With his Utah polling numbers slipping, Tea Party Senator Mike Lee skipped his LDS church services on Sunday, and hooked up with his cronies Sarah Palin, Ted Cruz and a handful of easily manipulated U.S. military veterans to stage a high profile photo op:
Read the full Salt Lake Tribune story:
"Power to the People," sez shutdown co-conspirator Senator Mike Lee.
Quick, O Gentle Ones! Can anyone amongst our vast collection of ever-savvy Weber County Forum political wonks explain what's wrong with this picture?
This will be on "the test." of course.
Here are a few helpful hints to add to your crib-sheets:
- Give Sen. Lee his pink slip
- A Federal Budget Crisis Months in the Planning
- The GOP's little rule change they hoped you wouldn't notice
- Why did House GOP Rig the Rules to Keep The Government Shut Down (Explosive Video)
- The GOP Shutdown Is Sedition and Shouldn't be Forgiven
Update 10/15/13 8:00 a.m.: The Trib's Paul Rolley reports that the tea party shutdown co-conspirators within Utah's congressional delegation are suddenly missing in action:
"Lee appears to be cracking from the pressure of the mounting anger toward him. His communications director, Brian Phillips, told a reporter for the Deseret News that not only would Lee not comment about recent polls showing the senator’s approval rating sinking fast, but also Lee would not grant an interview if the reporter even broached the subject. By speaking only with Fox News, Glenn Beck and others media types who encourage them and avoid weightier questions, such Republicans in Congress live in an echo chamber and have lost touch with average Americans," Mr. Rolly speculates.
Go figure:
Have at it, O Gentle Ones...