If I had a hammer

On January 3, 2019, USA rediscovered grandmother Nancy Pelosi assuming for her 2nd time the role of Speaker of the House.  The news coverage on national television news was very superficial.  We need to recognize the lady in red swinging the hammer.

Pete Seeger introduced our USA to a song that applies to Speaker Pelosi.  If I had a hammer asked the question of USA if we were prepared to hammer out a warning all over this land.  The speaker is old enough to have known this troubadour of social justice.  Unfortunately, the current speaker chose to downsize the hammer!

The preceding speaker everybody remembers is John Boehner.   The speaker most everybody can’t remember was his successor Paul Ryan.  John was a man of the people.  He enjoyed his cigarette with a cocktail in the clubhouse after playing 18 holes of golf.  It is evident that John wielded a mighty hammer.  Why did Nancy Pelosi downsize her hammer to a nutcracker?

You can’t build a sky scraper with a small hammer.  We are a nation of big dreams and big plans.  Our future got “down sized” with our grandmother beauty queen swinging a small hammer.