At the time, the Trump versus Biden election recalled to mind a Laurel and Hardy film: the fat loudmouth who believes he knows everything but actually knows nothing; and the frazzled nitwit who runs around aimlessly while scratching his head. Voters, of course, were the long suffering saps whose piano the incompetent double act will fail to move safely from one place to another. We are currently well into the third reel and the Keystone Kops have appeared, Trump is now recast as evil Fatty Arbuckle and Biden wants to be Harold Lloyd but has failed his screen test. "Not ready for his close up" it seems.
In fact, last week at work, while despondently discussing the state of the world, I momentarily forgot who was President of the United States. I could easily name check Johnson, Macron, Draghi, Scholz and all the other pretenders to defending the free world, but who was in charge here? It took me at least a few seconds to dredge Biden's identity from the depths of my brain, where it languished in apparent ignominy. Compared to Trump, whose bovine, pungently visceral personality was inescapable during his administration, Biden is the shapeless shadow of spectral vapor left by decrepit DNA engulfed in an opaque cloud.
So what comes next? Which two celebrity icons of zany, madcap dogmatism and delusion will contest the next election by knowingly exploiting and exacerbating the American public's fear and desperation? We are so far beyond parody now that even second-rate vaudevillians of the recent past like Bush and Obama seem like venerable jesters from a golden age of comedy. Who knew they were merely the warm-up act for Laurel and Hardy, followed by 2024's high camp farce, featuring two cartoon clowns hitting each other over the head with red and blue balloons while trying to drive away in a tiny car stuffed with spoiled ballots.
Thank you for the view into how the other half thinks (if we can call it that).
Fascinating!
Reality can't penetrate to the layer of logical processing, however simple comparisons might be and facts clear.
Oh well. Carry on sawing the branch you're sitting on. Fun to watch.
Posted by: T | July 15, 2022 at 12:43
All I ask for is reasonable candidates. There haven’t been any in my lifetime.
Posted by: Stephenesque | July 15, 2022 at 13:46
Should be simple enough. Put programs side by side, compare line items side by side:adherence to constitutional principles? energy? currency value? fiscal policy? level of corruption? law & order? economic growth? inflation (i.e. government-printed money)? level of bureaucrat spending? medical tyranny, a.k.a. "vaccination mandates"? employment? individual freedoms (f.i., ability to criticize ones opponents w/o retaliation)?
Then look at the results of these programs and how they contribute for your " quiet enjoyment of premises", in language of R.E.
Reasonable enough?
Posted by: Tatyana | July 17, 2022 at 12:48
At this point, I am more likely to vote for an AI robot than any of the human candidates. At least the robot won't pretend to have our best interests at heart
Posted by: stephenesque | July 18, 2022 at 09:17
Robot didn't have a chance to practice what she preaches.
It should be a pretty simple exercise in comparison of the real-life consequences of the activities of the last 2 admins (the current and the previous).
I don't care for speech pattern, or hairstyle, or more-or-less witty tweets, only in how the party in power affects my life. Only for important things.
The conclusion, again, is very simple because based on solid facts.
But some care more for appearances.
Posted by: Tatyana | July 19, 2022 at 17:56