Gad but Sheila Jackson-Lee has a bad way with language

[cali]

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) on Wednesday morning said members of Congress are like the parents of everyone in the country and said these "parents" need to act quickly to protect their toddlers from the possible fallout of a debt default.

"We, as custodians of this great nation, members of the United States Congress, are like parents," she said on the House floor. "And therefore I ask any parent that is listening: How long do they wait before they see a toddler fall, or do they leap toward that toddler so that they know the strength of that parent is always there?"'

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http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/328819-dem-members-of-congress-like-parents-to-the-nation

[Seeking Serenity]

1. Um, no.

They are elected to be our representatives, our servants; not our authority figures, our overlords, our collective mommy and daddy.

[TwilightGardener]

2. Maybe she's just kinda dumb. Comparing Americans to "toddlers" is just plain stupid.

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Perhaps she feels that way about her constituents, but leave the rest of us out of it, lady.

[magical thyme]

3. aaack. way to play into negative steretypes, ma'am.

[LittleBlue]

4. Please get her away from the microphone

She sounds like a fool giving Limpballs ammunition for his show.

[cloudbase]

8. She is a fool.

She's good for providing hours of entertainment to the residents of Houston.

Damn shame about Mickey Leland. The voters in TX-18 deserve better.

[KurtNYC]

5. And I ask any parent that is listening 'how much did Congress behave like a 3YO ?'

Something stinks in DC. Time for a change.

[B2G]

6. Stunning and offensive and

too many of them actually believe this.

Hey Sheila..you work for us, not the other way around. Got that?

[FarCenter]

7. Toddlers are low to the ground and the diapers provide padding