Robert Wexler loves us--he really does!
Rep. Robert Wexler, few would disagree, occupies one of the safest Congressional seats in America.
How safe? Back when it was not cool to do so, he was one of the few to defend former President Clinton during the impeachment hearings. No, he didn’t just defend him, he got out there, plastered his face all over the networks and VOCIFEROUSLY, UNAPOLOGETICALLY and INDEFATIGABLY defended him.
How safe? He called for the impeachment of President Bush just a few months before the Clown Prince was heading out the door anyway.
How safe? He was one of the very first major Florida pols to support Barack Obama in the primaries, a position that required a lot of fast-talking in the temples and synagogues of District 19. Yet his career did not suffer for it, because to his constituents, he’s a mensch.
Except for that quirky little thing about his being a full-time resident of Maryland (to which I have alluded in this cartoon and earlier ones), he’s far from being the worst of that batch of jokers in Washington.
Wexler could have walked in and written his own ticket with the Obama administration, but for some reason he has decided to hold onto his seat. I guess he cares about us—not enough that he would actually want to live among us, but enough not to deprive us of his representation.
CHAN LOWE has been the Sun Sentinel’s first and only editorial cartoonist for the past twenty-six years. Before that, he worked as cartoonist and writer for the Oklahoma City Times and the Shawnee (OK) News-Star.
Comments
JUST ANOTHER LEFT WING LOON IN A LEFT WING CARTOON...
Posted by: Victory | January 13, 2009 5:43 PM
Wexler cannot pass Obama's vetting process...enough said!
Posted by: Political Observer | January 13, 2009 8:39 PM
Obama ignored Wexler after the primary issue was over. Obama DID NOT choose Wexler for any Administration position. Its not that Wexler chose to stay in the House - he had no where else to go. Serves him right for IGNORING his CONSTITUENTS and backing Obama.
Posted by: jimbo | January 14, 2009 9:05 AM
Obama used Wexler and then ignored him much like Wexler ignored his Constituents when he went against their primary votes for Hillary. What goes around comes around !!! Too bad people didnt wake up and vote our Maryland based congressman out of office.
Posted by: jimbo | January 14, 2009 9:07 AM
He won by a large majority proving once again that the majority of voters in this district are among the dumbest people in the U.S. How can we elect and re-elect a representative that doesn't represent us?
Posted by: SG | January 14, 2009 9:15 AM
I HOPE HIS WIFE WILL STAY WITH WEXLER WHEN HE IS INDICTED AND SENT TO PRISON.
Posted by: Post a comment | January 14, 2009 1:14 PM