John Conyers has been a busy guy lately. When he’s not working feverishly to keep his wife from going to jail on bribery charges, he spends most of his time trying to ram Obama’s health care bill down our throats.  Unfortunately, like most Dems these days, he took some time to give a speech the other day and, in doing so, shoved his foot in his mouth big time.

When questioned about the health care package, and specifically about whether lawmakers had read it, Conyers responded:  “I love these members, they get up and say, ‘Read the bill.  What good is reading the bill if it’s a thousand pages and you don’t have two days and two lawyers to find out what it means after you read the bill?”

So, John Conyers is claiming that he’s too busy to read (not to mention incapable of understanding) one of the most important pieces of legislation this country will ever face?  That inspires some real confidence, doesn’t it?

Maybe more disturbing is his inability to find two lawyers that can help him out.  If, in a town like Washington D.C.,  Conyers can’t spot a pair of legal eagles who’d be willing to help him read the bill, no wonder he wasn’t sharp enough to notice all those envelopes full of cash his wife was accepting in the parking lot of McDonalds.

John?  We’re not paying you to simply bow down at the Obama alter.  Nor are we interested in watching you abdicate your responsibilities in order to keep your wife out of the slammer. Michigan and the rest of the country deserve better than some old, confused coot who thinks it’s hilarious that he’s expected to actually do his job. 

If you’re not willing to carry out your office honorably, get the hell out of it.

-Robert Laurie