{"id":53876,"date":"2022-12-26T00:08:04","date_gmt":"2022-12-26T00:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=53876"},"modified":"2022-12-26T00:08:04","modified_gmt":"2022-12-26T00:08:04","slug":"zelenskyy-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=53876","title":{"rendered":"Of course they clapped &#8230; Tucker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Tucker Carlson, the right-wing blowhard who &#8212; to the best of my knowledge has zero foreign policy experience &#8212; cannot understand why Congress stood in virtual unison and applauded the remarks delivered by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.<\/p>\n<p>Why, it&#8217;s as if Congress has blinders on, said the Fox News gasbag.<\/p>\n<p>Well, as an old guy with whom I once worked, would say, <em>&#8220;Well hell, fire and save matches.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Of course Congress would stand virtually as one &#8212; a couple of right-wing soreheads notwithstanding &#8212; to applaud the heroic head of state who is facing the Russian invaders&#8217; onslaught with courage and grit.<\/p>\n<p>And &#8230; so damn what if he showed up in his customary olive-drab military wear? Carlson called it a demonstration of &#8220;maximum disrespect.&#8221; <em>Bullsh**, Tucker!<\/em> Did you bellow your disgust when independent U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema presided over the Senate wearing a sleeveless denim blouse? Of course not, you nimrod!<\/p>\n<p>Congress wants to help defend a democratic state against an onslaught initiated by a war criminal presiding over the Kremlin. Is it expensive? Well &#8230; yeah! It is! No one doubts that the United States is paying a hefty price in sending defensive weapons to Ukraine to help fight the Russian invaders.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/video\/2022\/12\/23\/tucker_carlson_congress_disagrees_on_everything_bitterly_but_when_zelensky_comes_they_all_applaud.html\">Tucker Carlson: Congress Disagrees On Everything Bitterly, But When Zelensky Comes They All Applaud | Video | RealClearPolitics<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the Ukrainians are putting that expense to good use as they have seized the initiative on the battlefield and have pushed the Russians out of territory they seized.<\/p>\n<p>As for Congress &#8220;clapping like seals&#8221; at Zelenskyy&#8217;s appearance before the joint legislative body, let &#8217;em applaud. The Ukrainian president has earned our admiration.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com\">johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tucker Carlson, the right-wing blowhard who &#8212; to the best of my knowledge has zero foreign policy experience &#8212; cannot understand why Congress stood in virtual unison and applauded the remarks delivered by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Why, it&#8217;s as if Congress has blinders on, said the Fox News gasbag. Well, as an old guy &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=53876\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Of course they clapped &#8230; Tucker<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[1112,1788,7524,9899,9896],"class_list":["post-53876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news","tag-congress","tag-fox-news","tag-tucker-carlson","tag-ukraine-war","tag-volodymyr-zelenskyy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53876"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53878,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53876\/revisions\/53878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}