Opinion/Satire: McCarthy Ousted As Speaker. GOP's Next Step Kick Pelosi From Her Office. Perfect!

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After the GOP Representative from Floria Matt Goetz initiated a vote to oust Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House (yeah that Matt Goetz) and succeeded, the interim Speaker's, North Carolina Rep. Patrick McHenry, first order of business was to kick Nancy Pelosi from her office.

When confronted with chaos in the House of Representatives with one end of the GOP not knowing or caring what the other end of the GOP is doing, and with the running of the US Government caught somewhere in the middle, it makes perfect sense that a resounding nanny, nanny, nanny should echo down the corridors of power as payback is doled out.

Why? Because the Dems didn’t support McCarthy. Didn’t have his back. Seriously?

Do you get the feeling that our government is being run by preschoolers who are peeved because “Mrs. McGillicuddy” cut short the play period?

To quote the Moody Blues: We’re living in a land of make-believe and trying not to let it show.

But that’s becoming more and more difficult.

Let’s face it, the deal Kevin McCarthy made after 15 votes in the House, earlier this year made it very likely that someone on the GOP right-wing fringes was going to take the opportunity to challenge his position if he did anything that contradicted their agreement.

Like trying to keep the government up and running.

So, what happens next?

Rumor has it that a request was put out for all Psychics on the Eastern Seaboard who could fly in and assist the GOP in figuring out what their next step should be. No word yet on who accepted the call or if calls direct to a 900 Psychic Hot Line number will be covered by GOP Super Pac funds. Stay tuned.

Seriously though, and this is a time to be serious, when we look at this, whether it’s on CNN, FOX, C-Span, or Nickelodeon, and see how our representatives are behaving and what they are willing to do to be perceived as having America’s back, when in fact, they don’t even know where to look to find it, what is our next step?

Granted, most change channels and we already know where millions of them went last Sunday night, watching Taylor Swift and friends up in the booth, making the Chiefs-Jets game the most-watched NFL game since the Super Bowl.

And that’s understandable. Who wants to hear the monotonous droning as members of the House are called upon to answer Yea or Nay to oust the Speaker?

It’s not entertaining. There’s no music or special effects, though some of the far-right participants do look a little - enhanced.

But what are our options?

Do we believe our elected representatives in Congress will metaphorically find Jesus before the next election cycle begins and will start to behave like those empowered to run our country? Because this has happened before?

Or are we no longer able to care because we are already suffering from emotional fatigue brought about by years of fakery, masks, vaccines, rising prices, rising corporate profits, and clowns on parade - not being part of any Disneyland extravaganza?

We all like comedy. We all like to laugh, it's cathartic.

We all like easing back into a soft couch, turning on Netflix or HBO Max, and watching something that we know isn’t real, won’t raise our blood pressure or monthly utility bills, and at the end of the evening we can turn off and not watch again if it wasn’t to our liking.

But politics, like bad in-laws is something we have to live with and do the best we can. Not showing up for every birthday, holiday and Fourth of July picnic just won’t work. It just makes things worse.

So, once again what are our options? Here’s a suggestion.

First: Laugh, it is cathartic

Second: Pick up your remote and “change the channel.” It won’t actually work all the way to DC but it will feel better.

Third: Make a decision. Doesn’t matter what it is in this exercise. Change your brand of cat food. Throw the half bag of Oreos out and eat a peach. Lock your teenager’s bedroom and declare it a Toxic Site. This is all practice.

Fourth: That’s up to you. But it’ll come when you’re ready. If you need more coaxing read your news feed. There’ll be something worthy of anger, disdain, pity, cringe, laughter, or any of the other 36 emotions we’re probably feeling right now.

Then make a change.