Certainly disappointing to learn this week that Congressman Frank Pallone, gentleman that he is, thinks it’s ok for another elected official to be rude not only to his constituents but also to the President of the United States.
Congressman Pallone is great for the people of the Bayshore and beyond. He’s powerful on protecting the ocean and the environment, he’s quick to respond to individual requests for help in big and small matters, and he’s easily available and ready to respond to any need. He’s a genuinely nice guy and hard working Congressman.
Though not as powerful in promoting the preservation of history at Fort Hancock, or the repairs, renovations and upkeep for generations to come of those historic buildings at Sandy Hook, including the former barracks the Monmouth County Vocational School District has pretty well torn down and left in a disgraceful pile of trash without any plans for repair, Congressman Pallone still has done an awful lot for a lot of different causes and people from the time he was first elected to Congress in 1988.
In fact, he even did an awful lot for Monmouth County before being elected for the first time, having learned from, worked with and been respected by the late great Congressman Jim Howard. Another true gentleman.
from Texas’s 9th district, Alexander “Al” Green
But when Congressman Green stood up during a joint meeting of Congress, screaming like a crazy man, shaking his cane in anger and refusing to behave like a, well, gentleman, let alone elected official, other elected leaders saw it for what it was: being rude to everybody from the President down .
Those leaders wanted the people of the United States to know they don’t think the President or people should have to put up with that.
Those leaders wanted the people to know they oppose such juvenile and rude misbehavior.
So to prove how they felt, they put it up in Congress, to a vote of the people who represent us, to publicly say how they feel and to prove it, censure the man who had so publicly embarrassed them and the nation..
Congress voted for the censure because Mr. Green did not only embarrassed each of them who respect the fact they represent the people of the United States; they voted to censure him because he made a mockery of himself with the President speaking and all three branches of the United States government present.
In short, Mr. Green showed he thinks his opinion and outbursts are more important than anyone, any elected official, or any representative of the people in a democracy such as ours. And his fellow officials disagreed.
But our Monmouth and Middlesex County representative, our elected Congressman, our gentleman who almost always stands up for everything that is right, chose to vote against reprimanding his fellow Congressman for being so rude.
Which to me makes it look like Congressman Frank Pallone thinks it’s ok for an elected official to create a scene, act like a spoiled kid, and interrupt my President while he’s trying to address the people.
Very sad.
It doesn’t look like the gentleman and good Congressman that I know.
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