The RNC has just begun (and if you don’t know what the RNC is, well, welcome to America and send my regards to Antarctica). There will be days of demonizing Hillary Clinton, with Republican acolytes listening to their high priests with rapt attention, perhaps repeating their mantra, “Hillary is evil, Hillary is evil,” as speaker after speaker repeats the refrain at the lectern. (Yes, it’s called a lectern, not a podium – a podium is the small platform a speaker of short stature may stand on. Please, journalists, get it right!) Republican speakers will say silly things like, “Hillary is only running for President because she wants power.”
Well, of course she does. Anyone who runs for President of the United States wants power. Imagine a candidate saying, “I really don’t want to be President, but I owe it to my country to at least try to be the leader of the free world.” Does anyone think Donald Trump’s campaign isn’t running on ego?
The annoying thing about an acolyte, Republican or Democrat, is that no matter what facts you collect, no matter what evidence you compile, that shows – indeed, proves – their candidate is the wrong person for the job, acolytes will only worship their candidate more fervently. If it could be proven that Donald Trump is actually Satan with a comb-over, Republican acolytes would love him even more. They would be saying things like, “If anyone can get the job done, it’s Satan.” And, “Sure he’s got that whole Head-Demon-in-Hell thing going on, but nobody’s perfect.”
And, of course, the Democrat acolytes who love Hillary … wait a minute, do any Democrats really love Hillary Clinton? I’ve heard people say, “If the choice is between Hillary and Satan, I’ll have to vote for Satan, because Hillary would be worse.”
A recent NBC News/Wall Street Journal survey found that both candidates are the least popular in the history of the poll, with Trump viewed slightly more unfavorably than Clinton. Not surprisingly, the question I hear asked most often is, “How did we end up here?”
This week has the Donald Show. Next week will have the Hillary Show. Come November we will have the We’re So Screwed Show. Put a clothespin on your nose and vote. As my friend and fellow blogger CyberDave is wont to say, “Either we’re screwed, or we’re really screwed.” Your choice.
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Today I listened as an RNC spokesperson addressed Melania Trump's bout with plagiarism. He simply denied it happened, saying that the individual phrases could all be found from different sources, including My Little Pony's Twilight Sprinkle. Of course he didn't show an example duplicated the whole paragraph, but the important thing was he kept a straight face.
So I say, good point! Let's elect Twilight Sprinkle.
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