First they came for the chickens, but the Trump supporters wanted them for dinner
If Donald Trump loses in November, can we shoot him into space? Asking for a country....
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Gurdeep Pandher
It was another day ending in “y,” and I was fighting off yet another extended visit from the Migraine Fairy. The fickle bitch, for whatever reason, had decided that she like the accommodations enough that she was going to stick around for a while. No matter what, and no much how much I tried to relax, or how much I tried to masturbate meditate or medicate, nothing seemed to work.
And so, I was left to write, watch soccer, and watch MSNBC- not always a good combination and not always in that order. It can leave me thinking too much, and if I’m watching Tottenham Hotspur, more than a little stressed, as they never seem to make things easy (like being a Minnesota Vikings fan).
As for the news, there’s something about the combination of words that add up to “Donald Trump” that also stresses me out. If I were King of the World, I’d set him a drift on an ice floe with a box of Captain America comic books and a box of Corn Flakes without his Adderall. With any luck, he’d get eaten by sharks (and I’d feel sorry for the damned sharks), and we’d never hear his godforsaken name again.
I hear a lot about “political burnout.” In fact, as I’m writing this, Ari Melber is talking about this very subject on MSNBC. Countless Americans (myself among them) are exhausted by the state of our politics. Does anyone really think I enjoy writing about Donny Diaperload day in and day out? Do you think it brings me some sort of perverse pleasure to focus on this one arrogant, ignorant, self-absorbed, orange-hued asswipe?
You turn on…tune in…and drop out. Ah, where is Timothy Leary when a grieving nation sorely needs him? I want more than anything to wake up on a warm, sunny, white sand beach in a country that has no extradition treaty with the US, and in which I know I can comfortably live out my days with my wife, my dog, and my desire to live life on my terms.
I’m tired of turning on the news and hearing multiple back-to-back stories about what Republicans are doing to fuck up America just so they can regain power and install Donald J. Diaperfull as Supreme-Prick-for-Life. If my homeland is going to send itself straight to Hell and travel the path to becoming an idiocracy, then I’d prefer to observe that devolution from friendly foreign shores. As long as there’s good Scotch and decent pizza available, I’ll be a happy expatriate.
The Fuck-Up Fairy hasn’t come to visit again. The fickle bitch never left. She’s living rent-free in the collective head of the mainstream media and they’re doing Trump’s dirty work for him. THEY’RE the ones raising the red flags about Joe Biden’s “old age and senility.” THEY’RE the ones making hay out of Biden’s gaffes. And THEY’RE the ones focusing on Biden’s mixing up countries when he’s speaking off the cuff.
And it’s not as if Trump is a walking stroke of brilliance (a walking stroke, perhaps); he’s only four years younger than Biden. At 77, versus 81, when you compare lifestyles it’s easy to say that Joe Biden probably has an edge. He’s more active, more intellectually agile, and more honest about his limitations. Donald Trump still thinks he has the mental acuity and agility of a 25-year-old.
Perhaps if that 25-year-old has suffered a traumatic brain injury.
Of course, you want a President who’s going to be on, alert, properly caffeinated, and 100% accurate 173% of the time, but that’s not humanly possible. The best we can hope for is someone who’s honest, sincere, forthright, and committed to doing the right thing…and there’s only one person in this race who meets that criterion (hint: it’s not an orange-hued soon-to-be felon)
In a perfect world, at least from my perspective, California Governor Gavin Newsome would be the Democratic nominee. He represents everything this country needs at this point in history. Sadly, he won’t be the nominee in 2024. That’s too bad, but it’s the reality.
In politics, sometimes you have to ride into battle on the horse you have and not the horse you want. And it’s not as if Joe Biden is a sad, worn-out horse; he’s done pretty well in his first term considering the mess he inherited from Mango Mussolini. His list of achievements in the face of Republican intransigence is truly impressive.
If you doubt me, you can go here, here, here, here, and here to go more in-depth about what the Biden-Harris Administration has accomplished. I think you’ll find the body of work this Administration has put in to make America better is pretty impressive. And, while I’m by no means an impartial observer, I think it’s a helluva lot more than Donald Trump would EVER accomplish.
In the meantime, Republicans are going into hyperdrive focusing on the JOE BIDEN IS THE CRYPTKEEPER angle…like this offering, which is just…weird:
In case you missed it (I did, it was past my bedtime…I’m old), President Biden went on “Late Night with Seth Meyers”…and didn’t look old or senile. He’d didn’t drool on himself or talk about the “good old days” or anything that give anyone cause to believe he’s dealing with dementia.
That’s unlike his opponent, who’s frequently showing signs of declining mental function even as he denies any problems at all.
OK, Grandpa…let’s get you back to the home. It’s almost dinner time, and you know how much you like the green Jell-O….
Seth and Amy Poehler set it up as a surprise appearance, probably to cover up how Joe Biden had wandered into the studio lost. Seth asked Biden if, last time he appeared on the show in 2014, he thought the show would last 10 years. “No,” said Biden. He said Amy could call him “Joe,” probably because he doesn’t know he’s president.
He made fun of how “the last guy had Infrastructure Week every week,” but he gets infrastructure done.
And of course they talked about Dark Brandon, which he said he “resent[s] the hell out of,” right before he put on his shades. They talked about Biden’s longstanding Deep State cahoots with Taylor Swift, or at least Seth tried, but Biden said it was classified.
OK, so President Biden wasn’t playing the saxophone or shooting baskets, but in the video and the rest of the highlights I’ve seen he seems like a guy on top of his game. Of course, if he’s tired, sure, he may slip up, but who among us doesn’t do that now and again.
I’m not sure that an 81-year-old President is an ideal thing for America, but Joe Biden is infinitely preferable to the demented loose cannon that is Donald J. Diaperload.
The problem with all of this is that we still have the bulk of 2024 to get through…and even then, the Sturm und Drang probably won’t settle down. There will be the “Stop The Steal!” freaks (if Trump loses) and, who knows, maybe Brown Shirts marching through the streets (if he wins)?
Whatever happens, the shitshow will undoubtedly continue after the election. Yeah, remember when elections used to settle things? Those were the days….
I have to continue believing that America is better than the darkest predictions I’m hearing. I have to continue to have hope. Without that hope, we have nothing, and America, even when things seemed to be darkest, has always had hope.
I need that. ‘Course, I also need a warm, sunny, white sand beach…preferably in a country that has no extradition treaty with the US. Just in case. You never know.
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After Goldwater lost the election, someone interviewed John Wayne for his reaction to Kennedy becoming President. Wayne responded something to the effect, "I didn't vote for him, but he's my President and I hope he does well."
Time was, even extreme conservatives could show some real class.