Frumious Bandersnatches* Write Treacherous Letter

First, it was Boehner insulting Obama by having Bellicose Bibi speak to Congress without Presidential invitation.  Now it's McTurtle's turn, and the Senate Republicans are behaving outrageously.

Forty-seven GOP Senators have signed a poison-pen open letter written to the leaders of Iran warning them against (against!) any agreement with Obama on limiting their nuclear program in exchange for easing economic sanctions.  Do the R's really want Iran to have unlimited nuclear enrichment?  No, but these idiots are willing to do anything to fuck things up for Obama, even if it means playing into the hands of Iran's hard-core mullahs.

Their letter is blatant sabotage, an appalling and deliberate attempt to undermine our official diplomatic efforts, which is not their job.  It's unprecedented and damn-near treasonous.

In the letter, they condescendingly assert that Iran doesn't understand our "system" and suggest, incorrectly, that any deal signed by Obama wouldn't be constitutionally binding unless "ratified" by the Senate.

(Iran's current Cabinet has more members with U.S. college doctorates than our own Cabinet does.  They understand plenty.  And although any agreement may not last into the next administration, Senate ratification is not required.  Iran's foreign minister retorted that instead of lecturing his country on the U.S. system, the letter-writers might want to study up on international law.)

The letter was conceived and written by Tom Cotton, a 37 year-old brand-new Tea-Bag Senator from Arkansas.  Despite being on the job just two months, he was allowed to pull this shitty stunt.  Cotton is hugely ambitious, a bonafide extremist nut case, and the worst kind of conservative:

Cotton believes Iraq had a role in the 9/11 attacks.
He said ISIS has joined up with Mexican drug cartels for a joint attack on Arkansas, invading through the defenseless Mexican border.  (Arkansas has no Mexican border.)
He supports "personhood" -- life begins at the moment of conception -- legislation.
He voted against renewing the Violence Against Women Act.
He voted against paycheck fairness for women.
He said divorce is always the woman's fault.
He called for the imprisonment of two NY Times reporters who wrote an article he didn't like.
He said people on food stamps are "addicted" to government subsidies.
Etc., etc., etc.

Tom Cotton.  Two months in the Senate.
Ready to 'splain some shit to Iran!

Cotton has been hailed as one of the leading lights of the new Republican majority, and that really says something, doesn't it?

Buster would say it's time to remind the frumious bandersnatches in the House and Senate GOP that their job is to legislate, not usurp Executive responsibilities by injecting themselves into active diplomatic negotiations.








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[*"Shun the frumious Bandersnatch!" -- from Jabberwocky, by Lewis Carroll, 1871]