Dr. Senator Bill Cassidy is not a bad man. He’s a weak man with a weak chin and a limp handshake according to those who have met him. My late father thought that these were physical indicators of a weak man. I’m not sure if I agree but Bill Cassidy *is* a weakling easily bent to the will of others.
I hadn’t planned to write about my lame duck Senator again after my post-primary post, The Final Humiliation Of Bill Cassidy. I’ve returned to the subject because of Cassidy’s crawfishing on the War Powers Act vote at the behest of the senate Republican leadership. Before that I was cautiously optimistic that Cassidy was in cahoots with what the legacy media has dubbed the YOLO caucus of GOP senators who are out of fucks to give.
For the acronymically challenged out there, YOLO stands for You Only Live Once.
Cassidy voted against Trump on several issues and even got into a heated argument with the Insult Comedian at the senate GOP caucus lunch last week:
After those brave words, Cassidy caved. Why?
Repeat after me: Bill Cassidy is a weakling.
On The Last Word, Lawrence O’Donnell wondered if Cassidy caved to keep his options open after leaving office. Lobbying firms love to hire former senators as they retain access to the senate floor. Former Gret Stet senator David Vitter is making big bucks as a lobbyist despite his egregious assholery. Bill Cassidy isn’t an asshole; he’s a weaking.
I’m not sure that I buy Uncle Lawrence’s theory, my sources indicate that Cassidy wants to return to doctoring. The Cassidy cave is down to his flailing lame duckery and overall spinelessness as depicted in this 2023 toon I posted last Saturday:
Cassidy is a gastroenterologist, so he deals with shit, not spines. Unfortunately, those who think he’ll consistently oppose the worst of MAGA, are full of shit. The YOLO caucus is a figment of the DC press corps imagination. Submission and sycophancy have become ingrained among senate GOPers. They’re not only scared of the Kaiser of Chaos, they’re scared of their own shadows:
Poor, Mickey. Now that I think of it, the MAGA GOP has become a Mickey Mouse operation under Trump. No wonder he changed his residency to Florida.
Before a brief discussion of Saturday’s Gret Stet GOP senate primary, a musical interlude:
Trump endorsed Congresscritter Julia Letlow handily defeated her proto MAGA opponent John Fleming. I thought it would be closer since he’s the state treasurer and better known but it was a 57-43 blowout. Letlow will face Democrat Jamie Davis in the general election. The best Gret Stet Dems can hope for is a substantial protest vote: Letlow will be the next senator from Louisiana.
Letlow owes her political elevation to the Insult Comedian but it’s unknown how hardcore MAGA she’ll be after Trump leaves office. That’s why I slightly preferred her to Fleming.
As to the rest of Bill Cassidy’s term, he may play at being YOLO but subservience is baked into his political cake. Is that a thing? If Cassidy *were* a cake, he’d be an angel food cake, which is as bland as the doctor himself. His words may be YOLO but his votes will be MAGA.
The featured image of Cassidy at a senate hearing captures him perfectly. He wants to have it both ways: to be elected by the right hand and respected by the left hand. Instead, he’s a lame duck. You know what they say about that: If it quacks like a lame duck, it’s a lame duck. This lame duck is YOLO no mo.
Repeat after me: Bill Cassidy is a weakling.
The last word goes to Clarence Carter: