Taking Credit, Unduly

 LEAVE IT TO the two supreme beings of right wing American fanaticism, Mike "the fly" Pence, and Mitch "monotone" McConnell to seek to salve self esteem in the dying days of the Trump mis-administration by taking credit for doing good thins were no such credit is due. Now that vaccines for Covid 19 are manifesting, Pence, in a rare display of respect for science, got shot in arm on camera,and took full credit for the opportunity. Pence praised "Operation Warp Speed", of which he was nominally the head, for developing the vaccine. In fact he had nothing to do with it, and Operation Warp Speed was simply an infusion of government money into a corporate endeavor which was already underway. In truth, decades of accumulated scientific research and progress, combined with the resources of big pharma and good old fashioned profit motive capitalism did the trick.McConnell, referring to the endlessly debated Covid 19 relief bill which each day for months moved halfway to the finish line without ever getting there,  asserted that teh bill's coming to fruition is a tribute to bipartisan  bicameral compromise, but that also, if only the Democrats had been the least bit cooperative, help would have gotten to the struggling American people much sooner, a blatant lie. There was much failure to cooperate, much obstruction, on both sides of the isle.Every American who is not wealthy but votes for Republican candidate is voting against his or her best interests.Were it not for republican opposition, the Covid 19 bill would have been much more comprehensive, would have given much needed help to many more Americans, including struggling cities and states, whose financial woes are not of their own making. Because of Republicans, the first Covid 19 relief bill in March gave unnecessary help to the corporate wealthy. Because of Republicans, the new bill will leave small towns struggling to keep police and firefighters on the payroll.Mitch McConnell has openly expressed his contempt for giving away money to America's poor, who, he said, are likely to spend it on crack cocaine and other frivolous pleasures. This, of course, is completely false slander, but demonstrates the arrogance of the party of the wealthy, entirely out of touch with the realities of most American's lives.If mainstream American working class society truly understood the aims and means Republicans us to achieve them, they would permanently vote the elitists out of office.