Republican Congressman Joseph Cao is sending very mixed signals to President Obama. Whether he is playing hard to get, or he is simply undecisive, Cao has left Obama metaphorically waiting by the phone in a prom dress the president may never wear. One minute, Cao is telling the president that he is not that into him, the next he is telling all his friends about the hook up.
Elected by blurring his party and the issues in his predominantly Democratic district, since Mr. Cao went to Washington he has followed his party line on almost every vote. Moreover, he contradicted his wide-eyed Capraesque wonder and curiosity of government by not taking President Obama’s phone calls during the stimulus vote.
Apparently unaware that the dodo bird has a more active heartbeat than his political career, State Treasurer John Kennedy emerged from whatever rock or self help group he has sought refuge in since his latest humiliating defeat in his latest failed bid for United States Senate. According to the St. Tammany News, Kennedy spoke before the Northshore Kiwanis Club in Mandeville earlier this month.
Although there has been no reporting of the crowd estimate, it is assumed that perennial candidate Kennedy, as usual, drew a packed house. While there were, surprisingly, several interesting moments in his speech, apart from obligatory references to cowgirl halls of fame and brown tree snakes in Guam, the highlight was Treasurer Kennedy’s visionary solution to solving our nation’s education problems.
When discussing what to do with students who are resistant to learning, Kennedy argued that teachers should put them in another room and make them “do push-ups or stare at the wall…”. As of this reporting, it is unknown where the clearly still confused State Treasurer developed this advice from, as push-ups and wall staring appear nowhere on Wikipedia’s education reform page.
Also of note during this speech was Treasurer Kennedy’s claim of inflation accounting for 27% of the increased budget of the State of Louisiana in the past decade, despite saying throughout his most recent senate campaign that “except for healthcare, inflation has been pretty tame over the last ten years.” Even more confusing is Kennedy’s assertion less than 3 months ago that inflation has increased 37% over the last 10 years.
Never known to be good at math, a frightening thought for a state treasurer, clearly, John Kennedy still has a lot of learning to do. But of course, it is nothing a few push ups won’t solve.
In the next chapter in the increasingly bizarre Greek tragedy that is the life of disgraced junior Senator David Vitter, it appears that Old Metairie’s proud native son shows the same discretion in the selection of his Myspace friends that he does with his extracurricular activities.
Considering Senator Vitter has to approve these friends, and the fact that he only has 53 of them, this is obviously a carefully screened elite group of comrades. Some of these relationships are obvious, such as Louisiana Congressman Charles Boustany. Some are curious, such as Vitter’s befriending of a user known as “Sara Palin 2012“, which aks the question of whether Vitter has endorsed Palin for President in 2012. Some are strange, such as the user known as the “SnakeMann“.
Then, there is the downright disturbing. Senator Vitter is apparently friends with a user known as “Alyssa M.”. By visiting the link, one sees that the profile photo of this user is a very under 18 girl. We are not implying that Senator Vitter has an inappropriate relationship with this user, but it is creepy. Very creepy. Those wishing to inquire about the details of Senator Vitter’s relationship with this young woman can call his office at (202) 224-4623
From The Hill: In a survey of all 99 Senators, colleagues to disgraced junior Senator David Vitter placed him in a group of 3 other immature senators known as “a bunch of 4-year-olds.” No word yet if this childish label has anything to do with the attire Senator Vitter is known to wear when in seemingly private company.
Elected by blurring his party and the issues in his predominantly Democratic district, since Mr. Cao went to Washington he has followed his party line on almost every vote. Moreover, he contradicted his wide-eyed Capraesque wonder and curiosity of government by not taking President Obama’s phone calls during the stimulus vote. 
