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| The Donald or The Groundhog (below), … |
Although
a part of me is now wondering even more just what that gosh-darned fool we call
a president is going to have to say to us come Tuesday – the date he finally
gets to stand before Congress and give the annual State of the Union speech.
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| … who do you place more faith in? |
NOT
THAT I expect anything of real significance to come from the lips of The Donald
– who at times reminds me of the old Chicago White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf
wisecrack about New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner.
Remember.
“How can you tell when Steinbrenner is not telling the truth? His lips move!”
It sounds like a pretty accurate assessment of Trump – who actually once had
his own ties to the Yankees owner and has about as overbloated an ego as the
one-time shipping magnate-turned-baseball boss.
The
only difference is that Steinbrenner put together teams that achieved their
goal of winning World Series. While Trump, for the good of us all, has consistently
failed to achieve his goal of building that ridiculous wall along the U.S./Mexico
border.
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| Steinbrenner and Trump -- two of a kind? |
HE’LL
TRASH THE Democratic caucuses of Congress for behaving responsibly and standing
up to his nonsense desires.
I
couldn’t help but notice that yet another Trump e-mail received Friday asked us
all to take a five-question “State of the Union” prep survey. Trump wants us to
say that Democrats aren’t being blamed sufficiently for the 35-day-long
shutdown of federal government, and that we’re being told lies about the
conditions along that U.S./Mexico border that Trump probably wishes he could erect
an electrified barricade along its 1,900-plus miles.
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| Punxsutawney Phil will do his act Saturday; will he be more accurate than Trump? |
Which
will truly be a level of nonsense that I suspect the masses won’t be swayed by
in the least. We’ll believe it about as much as we’ll believe the silly little
poem that the people of Punxsutawney, Pa., write up as the “words” of their
groundhog – who is supposed to tell us Saturday just how close we are to springtime.
YOU
KNOW THE drill. The groundhog supposedly knows the date, comes out of hibernation,
then flees back into his hovel if he sees his shadow. Which would mean six more
weeks of winter weather.
Whereas
if that groundhog stays outside and enjoys some fresh air, then spring is
nearby! The worst of winter is over!
What
I’ve never understood is this; if Saturday is a nice sunny day (as it’s
supposed to be in the Chicago area), doesn’t that increase the chances of the
rodent-like creature seeing a shadow?
Should
we be desperately hoping for a cloudy, overcast day on Saturday so as to
increase the likelihood of shadows being invisible?
OR
IS IT more likely that the only people who place any faith in the weather-predicting
ability of the groundhog are the same ones who fall into the 37 percent
(according to the Gallup Organization) who these days still look favorably upon
Donald Trump’s performance as president?
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| More faith in Bill Murray than either! |
I’m
actually inclined to think that the groundhog and anything Trump has to say as
part of his national address will be equally absurd and filled with nothing but
pure horse-hockey.
But
then again, the concept of Groundhog Day did give is that somewhat entertaining
1993 film by Bill Murray – the one in which every day is Groundhog Day and he
has to keep reliving the experience no matter how insipid.
Just
suppose that same concept happened to Tuesday and every day we would have to hear
Trump give a ridiculous address for the State of the Union? That would be the
worst thing that could happen to all of us!
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