Make it a Crime

I watched in horror last night a clip of Trump in Pennsylvania. He was insulting people faster than the needle moves on a lie detector. Faster than sodium thiopental gets into the blood stream of felons trying to create subterfuge. At one point he went into a 'how to act presidential' skit, mimicking, walking stiffly around the stage like a semi-trained circus monkey and mocking, evidently, his critics who suggest that a little more dignity might be appropriate from the figurehead many call the leader of the free world. It was embarrassing. Even for someone who has set the bar so low. I remember thinking as my jaw dropped closer to the floor that this is the guy to whom we have entrusted our peace, freedom, economy and relationship with the rest of the world. We have given this failed stand-up comedian the keys. He is a clown, worse he is a mean-spirited clown. This is NOT funny.

I began this post with the goal of a thousand words on the subject of respect. Yeah, nice try. I am continually amazed at how people, 35% of the population depending which polling agency you trust, actually consider this behavior acceptable. There are really a third of the population who harbor so much hate, fear and envy of those wishing only peace, respect, honor, truth and a level playing field with equal rights for all and special privileges to none, out there? This is anything but acceptable.

I refuse to accept that any group of people chould be so myopic as to be blinded by this gross dereliction of duty. Complicit to the gills, overtly corrupt and in laughable hypocrisy, congress and the House apparently 'look the other way', as the trump base, evangelicals say they can forgive his digressions because he gives them what they want.

Whatever nefarious end the means of deceit, immorality, corruption and now, comedy apparently justify. Funny. And we haven't mentioned global environmental devastation or nuclear war.

How can this happen? I thought we were better and smarter than this?

The short answer is money. We all know it.

With side dishes of power, prestige, entitlement, world domination, more money, class warfare, ethnic cleansing and (here is the punch line) adherence to family values and fiscal responsibility.

So here is my suggestion today. Yesterday we talked about taking personal responsibility for ourselves, staying healthy, helping others and keeping up the good fight. Today I would, like any self respecting comedian, offer a solution that would solve all our problems bada-bing.

Make hypocrisy a felony.