#Shutdown horrors: Senators have no one to serve them food

**Posted by Phineas

And that’s not all. Prepare yourselves, friends. You may want to send the children out of the room:

Shutdown affects ppl Mems of Congress see daily. They push elevator buttons for them, serve them food, hold their doors; now home w no pay

— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) October 1, 2013

Yes, senators and representatives have to hit buttons on their own in their private elevators and open their own doors — and get their own food! I just pray they can hold up under the strain. Curse you Tea Party and Ted Cruz!

Not that I don’t feel for anyone laid off, but… Do we really need to be paying for elevator operators (1) and door lackeys? Isn’t this just a wee bit elitist and out of tune with democratic republicanism?

These are dark times, my friends.

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Footnote:
(1) Which I haven’t seen in a private setting since I was a child in the Sixties.

(Crossposted at Public Secrets)

ALman says:

October 1, 2013 at 3:21 pm

Meanwhile, watching Discovery Channel. Seems as though Mike and Tweedy (of North Carolina fame) are doing okay with their moonshine!

The liberal Dana says:

October 1, 2013 at 6:11 pm

Don’t you understand? Those poor elevator operators and dining room personnel are there because our congressmen are being kind and sympathetic and making sure that they have jobs to feed their children.

Heartless Republicans!

Drew the Infidel says:

October 1, 2013 at 8:00 pm

The problems accompanying the shutdown range far beyond partisan squabbles. The most ominous national security threat this nation faces is massive debt. And as long as we spend in an unbridled fashion, maintaining a $17 trillion deficit, we leave ourselves wide-a*s open to calamity should China and Russia collude in economic sabotage against us.

October 1, 2013 at 8:18 pm

I think he has been spending way too much time with Biden:

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), a graduate of the Naval Academy, told reporters that the cancelation of the Air Force-Navy game would be the “defining moment” of the shutdown.

“The apocalypse is upon us,” McCain lamented.

Candice says:

October 2, 2013 at 12:35 am

This is when you know that the common man has lost sight of who he/she is in their own pomposity.

Carlos says:

October 2, 2013 at 10:19 am

Personally, as long as we have a military that (with Democraps in control) pretends to protect us and the Constitution, I think the country will get along just fine without government interference in every aspect of our lives.

And oh, BTW, does anyone know if Congress, the President and/or the federal judiciary is going to miss a paycheck?

My guess is not. If they were, it wouldn’t take 13 seconds for the Repubs to fold, as I’m pretty sure they will because they have no ability to sell their brand, and the Repub “leadership” pay surely must come directly from the DNC.