Morons in my time

I never thought I would see the day this quote would come true:

"As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their hearts desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."

H. L. Mencken
The Baltimore Evening Sun, July 26, 1920

VOTE.

Just vote, folks.

I went down the hill to the township office, chatted with the locals and sent off my tiny contribution to this exceedingly fucked up mess.

I hope that things work out but I have my doubts, I live in a very quiet corner of the country but, in other locales, things may get out of hand....

Damn, and to think I survived Richard Nixon only to be confronted with a serious shit sandwich in my old age.

We Be Trapped....

I've seen some pretty hideous shit in American politics over the decades, this one is exceptional.

It's kinda like being trapped in an elevator, but you actually get a choice between two companions.

The first one promptly lets out a resounding belch of last night's beer and then follows up with a finely-ripened broccoli blast of digestive methane.

The next one, as soon as the doors close and the elevator begins its descent, promptly begins projectile-vomiting in any given direction and then has a violent spasm of explosive diarrhea.

Yeah, we be pretty well fucked, no matter what.