Why Are They So Happy?

As House Speaker, John Boehner was a smirking, obstructionist prick.  That's why people like me were pleased by his unexpected resignation; happy just on general principles -- "Ding dong, the witch is dead!"  But we also realize that another witch is waiting in the wings, and nothing much will change in the short run.

The reaction from the angry white right social/religious conservatives to Boehner's "no mas" moment was amusing.  They weren't merely pleased, they were ecstatic!  They rejoiced!  In their book, Boehner was not a True Believer, not nearly conservative enough.  He committed the unforgivable sin of "compromise." Not a word that leaps to my mind at the mention of Boehner's name, but in their world, anything less than full-on crazy equates to surrender.

They forget that the Orange Man indulged them in all their Animal House-style "really futile and stupid gestures," like countless votes to repeal Obamacare, defund everything, and shut down the government.  Evidently, that wasn't enough for them.

These delusional douchebags believe a new leader will make all their dreams come true, but the new Speaker is unlikely to be much different from the old Weeper/Speaker, and the numbers are unchanged -- there just aren't enough of these wing-nuts for them to impose their will on the House, let alone the Senate, the White House, or the nation.  And, reading the writing on the demographic wall, there never will be.

That's a very good thing.