Trego's Mountain Ear

Last week I got a few comments telling me how vile the authors figured Jon Tester is.  Now it may just be that I have a soft spot for fat men, or it may be a strong belief that virtue is relevant.  Still, I clipped from Wikipedia (no point in finding a more impressive source for the same data)

Below is the current line of succession for the President of the United States:

No.	Office	Incumbent
1	Vice President	Kamala Harris	Democrat
2	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Nancy Pelosi	Democrat
3	President pro tempore of the Senate	Patrick Leahy	Democrat
4	Secretary of State	Antony Blinken	Democrat
5	Secretary of the Treasury	Janet Yellen	Democrat
6	Secretary of Defense	Lloyd Austin	Democrat
7	Attorney General	Merrick Garland	Democrat
8	Secretary of the Interior	Deb Haaland	Democrat
9	Secretary of Agriculture	Tom Vilsack	Democrat
10	Secretary of Commerce	Gina Raimondo	Democrat
11	Secretary of Labor	Marty Walsh	Democrat
12	Secretary of Health and Human Services	Xavier Becerra	Democrat
13	Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	Marcia Fudge	Democrat
14	Secretary of Transportation	Pete Buttigieg	Democrat
–	Secretary of Energy	Jennifer Granholm[A]	Democrat
15	Secretary of Education	Miguel Cardona	Democrat
16	Secretary of Veterans Affairs	Denis McDonough	Democrat
–	Secretary of Homeland Security	Alejandro Mayorkas[B]	Democrat

Nothing personal folks, but I had to get down to number 9 on the list, Tom Vilsack, before I found anyone who seemed to equal Jon Tester’s morality and ability.