Political Cortex: Brain Food for the Body Politic

Some of us would like to follow the Constitution and international law at the same time and remove the prevaricators from office, as the Founding Fathers intended the citizenry to do under such circumstances.

Now about that return to fiscal responsibility?

It has been your party, Senator McCain, that held control of the executive and both houses of Congress when the surplus was shattered and astronomical debt spiraled out of control.

Tell us, Senator McCain and the rest of you Republican presidential candidates.  Can any of you count?  Can any of you face reality?

Senator McCain and the rest of you, this is one figure you never seem to want to acknowledge, much less recognize and articulate.  Here is the current figure from the U.S. Debt Clock as I write this.  Since so few pundits and fewer politicians mention this crucial number I will pay deference to it.

The number:

$9,201,369,573,682.83.

Who has mentioned this figure tonight?  

Meanwhile our eminent pundits spend time digressing over whether Hillary Clinton hurt or helped herself by crying.  What about the crying of future generations over this massive and irresponsible debt perpetrated by individuals who operated as disgraces rather than servants of their nation?

Oh yes, Senator McCain, in conclusion, you refer to Iraq in the manner of World War Two.  Forget it, Senator, a lie created this whole thing and there was no reason to go after bin Laden in Iraq because he was no factor there, despite the lie of Dick Cheney and others to the contrary.

Joseph Welch asked Senator Joseph McCarthy, "Sir, have you no shame?  Have you no decency?"

Let's start asking the same question of the politicians and pundits giving us pabulum and a dog and pony show rather than hard-nosed reality.