For storytime at the bookstore, I want to read "Hillary Rodham Clinton: Some Girls Are Born To Lead" AND Gary Byrne's "Crisis of Character." For the craft afterward, I'll have the kiddies make little blue construction paper dresses with glitter stains.
So, this is truly a God-awful thing to say, but when I heard the news about last week's Dallas police shooting, the VERY FIRST THING that came to mind was: "Baby Aspirin Factory." As in, Bill Clinton bombing a baby aspirin factory to distract the American public from the growing - and worsening - Monica Lewinski scandal, back in the 90s. Bill lied, Monica pulled out the stained dress, and before the media could fully grasp the story - BOOM! All TV cameras were immediately turned to a national emergency - and a little Afghanistan hospital that the President totally assured us was harboring terrorists or Anthrax or Republicans or something. Wag the dog.
​Change the story...fast.
All decent comedic stories have a little bit of truth in them, just enough to make you think: "Yeah. I can see that happen." And the sad truth is simple: Hillary Clinton - like her husband - behaves as though she's above the law. FBI Director Comey confirmed this, and his testimony before Congress a few weeks back was no less than damning. As America watched the hearing (with Loretta Lynch/Bill Clinton still fresh on their mind), it was impossible to deny the scope of Clinton's corruption...and how that corruption has affected those around her. From cattle futures to Whitewater, from email/security negligence to Benghazi...Mrs. Clinton has been surrounded by scandal for decades. And when last week's headlines changed from Clinton to sniper bullets, I sadly thought, "Yeah. I can see that happen." Wag the dog. There may have been no precedent to bring inditement, but there is precedent for when a Clinton's dishonesty gets caught on camera.
​Change the story...fast.
All decent comedic stories have a little bit of truth in them, just enough to make you think: "Yeah. I can see that happen." And the sad truth is simple: Hillary Clinton - like her husband - behaves as though she's above the law. FBI Director Comey confirmed this, and his testimony before Congress a few weeks back was no less than damning. As America watched the hearing (with Loretta Lynch/Bill Clinton still fresh on their mind), it was impossible to deny the scope of Clinton's corruption...and how that corruption has affected those around her. From cattle futures to Whitewater, from email/security negligence to Benghazi...Mrs. Clinton has been surrounded by scandal for decades. And when last week's headlines changed from Clinton to sniper bullets, I sadly thought, "Yeah. I can see that happen." Wag the dog. There may have been no precedent to bring inditement, but there is precedent for when a Clinton's dishonesty gets caught on camera.
Speaking of dishonesty on camera, exactly one month after the Pulse nightclub shooting, Loretta Lynch went before Congress to explain how Hillary avoided charges again. Lynch's talking points were meticulously crafted, designed to dodge issues with a consistent narrative, and she was far better prepped than Comely last week. I'll give her this: Lynch was surprisingly eloquent, but she refused to answer yes-or-no questions, constantly deferring to her highly skilled team of investigators" - in a manner that sounded like taking the fifth. To further convolute her testimony, other panel Democrats - in coordinated attack - repeatedly dragged the discussion back to gun control, a topic that was nothing more than a thinly-masked diversion, shamefully politicizing recent Dallas events. And if THAT weren't bad enough, Lynch's testimony was preempted by Sanders' announcement of a Clinton endorsement. Wag, wag, wag the dog...so hard that it's tail breaks off.
I'm far from a political activist, but I've followed politics closely since Clinton's 92' election - about the time I found talk radio, along with Rush and WLS's "Roe & Garry." I remember Carter & Reagan clearly, but I don't think I started voting until Bill Clinton ran for office. And even then, I wasn't voting out of anger or fear; I'm sure I voted for Bush, but it wasn't the end of the world when Clinton came to office. At least not the first Clinton...
I'm far from a political activist, but I've followed politics closely since Clinton's 92' election - about the time I found talk radio, along with Rush and WLS's "Roe & Garry." I remember Carter & Reagan clearly, but I don't think I started voting until Bill Clinton ran for office. And even then, I wasn't voting out of anger or fear; I'm sure I voted for Bush, but it wasn't the end of the world when Clinton came to office. At least not the first Clinton...
Back in the early 90s, in the days before the Internet, the only place to get information was CNN, the big three networks, newspapers, and talk radio. It was hard to find anyone with conservative views on TV, and news channels - traditional nightly news in particular - making it seem like the entire country cared more about fringe social issues than real-life responsibilities. Reagan was the first to get passed this; he found a way to speak "through" left-leaning cameras to reach those people who rolled their eyes when Laura Dern cried on Donahue. Hosts like Limbaugh helped a lot, but the Internet was what really gave conservatives a voice - especially during election years. With every ill-tempered comment archived on YouTube, nothing gets forgotten anymore. Nothing gets censored or truly covered up. Twenty years later, you can Google more about Bill Clinton's impeachment than you could read in the news at the time it was happening. Luckily for us, Hillary's corruption is a lot less hard to find.
So, a radical Muslim turns off his OnStar autopilot and drives through Bastille Day, like the Blues Brothers in a shopping mall. 50 dead so far, more than the Pulse nightclub toll...and now we've learned that the Baton Rouge police are the latest victims in an ongoing assault on law enforcement. The violence in the world is unsettling, making American elections seem tame in comparison. But, like Turkey, our own country is experiencing a coup...and I genuinely believe we're on the verge of abandoning the electoral college completely, and embracing a popular vote. The technology is available. With the right security protocols, we can vote from home, on our couches on our smartphones. There is absolutely no danger in populism, so long as we have access to unbiased information before casting our votes. And even die-hard liberals & Bernie supporters can sense when the dog is being wagged...distracting us from the latest damning Clinton news. When you're lied to, time and time again, you're going to get angry. And "anger" is why so many gay men like me are voting for the good of the country, rather than narrow special interests...and that means voting for Trump.
Who else is with me?
So, a radical Muslim turns off his OnStar autopilot and drives through Bastille Day, like the Blues Brothers in a shopping mall. 50 dead so far, more than the Pulse nightclub toll...and now we've learned that the Baton Rouge police are the latest victims in an ongoing assault on law enforcement. The violence in the world is unsettling, making American elections seem tame in comparison. But, like Turkey, our own country is experiencing a coup...and I genuinely believe we're on the verge of abandoning the electoral college completely, and embracing a popular vote. The technology is available. With the right security protocols, we can vote from home, on our couches on our smartphones. There is absolutely no danger in populism, so long as we have access to unbiased information before casting our votes. And even die-hard liberals & Bernie supporters can sense when the dog is being wagged...distracting us from the latest damning Clinton news. When you're lied to, time and time again, you're going to get angry. And "anger" is why so many gay men like me are voting for the good of the country, rather than narrow special interests...and that means voting for Trump.
Who else is with me?