Posted on 08/24/2022 2:48:05 PM PDT by Starman417
You remember the brave, skilled and patriotic Tom Cruise playing Maverick in the movie Top Gun. His flying exploits remind me of the Republicans in the House and the Senate. Maverick engaged with the enemy in deadly combat and put his life at risk to serve his country. It was amazing to watch Mav dodge bullets, evade deadly missiles and defy strict orders in order to accomplish his mission. He was courageous and his exploits were heroic.
Republicans in Congress behave exactly like Maverick. NO, not like the brave Maverick in Top Gun 2 who puts his own life at risk to save his wingman. NO, not like the fearless Maverick who disobeyed orders and flew faster than Mach 10 and asked for a glass of water. NO, not like the valiant Maverick in Top Gun 2 who successfully completed a dangerous mission against impossible odds.
I was thinking more like Maverick in the first Top Gun movie. You remember Mav near the end of the movie when sh-t was hitting fan, everyone was sweating profusely and his buddies were getting shot up and shot down by 6 enemy Migs. Pilots were crying for help and Maverick who arrived late to the party, was paralyzed by fear and quit the fight. His panicked buddies screamed in anger and disgust, "Maverick is disengaging!"
Republicans in Congress are paralyzed by fear and have done nothing, zilch, nada for the last 18 months. When Trump left Washington, he sucked all of the courage out of the town and took it with him. The Republicans have disengaged and quit the fight. Most of them have morphed into a smack of spineless jellyfish.
Open southern border and influx of unvetted, illegal, uneducated aliens: YAWN. Disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan: YAWN. J-6 Americans illegally incarcerated: YAWN. Sending billions and billions of dollars to Ukraine: YAWN. Dawn invasion of Trump's home in Mar-a-Lago by the FBI: YAWN. The Chine virus: YAWN. Fentanyl killing Americans: YAWN. Americans left behind in Afghanistan at the hands of the Taliban; YAWN. America 30.733 TRILLIION $$$$in debt: YAWN. 40.5 million Americans are living in poverty: YAWN. 27 million Americans are without insurance. YAWN. Homeless veterans: YAWN. Hiring 87,000 new IRS agents an arming them. YAWN. Using $500,000 of taxpayers money to build a wall around Biden's 2.7 million dollar beach house: YAWN.
Americans are suffering because inflation is spiking, justice has been perverted and the current occupant of the White House is AWOL.
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I would settle for Maverick as played by James Garner in the ‘50s. Charming, clever, not likely to get fooled, and out to win. Unfortunately, we get Uncle Joe from Petticoat Junction. If Trump is involved, we get Mr. Haney from Green Acres.
When I think of Mr. Haney, I don’t think of Trump. I think of Ted Cruz.
“Republicans in Congress are paralyzed by fear and have done nothing, zilch, nada for the [entirety of my entire adult life.]
Fixed!
P.S. If you haven’t figured it out yet, it’s ‘Them’ v.’ We The People.’ ;)
No.
Get a job.
Flies swarming around babblin' biden's stinky dumped in diaper is a nice touch.
Most of them have morphed into a smack of spineless jellyfish.
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Most of them were already spineless jellyfish.
We MUST STOP electing Bush League Republicans.
They are nothing more than Assistant Democrats.
They have been keeping the border open for 30 years.
Did this “writer” even watch the Movie? Maverick OG, had him messing around during training, but he came through at the end FOR HIS FELLOW FLIERS. I think he only watched Mav2 and read about the first.
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