Congress and the Women of 2016

On September 23^rd there is going to be a rally held on Capitol Hill to ask Congress to extend The World Trade Center Health Program which expires on 9/30/15 and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, which helps victims financially, and is going to expire in October, 2016.

Why is this necessary? What is wrong with the people that we vote for and send to Washington to attend to the nation’s business?

The men and women who benefit from these Programs, toiled in the days, weeks and months after 9/11, put their health at risk for us and for the men and women who are sitting on the Hill. It is our responsibility to care for them and for their families needs.

I do not know, neither do I care why the bills have not passed with no “nays”, all I know is that again our elected officials are acting like complete fools.

Before I move away from Congress, there is concern that the members will not behave when the Pope goes to the Hill.

I can understand people being concerned that there will be a Joe Wilson moment, if there is I hope the Sergeant of Arms escorts the fool out of the Chamber for the whole world to see.

So, 4 members, 2 from either side of the aisle, sent a letter to the Speaker and Minority Leader asking them to give guidance to the members “on the appropriate decorum, protocol and behavior….”

Moving on to the subject on which I intended to write today.

The Women in the 2016 race for the Presidency.

Hillary Clinton, Carly Fiorina. With Elizabeth Warren just looking.

Hillary Clinton made the bed in which she now lies by marrying Bill Clinton.

She is loaded down with the baggage of being his wife and his enemies are her enemies.

Then of course through her years as First Lady, Senator from NY and Secretary of State, she has added her own. Whether the Far Right, misogynists or just plain haters, she has a formidable army of opponents.

Take that and add the email controversy, (Benghazi did not work) and the Dems have I believe, a wounded candidate.  (There are many Dems who do not believe that she will make a good President.) The last polls showed her losing support among women and that is a very bad sign.

Carly Fiorina may be good at giving quick responses, but she has not apparently learned the lesson that in today’s world nothing can be hidden.

Her life, due to being CEO of Hewlett Packard is an open book.  The fact that the company shed 30,000 jobs and its stock fell 45% during her tenure is public knowledge. She cannot hide behind the fact that other tech companies had problems also. She was responsible for HP, not the others.

She will not be elected because of insults that she can toss at The Donald and Hillary.  We do not need an inept businessperson in the White House. She needs to remember that with all of his “business acumen” Romney is not living in 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Some day politicians are going to learn to stop saying, “I do not intend to run for blah, blah, blah. I will serve out my term of office.” Just smile and move on.

When they say those words, the opposition is immediately given ammo, even though their supporters will be pleased if there is a change of heart.

Will Elizabeth Warren jump into the fray? Will she listen to her supporters, believing that at this point she maybe the best chance to keep the Presidency out of the hands of the Tea Party, declare her intention to run?

Only time will tell, after all, contrary to the feeling generated by the presence of the Clown Car, the next Presidential election is 13 months, 2 weeks from today.