How does it feel to be on your own? Sifting through the rubble, bringing up the dead, reassembling history from below.
Letters from an American, Heather Cox Richardson, January 24, 2024
My hot take:
For some comic relief, imagine the Orange Grump is a presidential candidate on some glitzy Reality TV show. Bigger than The Apprentice; bigger than Survivor! Everyone watches it. But, and this is the relief part, entirely benign. A TV show. Not really an incredibly grave National Security threat. Not really a violent fascist that inspires his cult followers to threaten and/or commit acts of violence against his political enemies (immigrants, judges, election workers, liberals, whoever). Not a serial financial fraudster and crooked business deals crook. Not a serial abuser of women. Or, in general, not a serial human rights abuser. Not an unbelievably toxic agent of social division and conflict. Just a TV show. Maybe like House of Cards only funnier; more an over the top dumpster fire cartoon caricature of a presidential candidate as a monumental ass. In that world, have to admit, "NIKKI CAME IN LAST, NOT SECOND!" is a good line.
My hot take:
For some comic relief, imagine the Orange Grump is a presidential candidate on some glitzy Reality TV show. Bigger than The Apprentice; bigger than Survivor! Everyone watches it. But, and this is the relief part, entirely benign. A TV show. Not really an incredibly grave National Security threat. Not really a violent fascist that inspires his cult followers to threaten and/or commit acts of violence against his political enemies (immigrants, judges, election workers, liberals, whoever). Not a serial financial fraudster and crooked business deals crook. Not a serial abuser of women. Or, in general, not a serial human rights abuser. Not an unbelievably toxic agent of social division and conflict. Just a TV show. Maybe like House of Cards only funnier; more an over the top dumpster fire cartoon caricature of a presidential candidate as a monumental ass. In that world, have to admit, "NIKKI CAME IN LAST, NOT SECOND!" is a good line.
HCR's full take.