Out of the still warm ashes of our democracy MJE is rising. In these dark days we need to look for the shining light on the hill. Unfortunately that light is a forest fire that is burning down everything in its path, lit by the combined fury of millions of americans who couldn’t stand the thought of a non-white woman as president and were willingly sucked into the vortex of a man-child who voiced all of their grievances in middle school bully parlance. He denigrated immigrants, ridiculed his detractors, and ensured his supporters that he would kick ass from day one. He made people feel that they were special, that their prejudices and worst instincts were not only acceptable, but admirable. People basked in the warmth of his animus.
Trying to understand the what or why this could have happened will tie your brain in knots. Why would latino voters support a man who wants to deport them in the millions. Why would arab americans support a man who installed a muslim ban. Why would women support a man who was convicted of sexual assault and boasted that he could grab them by their vulvas just because he could. Why would law abiding americans vote for a man who was convicted of scores of felonies. Why would patriotic americans vote for a man who stole top secret documents and has an open bromance with putin. And does no one remember the scores of people who died of covid because of trump’s moronic and lethargic response to the epidemic.
I have heard talking heads chaulk this up to the fact that college educated democrats and independents looked down on the trump supporters as stupid dopes. That is unfair, MJE knows a number of college educated trump supporters that are stupid dopes. In fact there are a few in my family, our son knut for example, did receive what should have been a good college education, proudly asserts that he learned absolutely nothing. It is incredible and painful to believe, but his contention, after his costly (but totally fun) college experience, is that the only reason to go to college is to make contacts. MAKE CONTACTS?????? For chrissake, if all he wanted to do was make contacts he could have joined the goddamed rotary!!
And now, several days hence the blame game begins in earnest: kamala was too left wing, nope she was too centrist, she didn’t differentiate herself from biden enough, she stabbed biden in the back, she didn’t court young men enough, she picked a guy from minnesota as her running mate instead of the guy from pennsylvania, she was too happy, she laughed too much, she wore shoulder pads and pussy bow blouses, she wasn’t supportive enough of israel, nope she didn’t champion the gazans enough. Frankly, she ran a good campaign but the american voters clearly did not want what she was selling.
The majority of american voters apparently wanted a big bad ass who would shit kick anyone who got in his way, someone who would he would protect them, especially women. He moaned “I love women” in a way that sent a chill down my spine and continued “whether they like it or not” which is most definitely not comforting coming from the mouth of a convicted sexual assailant. They were happy to have a dictator who would break all the rules and get rid of all those pesky laws like those that protect the environment (epa, you’re outta here), provide free public schooling (bye, bye department of education), mandate vaccinations (so long cdc). Fuck the constitution, fuck democracy, we want a killer in charge.
It’s morning in america folks, overcast with drought and forest fires raging in the west, hurricanes devastating the south and violent tornadoes ravaging the mid west. But once we get rid of noaa, we can just sit back and relax, ignorance is bliss y’all. We’ll never know what hit us. Should tragedy strike, we americans are resilient people, we pull ourselves up by our bootstraps, we don’t need the federal government coming in and taking care of us, we sure don’t need any stinking fema workers meddling in our devastation. But we will take the check, thanks.
The one thing we really and truly do not want is to have a bunch of middle aged men rummaging through our lady parts and deciding what we should do with them. That’s one step over the line sweet jesus. So back off buster, it’s none of your bidness.
Tommy Jeff is quoted as saying “People elect the government they deserve.” Ouch. Winston Churchill is purported to have said “Americans can be counted on to do the right thing after they have exhausted all other possibilities.” Better but not great.
MJE chooses to remain in a state of shock rather than in my state of residence, to float above reality like an opium smoker on his pallet. I intellectually understand what the future holds for americans, I am fortunate enough not to be a long time resident, hard working, yet undocumented immigrant who faces the very real possibility that he or she may well be rounded up, separated from their children and returned to a country from which they fled for fear of their lives. I also do not rely on federal assistance to feed or insure myself and my family in case of medical emergencies. Hell I can even afford a brita water filter so I don’t have to consume lead with every sip. Truth be told MJE does not drink water, but what about the ice cubes in my bourbon…?? It is indeed a very sad world where the cubes in your drink are more toxic than the booze.
my jaundiced eye 