April 13, 2024
Another in a series of observations of life as I know it.
If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn't be. And what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?
-Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
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Donald Trump and Mike Johnson leading a discussion on election integrity is akin to Adolph Hitler teaching Sunday school. God save us. The Speaker du jour dutifully toddled down to Mar A Loco to kiss the gilded ring and kneel before the Presence. This is expected of the faithful. However, unfettered fealty does not beget loyalty. Should Johnson wrong foot any teensy bit of legislation, he’s toast.
Orange Julius has compared himself with Christ and Nelson Mandela. Both persons of color, I might add. And one a practicing Jew. How very ecumenical of him. Additionally, he’s pushing the notion that he is sitting, cosily, at the right hand of God. Surely he will scramble the chairs eventually, placing himself at the center. Like the Sun King, only he sits at the center of the universe. So, lest we mistake the meaning of all this demagoguery, let’s be clear. This is a very mentally ill man. Impaired and off kilter. Deranged. Crazier than the proverbial loon. To use a medical term, he is effing nuts.
In grad school, I read a study of patients at the state hospital in Michigan. It was known as The Three Christs of Ypsilanti. Fascinating stuff. But finding 3 messiahs in one building—well, it must have been crowded. Today we simply have one too many. Let’s be clear. Would-be presidential assassin John Hinkley spent decades at St Elizabeth’s Asylum for a similar type brain disorder. We seem to simply shove the dirt under the rug when discussing his blatant pathology. And his abject narcissism is truly the least of our worries. He won’t, alas, harm himself. But the morbidity list of those in his crosshairs is legion. There are former members of his cabinet who are making undisclosed travel plans out of the country should the unthinkable occur at the polls. They have in place secret escape routes to flee a madman. Liz Cheney has a large red target on her back. Mike Pence is not far behind her. They have put country ahead of party. In these days, that is patriotism writ large. But it could also be fatal, should our equally impaired Supreme Court decide that presidents have complete immunity for, well, just about anything. Seal Team Six is in training.
I have to admit that I do not understand the fatal attraction to the mentally ill. Sympathy for the Devil is more like it. He is a dangerous monster. What is it that compels an average voter to his fanatic whimsy? Case in point, he gleefully claims that he is responsible for the Dobbs decision that struck down Roe. Until it became politically expedient to disentangle himself from it. Today he is simultaneously for and against the rights of women. And I use the term ‘rights’ loosely. This has pissed off the sycophantic Lindsey Graham. Golly, I am sure Miss Graham’s ire has got to smart. Who’s he going to get to caddy his next round of golf?
In summary, the inmates have taken control of the asylum. Led by the chief cuckoo, flying above the rats’ nest. And what galls me is how handily the international community is buying into this lunatic fringe. David Cameron of Great Britain met with the real president at the White House, then winged his aeroplane down to Palm Beach. Is this a new trend? Are we now a government with two capitals? One in Washington and the other at Vichy? So it would appear. Or maybe Secretary Cameron just needed a moment in the rays of the Sun (King). Me thinks the late good Queen Bess would have disapproved of this diplomatic blunder.
Shirley, do not feel too sorry for Mike Johnson. This is something of his own making. Trump is toying with him like a cat with a captured mouse. My sympathies cannot be wasted on those who engineered their own demise.
Elegantly expressed... I feel exactly as you do, Jane. The current owner of Mar-a-Loco is merely toying with the Speaker, and it's pathetic to watch him do it. It's disgusting to hear him pretend to praise the Speaker when you know he'll squash him like he would a bug if he dares to cross him on anything!