Editorial
Explaining the U.S. Government Shutdown
They watched Senator Joseph McCarthy accuse his ‘enemies’ of being communists in the aftermath of the Cold War. Many politicians allowed their fellow Americans to be harassed because they did not want to break the decorum that comes with insanity. They gave McCarthy television and radio coverage. Many people believed that communists were amongst them, and that these needed to be exposed. What rubbish!
On September 24, a man from Texas took to the Senate floor and spoke for 21 hours. He was, basically, spewing rubbish of McCarthy proportions, with less than a McCarthy foot to stand on. But the U.S. media carried the story of Senator Ted Cruz, and even showed him read his two kids good night stories. Then, without asking him about health care for all those Americans who could benefit from affordable health insurance, America listened to Cruz give justification for a deadly program hurting millions of Americans, even if that program was not even fully functional. And no one – even those who knew it for a fact – told him that he was full of it. Instead, he was lauded. Put on a pedestal. Made to represent America the Crazy.
The Habari Network Editorial Board
October 21, 2013
