaming into Dachau, Bergen-Belsen, Buchenwald, Sachsenhausen, Auschwitz, and about 18 others. Let’s see, six million dead in Germany and how many have died in ICE custody?
Nope, I think that there is a difference there. One question comes to mind. What reputable reporter would put a microphone in the face of someone so clearly factually challenged? At least she hasn’t promised to cure cancer.
I would counsel us to ignore it, but, like the insurance commercial with a walrus blocking the hockey net, it is pretty hard to just play on like it doesn’t exist. Hey, have you heard the one about how slapping sanctions on Mexico will have a negligible or negative effect on illegal immigration? How about the “tuff talk will only alienate North Korea?” I will withhold judgment on the Iran situation. But I would expect that they will back down. Their president or premier or whatever he is, has already claimed that they will not go to war. Good choice.
How is the weather in your neck of the woods? Get much rain last night? Has it gotten hot yet...?
