This is yet another example of McConnell's apparent willingness to deny good Americans, and veterans, their right to free speech. We are at war and I have been there, I know the fear, the anxiety and now have a best friend in the belly of the beast, I am also GOD Father to his 4 children.
This is an insane example of what can happen when leaders are willing to deny their employees their right to free speech and their right to peaceful assembly. These accusations toward the Republican Minority Leader could in fact bring the all powerful oz to his knees. It is always a wee child that is the most dangerous, from King Herod to Senator McConnell, history always seems to repeat itself because those in power are blinded, thus they they fall into the pit, this time he may not escape.
This situation is particularly disturbing, the allegations may prove that Senator McConnell (R-KY) has no problem destroying a mother, the wife of a service member at war, veteran and a family. If he would do this to her and her family, he would do it to anyone.
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If you've received this e-mail it's because you received my previous e-mail entitled, "A Day in the Life of a Crazed KY Dem". The astonishing turn of events over the past 24 hours has forced me to write this follow-up. If you remember, my opening line from the previous e-mail was, "You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll wish you were me ..." Okay, belay my last (for you Navy folks). After reading this follow up, you may laugh, you may cry, but you most assuredly will NOT wish you were me!
After burning the midnight oil writing the story of my day, January 15, 2008, the clouds parted, the world seemed brighter and I felt as though I could never again sleep because of the excitement. Wow, what a day. Confronting arguably the most powerful Republican elected official in the world about the war in Iraq, being arrogantly blown off by him, being manhandled by his security detachment (one of whom scolded my child), and getting it all on tape. As a Political Scientist, it simply doesn't get any better than that. Well, perhaps it does, but politically speaking, I have never experienced anything better.
The elation from last night has since turned to trepidation and perhaps a tinge of outright fear. Little did I know the firestorm that was about to ensue. Apparently, yours truly, "The Little Vet Who Could", and her pre-teen daughter “The Little Girl Who Did”, rattled the Senator to such a degree that we were the subject of great discussion during Senator McConnell's exclusive fund-raising event in Western Kentucky, towards which he laid rubber out of my theater's alley to attend. Yet, the fun didn't stop there. Little did I know, we were also the topic of discussion at many other emergency meetings throughout this tiny town of 25,000 on this cold, blustery Paducah day, January 16, 2008.
Within the past 24 hours, tens of millions of dollars in funding for all programs previously promised from the Federal Government to our fair city's River Front Revitalization Program have suddenly been moved into the "uncertain column"; at least until the city fathers can prove that crazy rabble rouser "Heather Ryan" is not associated with their programs/organizations. That's right ladies and gentlemen, in no uncertain terms, I've been informed that my little "escapade" in videotaping the Senate Minority Leader has suddenly put Paducah Pork on the chopping block in Mr. McConnell's book should me and my silly little girl remain in the forefront of Paducah Politics. Last night, at a dinner attended by my superior, myself, my husband, and my daughter Heaven, I was informed that if I did not cease my political activities in Paducah I would LOSE MY JOB.
I have to admit, it took me a while to process. I just didn't get it. What the hell did I do that was so vile, that was so horrid, that would make the Senator so angry that he would personally ensure that my job is in jeopardy? What would make him threaten the powers that be that projects aimed to benefit upwards of 50,000 constituents in the Western Kentucky area were two seconds away from dying a pathetic, undignified death in the waste basket of a Senate Committee yet to be determined? Then, a wise friend enlightened me. I had him on tape, ignoring a little girl who wanted to know if he wanted to kill her active duty dad in Iraq, ducking into his security guard’s waiting SUV and covering his face, as if I were some putrid, stinking piece of crap that didn't deserve a minute of his time. Is it possible that this amateur video, shot with my own shaking hand, could bring down the Senate Minority Leader? As unreal as the possibility may be, the thought of him losing his powerful job loomed large enough for him to put out the word that I need to lose mine. So, if you heard an enormous sucking sound coming from Western Kentucky this morning, it was the sound of the puckered lips of frightened people here as they inhaled deeply, held their breath and put distance between themselves and me and my crazy pink-haired daughter.
Chalk this up as the absolutely most bizarre experience of my relatively young life. On Monday morning I was but a mere Executive Director of an independent movie theater in Downtown Paducah. My husband, a full time student at the local law school and I rake in slightly more than the median Western Kentucky income of $25,000 a year. I am truly a nobody in the grand scheme of things. Yet, once my daughter and I put into practice our First Amendment right to question our senior Senator about his intentions in Iraq, I am deemed public enemy #1. What the hell is happening here? Is this still America or did I fall asleep and someone moved my family and our pathetic little two bedroom mobile dwelling to Nazi Germany? Since when in America can a Senator be frightened so much by a child and her mother that he threatens to ruin her life and/or the lives of 50,000 people in her community, should she continue saying whatever in the hell she desires?
I'm Speechless folks. A first for me, indeed. Speechless and sadly, most likely, soon to be Jobless. I hope you understand the gravity of this matter. The most powerful Republican in the world is effectively attempting to destroy the lives of a veteran mother and her family because she was bold enough to ask the question we all want to know, "What are you hiding Mitch?". I can tell you what I will be hiding, the original video tape. And I’ll tell you what I won’t be hiding. The copies.
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