Senator “I love Money!” wrote me an email:
Dear Fellow Delawarean,
Every day, I talk to Delawareans up and down the First State, whether through my office or at my local grocery store. They tell me that they are working hard to provide for their families and make our community a better place to live and work
Hold it right there. I don’t buy that. I don’t buy that he talks to Delawareans (not named Celia Cohen) everyday. Carper has become the most aloof and remote politician in Delaware since Elbert Carvel the week he croaked. I also don’t buy that when he happens to run into Smyrna’s Joe Sixpack or Harrington’s Joe Six-tooth, that they are telling him how hard they are working. That is just an awkward conversation to have unless you are DL commenter delbert.
They also share their expectation that their elected officials in Washington will do what’s right – work together, compromise…
Another lie. What sentient being would suggest that what is lacking in Washington is compromising with Republicans. Gee Wiz.. if we just compromised a little more with Republicans they’d surely get all reasonable all of a sudden, right?
I couldn’t agree more. I am constantly trying to bring the Delaware Way – an approach to governing that stresses bipartisanship, compromise, and results – to Washington. This is what Delawareans and all Americans expect and deserve from their leaders.
Oh Jaysus. That is the cure for DC. “The Delaware Way.” Tone deafness for the ages.
BTW, do you want some evidence that Carper has cut himself from Delawareans? Only telephone town halls going forward. He is taking a page out of MC’s book and keeping the unwashed on the other end of the telephone line.
The next dry hump is Sunday, July 31, at 7 p.m.
“To participate, please email your name and phone number (with area code) to townhall@carper.senate.gov by 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 30.**”
It is a lottery. Totally fair and above board, I’m sure.