Of tits and boobs

I’d be pleased to debate with anyone whether or not the role of the gadfly is honorable. I regard it as such, since gadflies more often than not say things that are plainly true but cannot be spoken in polite society.

Alan Simpson, a nominal Republican, recently annoyed me when he said of Social Security that it was a “…milk cow with 310 million tits.” He’s filling a political role here, as it is the job of Democrats to do the one big thing that Republicans cannot accomplish: destroy Social Security. So when he said that, I thought: “Tool.” Obama will keep him on that commission, as he is merely doing what Obama wants him to do – apply a little grease to the wheels as we are driven to the end of Social Security.

But his social commentary is a little more interesting:

“In your country club, your church and business, about 15 percent of the people are screwballs, lightweights and boobs and you would not want those people unrepresented in Congress”

The screwballs and lightweights are everywhere these days, and cameras are attracted to them like bugs to a porch light. It leaves the impression that this country is just plain nuts. But it is not. Only 15% of us are so. And dammit, they vote!