I don't know
But I would like to give her a gift. Why?
Because she's been extremely impressive, taking a stand on Democratic sexual predators in
Rice has even defied the boss Democrat, House Minority Leader
And Rice has also been adept at ridiculing a bad habit among members of
Rice and a few others, on both sides of the aisle, find this abhorrent and are offering legislation to change it.
Yet Democrats
Franken won't quit. Conyers won't quit, and the
Republican
And
All the talking brings to mind someone dear to me, my late grandfather, Papou Pete. He left me something when he died. It wasn't money. So it's probably all right if I offer it to
He had a favorite bipartisan saying about politicians that applies especially today: "When they speak, the donkeys break wind."
I don't have the time to engrave it on anything, so if you see
Rice gives me some small hope that on issues that matter, tribalism isn't everything. And sexual harassment in the workplace matters to Democratic women and Republican women and men who love them.
She has publicly demanded the resignations of Franken and Conyers. And she's part of a bipartisan effort pushing a bill to release the names of the sexual predators who use the slush fund.
The other day, Rice had been in a Democratic caucus meeting chaired by Pelosi -- who stupidly defended Conyers and called him an "icon" -- and finally Rice had enough.
She walked out. All they were doing in there was talking.
"Let's talk about the big elephant in the room," Rice told reporters. "And that's why I was done with the meeting. I don't have time for conversations that are not real."
I wonder if her Irish grandfather had a similar saying.
Rice pointed out that in the real world -- not
And
Holy liberal
As she left the Pelosi meeting, Rice talked about how news anchors were punished and that members of
That discrepancy, she said, breeds cynicism and hurts the nation. Of course she's right.
"We show no moral authority whatsoever as a body," Rice said. "This is why only 6 percent of Americans think that
"You see the actions that
Of course it is a disgrace. All of it is disgraceful.
Many
And many
Didn't character count, once?
So how did we get to this disgraceful place where character doesn't count?
It goes back to President
By today's Democratic political standards, Clinton was a sexual predator. But he was supported, vigorously, with much Democratic tribal outrage, and his female accusers were defamed and trashed by the cultural elites.
On
Character didn't count. But tribalism sure counted.
So they talked and they talked and talked some more.
And the donkeys? They weren't in the news photos. But America knew they were there.
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John Kass is a columnist for the Chicago Tribune who also hosts a radio show on WLS-AM.