I watched with great excitement history being made today with the handing over of the gavel to the first woman Speaker of the [People's] House of Representatives. Nancy Pelosi rocks, and she is right... it's all about the children.
I also watched the first debates regarding the Democratic plan of passing much-needed legislation in the First 100 Hours. I didn't think Republicans in Congress could actually multitask, but there they were, verbally stroking themselves while at the same time stomping their feet in protest (figuratively speaking, of course) that the Dems have the audacity to put the wishes of the American people ahead of kissing the collective GOP ass to prove that they are different.
We all knew it was coming, and in fact, the whining from the other side of the aisle got its start early with the post election boo-hooing of members being expected to actually earn their pay, and get a taste of what it means to work for a living. What? Work five days a week?! It's un-American!
What I didn't expect was the hubris the new minority party still emits -- like that odor you notice when you walk in the house, and realize that smell is the trash you forgot to take out before heading to work this morning. Yep, that smell is GOPoop.
Some GOP members are playing humble by admitting they did indeed treat their Democratic peers as pig slop, but still launch into a tirade of how unfair it is for Dems to do the same. They say the Dems are already breaking promises. They are trying to tell us we just can't trust them. Compared to the last six years of trusting them, Charles Manson could have probably gotten elected.
They just don't get it. It is not about them, but the blather and rhetoric the GOP is spewing is all about them. There are more "poor me" comments than any regarding actually working for the people they serve, or doing what the voters of this country want. They talk about accountability, and being open and honest as if they actually know what that means.
If this is any indication of how 2007 is going to go, Madam Speaker Pelosi will need to set aside a Time Out room for the GOPers to think about why their party got kicked to the curb so badly. Maybe she could put a few books in there... you know, like My Pet Goat, or perhaps The Age of Reason, a few history books, and copies of the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and perhaps their oath of office.
Good luck Democrats!