Eric Cantor goes to Joplin – well, he would, but his schedule is, like, just really tight right now

It’s so hard to keep track of      Eric Cantor, walking amongst
Eric Cantor these days, what       the families hit hardest by
with his organizing busloads       the storm, and giving one of
of volunteers to go to the         his patented speeches there,
hurricane ravaged parts of         so that the whole world can
our country, making public         see the kind of man he is,
service announcements for the      once and for all.
Red Cross, offering solace to      When you open your eyes, do
those who have lost family         you see human beings, Eric?
members or, at last report,        ******
making passionate arguments        I think Eric Cantor really,
on Fox News that Americans         really liked saying this
would come together in this        In August, Cantor told an
time of crisis, and that           interviewer that the better
anyone who suggested               way for Americans to get
otherwise had lost  touch          their fiscal house in order
with their essential humanity.     was to "come to grips with
To hear  him silence Sean          the fact that promises have
Hannity with the eloquence of      been made that frankly are
his words brought Americans -      not going to be kept for many.
and people all around the          "
world - to their feet,             The financially well-off
applauding.                        Cantor also said that younger
Oh, wait a minute. That’s the      Americans   would just have
Eric Cantor from an alternate      to “adjust.”
universe, far removed from         It’s time to pay attention to
our own.                           these people, and send back
In our universe, Virginia’s        to the obscurity they so
Eric Cantor, the House             richly deserve.
Majority Leader, is quite a        http://politicalwire.
different  figure. In our          com/archives/2011/08/03/cantor
lucky universe, we not only        _says_promises_wont_be_kept.
have had Hurricane Irene, we       html
have Typhoon Eric, with his        *****
dark pledge that any aid to        Thank you, Brenda Boudreax!
those malingerers in Vermont       Possibly some of the wisest
and the surrounding states         words spoken by someone on
must be met by spending cuts       the Fayetteville City Council
elsewhere.                         in recent memory were those
Already, aid to Joplin,            from by Brenda Boudreax,
ravaged by a massive tornado       quoted in the Northwest
earlier this year, is being        Arkansas Times this morning:
diverted to this new calamity.     “We do need to get out of the
Of course, Comrade Cantor          business of buying stuff that
would probably like the cuts       might work just because it’s
to be in those nice                a great deal.”
“entitlement”  programs he         Oddly enough, she almost
and his cohorts so despise.        didn’t come across so much as
It might be too much to ask        a council member as she did a
that Eric Cantor actually go       therapist, warning a patient
to Joplin and give his             against the dangers of
prattle there.                     hoarding.
I’m not writing in the             ****
idiotic sense that Rick Perry      Quote of the Day
was talking about the              History is an early warning
reception the Fed chair might      system. - Norman Cousins
get if he goes to Texas, but       rsdrake@cox.net
in the hopes of this image -       

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