Contributed
by B F Koch
ITITY
Political Theater Critic
Do you know that guy? That guy who says they just take his hard-earned
money and hand it over to “those people” who are too lazy to work for a living.
That guy who says if we let “those people” move into the neighborhood they’ll just
ruin everyone’s property values. That guy who says we could fix this place if
we just put all “those people” on a boat and send them back to where they came
from. Maybe you’re lucky, maybe you’re not related to that guy, maybe you never
even met that guy, but a little over a year ago almost 63 million Americans
thought it was a good idea to put a guy like that in charge of our country.
It didn’t matter that a few million more Americans voted
for the other candidate. It didn’t matter that the electoral college was
supposed to prevent the office being occupied by someone, in the words of one
of our most popular founding fathers, “not in an eminent degree endowed with
the requisite qualifications.” President Pussy Grabber, anyone? Nice try Mr.
Hamilton, but hey, you’re killing it on Broadway.
Naturally, the cable news networks played their part too, conveniently
refraining from any criticism that would interfere with their ad revenues, and covering
the campaign as if it were the latest reality TV spectacle. Responsible
reporting? Journalistic integrity? Don’t worry, it’s all just entertainment
folks, he’s not going to win this thing anyway, and hey, our ratings are
through the roof.
We’ll never know of course, but it may not have turned out
the way it did without the FBI bringing up his opponent’s e-mails again on the
eve of the election. Was this something significant? Was this something we
needed to know? No, they just thought it was important to protect themselves
from appearing to have held anything back after she won. So much for fidelity, bravery,
and integrity. Strange thing is, these are the same bunch we’re now trusting to
tell us this shameful mistake wasn’t our fault. Hey, a little help here, Russia?
