The latest round of political cartoons is worth considering
today. These are all found in the
Washington Post.
This is by
far the most hopeful and least likely to be realized offering. Sargent matches the tremendously significant actions
of men setting out into the unknown against the seemingly equally hazardous
decision to eliminate the partisan nature of a badly gridlocked
legislature. Columbus and crew, and the
Men under Captains Lewis and Clark had only their lives to risk. The illustrious members of Congress must
worry about remaining in elected office long enough to be chosen to complete
the next roster of lobbyists. They all
claim to want what is best for the nation and its people. For some reason that almost always works out
to be a high paying influence peddling position for the “Gentleman from ____.”
I don’t
expect much change in the behavior of our Congress. I still favor voting out almost all
incumbents.
This should be
a self-healing event. Fox News has been
broadcasting so much bullshit and so many obvious lies that they fell into
their own bizzaro world. Now they are
all trapped in a reality of their own making that exists nowhere else in the
nation. Sadly, they’ve created enough
belief in their fairy tales that there remains a long line outside waiting to
enter the bubble. There is no cure for
this condition.
We’ll take the road almost not taken and try to rebuild the
educational system, the infrastructure, and the trust in government that have
all been so greatly damaged.
Somewhere, super-rich Republicans are counting up just how
much their last attempt to buy the presidency cost them. They may have to sell a yacht, a vacation
home, or a casino or two. Too bad!
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