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I was surprised that they ran it at all for its incendiary attacks, but they barely changed anything, even demoting RAYGUN to "3rd tier actor" where I granted the leeway of "2nd or 3rd tier". But my anger achieved its goal since I told my friend last week I was so angry at the health situation she's enduring that I would channel it through an angry letter to the paper dedicated to her.
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[font size=5] Reality TV president [/font]
Republicans somehow acquired the image of being strait-laced or moralists or just uptight, and yet they have shocked us time and again by how far they will go to grasp power.
It seemed like we thought Ronald Reagan couldnt be worse, having a third-tier actor as president. Then came George W. Bush, and we thought it couldnt be worse, having a wastrel and business-wrecker. And the buzzword was gravitas, as in, lack of. And gravitas was drumbeat to death but in the end it didnt do a thing to stop him. This time, its a Reality TV freak and the buzzword was presidential as in, lack of. And, oh, how everybody looked for him to grow and change and spout some substance, but not finding any didnt stop him. We are now entreated to give him a chance and ignore the scores of bad behaviors over his lifetime that are a prologue of what is sure to come.
There have been articles by Italians saying that they went through this with Silvio Berlusconi, the billionaire prime minister for nine years, as the autocrat-type and that the way to deal with him is to believe him, his threats, bluster and jokes. Ignore little signs of normality. Institutions wont save you; he doesnt observe norms.
At my age, I probably wont see what the Republicans will put forth next, so Im curious.
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KT2000
(20,576 posts)and amazing it was printed!
Cha
(297,154 posts)I guess it depends what state or city the newspaper is.. Don't blame you for not saying.
It's a dose of reality anywhere!