Their naivete on display

Is far too prevalent in our leaders

 In the past week, we've had three instances of supposedly smart people...not looking so smart:

• Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer remarked that Americans should be careful of any court packing initiatives because they would weaken our confidence in future decisions of the Supreme Court.  Somehow Breyer failed to notice that Mitch McConnell has already packed the court, and that Americans' confidence in John Roberts' Supreme Court is plummeting. 
• Joe Manchin wrote an op-ed outlining his opposition to removing the filibuster which was so flawed as to be laughable--he truly believes Democrats can get ten republican votes to pass any bill.  We got zero republican votes on the COVID Relief Package and we're going to get zero on the infrastructure bill and the voting rights bill.  If he's unaware of republican obstructionism over the past thirteen years, he's far too stupid to be a Senator.  He has yet to acknowledge the filibuster's racist roots, as well, which further calls into question not only his judgment, but his motive as he comes from one of the most conservative, if not the most conservative, states in the union.  In 2021, conservative = racist.
• Krysten Sinema, Democratic (WTF?) Senator from Arizona (not for long), and Fred Ridley, Chairman of the Masters Golf Tournament, both seem to be under the delusion that the best way for America to solve its problems is for both parties to work together to fix our problems.  Sinema has the false illusion that Americans want both parties to work together, but republican voters have repeatedly stated they are more likely to vote for republican candidates who don't, and other than her and Joe Manchin I know of no Democrats who want to waste two seconds of our lives working with republicans in Congress.  We just want the infrastructure and the voting rights bills to pass.  While I have no qualms with Ridley announcing the Masters would not boycott (Stacey Abrams has repeatedly asked that Georgia not be boycotted and that's good enough for me) Georgia, his statement that the solution to Georgia's voter suppression laws is for people to work together and have a constructive dialogue shows an obliviousness to what has transpired politically in this country that is mind boggling.  Republicans do not want to talk--they want to whine and obstruct.  

The naivete shown in all three instances above is beyond the pale, but let it be a reminder that we need a) Breyer to retire, b) a Manchin and Sinema proof Senate majority, and c) to reject the platitudes of America's business leaders as much as we reject "Thoughts and prayers" every time there's a mass shooting.

The future is now.

Peace,

emaycee