I have been away for a week or so due to an illness but I have closely followed the jumps and jacks of the daily political calisthenics. One would think that being hospitalized would be a peaceful respite without the voice of Donald Trump at the core of every painful day. Alas, I was intrigued by the faces of the nurses and doctors when they entered my room and fought for my attention over CNN and MSNBC.
As is my wont, I would bounce back and forth between the two stations and filled the commercial time of each channel with the other. I was released from the hospital Friday evening after 4, so I had plenty of time to see the bottle-tanned, polo-shirted maestro of dirty political mirth, Roger Stone. Stone flashed himself and me back to the Nixon administration when he emerged from court after his arrest with arms raised and each hand creating the “V” for victory sign. After a previous 34 days of buffoonery punctuated by a President who tucked his tail between his legs for the likes of Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter, it was Roger’s turn.
Each time a medical professional entered my room they would first laugh at the mention of Trump’s name and then went from amused to fear at the next statement. I thought about it and realized that has been the synopsis of the current administration. Lots of underperforming and unqualified wannabe TV personalities, Omarosa, the Mooch, Sebastian Gorka, Stephen Miller and the former king of mayhem Steve Bannon; Trump’s band of merry little troubadours, first making us laugh then cry. They all had things in common, inflated egos, an insatiable thirst for power and the one common trait they all shared, ignorance of their jobs. They were and are literally the next ‘blunder’ waiting to happen.
The President of the United States let the world “peep his hole card” as we use to say on the block and let us know in the most frightening way that he has no clue. No clue of consequences, no clue of how you negotiate, no clue to even recognize a miserable idea should not be repeated. The best example of that was his promise this past Saturday to once again shut down parts of the U.S. government if he does not have his ego stroked with the promise of a wall in 18 days.
The ‘Wall’ always was, and always will be a distraction. The American people were apprised of that fact when we learned the word “wall” was inserted in his rally speeches as a mnemonic device to remind him to bash immigrants and get his adoring MAGA hat wearers to cheer. Yes, the word “wall” was simply a tool to get the newest version of the white hood to be worn by crowds of his supporters. Two men, Sam Nunberg who is most famous for allegedly being drunk on pundit TV and Roger Stone who is a confessed political “dirty trickster” and has a Nixon tattoo on his back are responsible for the biggest and silliest campaign promise of the Trump—administration.
I have written and warned before about a real crisis, such as the potential of U.S. military action in Venezuela should our diplomats be harmed in the country’s current regime change. America’s President is capable if told by Ann Coulter or a host of other malcontents, to start a war. The Blunder and Frightening could lead to a downpour of sorrow far beyond our imaginations.
Vote in 2020 for Change.