Mr. Smith Stays Home
(Mr. Smith Stays Home) Most people can recall the Frank Capra classic Mr . Smith Goes to Washington . A Senator Jefferson Smith (Jimmy Stewart) is appointed to the U.S. Senate on the death of a predecessor. The Smith selection is not met with universal acclaim and the reality was that certain colleagues were corrupt and a political machine was a true arbiter of affairs. Senator Smith in opposing this graft. Smith is forced into a Senate filibuster that lasts 25 hours. In the end, Smith faints but a sudden constituent response becomes overwhelming and the Senator behind the corruption scheme admits his deeds and he is the legislator that should be expelled. Like Senator Smith, Senator Corey Booker (D-NJ) took to the Senate Floor in his own 25-hour marathon. Like Jefferson, Corey is protesting a corrupt regime, namely the Trump Administration and the DOGE. Unlike Senator Smith, who found himself vindicated at the end, Senator Booker took a trip to the restroom. Booker's stab a windmi...