Our Father
"Quit your god-damned belly aching!" -- Dad
My brother and I have fond memories of out late father saying this frequently in the years of our childhood. It was usually followed by an exact version of the combination that Bob Fitzsimmon's used to knock out heavyweight champion Jim Corbett on St. Patrick's Day in 1897. And it never failed to deliver both a head- and belly ache.
I do not know how the US Supreme Court will rule on this one. Neither do you. If I were a betting man, I'd wager in the defendant's favor. Not only because of the corrupt scum and right-wing christians on the court, but because the issue at hand is in a gray area. Timing is everything, and it would thus have been different if decided after Jack Smith convicts the defendant for January 6. While a good argument can be made for state's rights in keeping the human shit-stain off of the ballot, his not being convicted yet will likely translate to the defendant being on the ballot.
Even if he had already been convicted -- by either the Senate or in federal court -- there are enough issues involving the lone federal election, that it was unlikely individual states could take the defendant off the ballot. While I would prefer he be flushed to the septic tank of history, I recognize the republican party would -- at very least -- attempt to abuse the precedent.
Let me assure you I'm not crying about that, and not because Dad would give me something to cry about if I didn't stop crying. No gnashing of teeth here, nor anticipation of the smashing of them, either. I don't even have to remind myself to have some self-respect, because in the context of the real struggle, the attempts to keep him off the ballot have already served a delighful purpose.
Being of zero skills with technology, I go immediately to my abacus. I count how many times the defendant has fared well in the courts since 2020. It's not a record that earns the defendant a title shot, despite my desire to see him fight Mike Tyson. Mike would give him something to whine about.
The important case right now has to do with the defendant whimpering that he has absolute immunity. According to my figuring on the abacus, I can say without any chance of being wrong that this is at least a thousand times more important than the ballot case. And that there is less than one in a billion chance the USSC will agree with him.
Now, my friends liked talking with my father about politics, because he never punched them. But when one complained about the media, my father asked, "What are you? Empty-headed or dense? Because the purpose of the media is to confiscate your common sense, and hypnotize you with commercials. Try thinking for yourself for once in your life. It's better than being such a cry baby. You ever see a team named the 'cry babies' win in sports?"
I surely miss my father, though not his Joe Louis-like combinations. I am glad that he isn't around to see the republican mess in DC. It bothered him enough to see Newt Gingrich elected to the House. I remember him snarling, "St. Patrick drove the god damned snakes off our island, and it's up to your generation to keep them from holding office in this country. Now get off your dead ass and campaign for Democrats."
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Inspiring as always
