The GOP

Light Bulbs

As if Representative Steve King calling House office building janitors “Stasi Troops” for replacing the standard bulbs in his office with with more energy efficient bulbs weren’t enough, Mitt Romney weighed in on the alarming threat to your individual liberty via light bulbs.  Yes, light bulbs.  According to Mr. Romney, Pres. Obama has banned the use of good ole’ fashion Edison energy inefficient incandescent light bulbs.  Except Edison didn’t invent the light bulb and President Obama didn’t ban the use of them.  How this guy made a lick of money with Bain Capital is beyond us.  But we digress.  Even though what Mr. Romney actually refers to is legislation passed by President G. W. Bush, Mr. Romney went all in, declaring: ”The government would have banned Thomas Edison’s light bulb…Oh yeah, Obama’s regulators actually did”.    This begs the question:  When was the last time you personally visited a Wal Mart to purchase some light bulbs, Mr. Romney?  We’d wager there’s at least one of the new more efficient light bulbs in at least one of his 6 residences.  Mr. Romney pays the bills, he doesn’t do the chores.  It’s beyond his pay grade and he has people for that, you know.  Doesn’t everyone?