It’s getting pretty
Nixonian out there. It’s like re-living Watergate. Threats of
impeachment, a trial and a guilty verdict. Of course, the Nixon soap
opera ended before fully playing out.
This time it won’t.
Most of the players are
in place, only with the present president, we don’t have Woodward, Bernstein,
Deep Throat, Haldeman and Ehrlichman. But we do have excellent stand ins
for some of the players.
There’s Giuliani, and
Barr who play the parts of Haldeman and Mitchell. Does anyone have
Christine Barr’s phone number? After
all, Watergate wouldn’t have been Watergate without Martha Mitchell.
There isn’t a major
difference between Presidential Magician 37 and Presidential Magician 45.
Except that 37 tried to keep his Book of Tricky up his sleeve. Forty-five wants everyone to know what he’s
doing.
Not-A-Crook vs. Stable
Genius? Nixon had mostly bad deeds with a topping of good deeds. Trump is
the same cupcake but has no topping.
Nixon turned the White
House into a gangland hideaway. And trump turned it into a game arcade at a
shopping mall. All of the machines are fixed. But that’s okay because
most of the coins are play money.
So here we have two
different evil spirits running the country in different decades. But our
ability to find exorcists isn’t what it once was. There’s no Sam Ervin. There are no Republican
Senators who have grown a pair and declared they’ll vote against the president.
All eyes are on Romney
to play the Ervin role. Maybe he will.
But not until he feels it’s safe. Mitt has the safest seat in the
Senate. But he’s not immune to retaliation from Senate’s Cult of 45.
Another similarity
between these two comedy shows: it’s the term “third rate.” Nixon’s press
secretary Ron Ziegler called Watergate a “third rate burglary.” the trumpster
called Nancy Pelosi a third rate politician. Some sources reported the
slur as “third grade” rather than third rate.
If there’s anyone who never left the third grade, it’s trump.
SHRAPNEL:
--The next G7 meeting
will be at trump’s Florida motel. Gee, that sounds like the president
might make a buck on the conference. Attention attendees: Ignore the minibar
and BYO… oh, and don’t say anything important while standing or sitting near the
table lamp.
--The governor of
Florida is thinking of annexing that motel and turning it into a sand
museum. If Turkey can annex part of Syria without Syria’s consent, this
is small potatoes. And trump won’t mind because if all that sand is good for
the Kurds, it has to be good for him, too-- right?
I’m Wes Richards. My
opinions are my own but you’re welcome to them. ®
Please address comments
to wesrichards@gmail.com
© WJR 2019
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