Lurking in the background to all of this is a widespread weariness of endless political theater. Meanwhile, we are suffering from a profound lack of competent governance.
. . ." Burdensome taxes and inflating prices are taking a serious toll on our standard of living. Swarms of vagrants are despoiling our towns and cities. Rampant lawlessness is further damaging the general quality of life. I could go on and on, but you already know the drill.
"Meanwhile, back to ol' Liz. Why would a Wyoming people's representative go so far out of her way to enrage her constituents? According to Byron York, not only is Liz not of Wyoming, but she's not even from Wyoming. Born in Wisconsin, she has spent most of her life on the Virginia side of the Metro D.C. swamp. In spite of her surname's pedigree, she has no background in ranching, mining, or living by your wits. In some ways, she's a textbook example of the pervasive defect in American politics: reliance on the superficial rather than the substantive.
"Public-sector malfeasance has become the new normal. As this is being written, the major Pacific port of Oakland has been shut down for the last week because the villains in Sacramento have outlawed independent owner-operator truckers from picking up and delivering freight containers — unless they incorporate or surrender to the Teamsters union and become employees. There can be little doubt that generous campaign donations were involved.". . .
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