[EDITOR’S NOTE: Hang in there, Joanne – it closes with your promised “surprise”.]
You probably remember that during Pres. Biden’s SOTU speech, the Bobbsey Bimbos, MTG Greene and Lauren Boebert, stood up and heckled him while talking about his dead son, Beau. (And Speaker Pelosi did tell them to “Shut Up!”)
Boebert subsequently claimed to have received a message from a military Mom praising her antics. But in posting her Tweet, Boebert (R-Idiot-Brigade) decided to invent the entirely new military rank of “Lieutenant Corporal”.
After I spoke up for our 13 fallen military heroes at the State of the Union address a few of their parents reached out to thank me for recognizing them.
One of the parents encouraged me to share her message. Here it is. pic.twitter.com/Eu0IKn2FG0
— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) March 15, 2022
This set the Twitterverse into action, with popular poster Ron Filipkowski setting the record straight WRT imaginary rank:
Sporting a new look, Boebert recounts the incident where she yelled out during SOTU. She talks about Pelosi telling her to shut up, then says the mom of a “lieutenant corporal” (there’s no such thing) wrote her to thank her. pic.twitter.com/0WFuy1PLI8
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) March 15, 2022
It also prompted one of America’s most recent heroes, who testified against TFG, LTC Alexander S. Vindman (USA Ret.), to respond:
The U.S. military doesn’t have a rank of “lieutenant corporal” so what was the nationality of the mother who thanked her? https://t.co/nuKGtFTOKF
— Alexander S. Vindman (@AVindman) March 15, 2022
And others soon jumping in to join the fun:
fun fact: Lauren Boebert is a Lieutenant Corporal in the Congressional Moron Caucus
— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) March 15, 2022
Some even went so far as to provide Boebert some military defense, with one tying it in with MTG Greene’s recent display of her total lack of knowledge between the Nazi’s Gestapo and the delicious soup Gazpacho:
Could y'all give Boebert a break?
I'm pretty sure "Lieutenant Corporal" is a rank in MTG's Gazpacho Police. https://t.co/pZ8FWYaRYV pic.twitter.com/dpfjw299k1
— Fr. Robert R. Ballecer, SJ (@padresj) March 15, 2022
But this is my favorite military rejoinder:
The US Military doesn’t have a rank of lieutenant corporal but Lauren Boebert is a major asshole.
— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) March 15, 2022
JOANNE’S PROMISED OPERA SURPRISE
But leave it to John Fugelsang to take it to another level with a mocking parody of the Major-General’s song “I Am the Very Model” from the Gilbert and Sullivan 1880 opera, The Pirates of Penzance.
I was fortunate enough to have seen it on Broadway back when I still had my hearing in the very early 1980s – but if you’re not familiar with it, here’s the English National Opera version:
And Fugelsang’s fantastic three-verse parody mocking Boebert:
I am the very model of a dim lieutenant corp-oral
My judgment nonexistent & my intellect prim-ordial
I get opinions from the Tucker Carlson editorial
And spread disinformation and rumors conspira-torial…— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) March 16, 2022
