Send Him a Nice Welcome Gift

Incrementalism. That’s the method that the liberaltistas have used to make smoking a near felony. Apparently, their brainwashing is progressing quite well. It seems that Rep Keith Ellison (D-Minn) thought it was a crime to smoke in a government building. It is not allowed in almost all government buildings except in the private offices of US Representatives and Senators. Call it a perk. I really don’t care. But Rep Ellison does.

You remember Rep Ellison. He’s the newly elected congressman that insisted on being sworn in on the Koran. Sure he used Thomas Jefferson’s Koran to pretend that it was legitimate but he was emphasizing his Muslim faith over his swearing in. Now it seems that Ellison has displayed his poor judgment in establishing a relationship with his fellow congressmen.

He tasked his minion press secretary to call the Capitol police because he smelled smoke. Not electrical smoke, or paper smoke, or wood smoke. Nope, he smelled cigar smoke. And he knew where it was coming from too. It was that evil Republican Tom Trancedo enjoying the sweet aroma of a finely crafted cigar. He was relaxing. I bet it smelled good too. But Ellison lacked the personal courage to go knock on Tom’s door and ask him to put it out. He didn’t send a lowly page (apparently they were busy). He didn’t even have someone pick up the phone and call him. It wasn’t like Trancedo was on the other side of the building either. He was next door.

So Ellison calls the cops, who inform him that it is perfectly legal for congressmen to smoke in their offices. Trancedo has said that now he’s going to smoke twice as much and find some really nasty stinky cigars to boot. I understand his anger that a fellow congressman would call the cops before talking to him personally. I think that Rep Trancedo is taking the wrong approach though. He should send a peace offering to Rep Ellison. Maybe a nice bottle of brandy, a box of fine cigars, and a wonderful honey cured smoked ham. That should open a friendly dialog.