Head in the sand

Last night I went to a friend’s place for dinner. After the meal, the three of us played cards (a crazy game called Five Crowns). At one point, when I was part way through dealing a hand, one of them said, “I shouldn’t say this, but I hope someone shoots him.” (The “him” to whom he was referring was, of course, the Tangerine Wankmaggot.) To which our host replied, “I don’t mind saying it. I hope someone does shoot him.” And then I had to tell the others to count their cards, because somewhere mid-deal I’d gone off to a happy place where someone had indeed shot him and lost track of how many cards I’d dealt.

I can’t bear it. The ceremony has by now taken place. The Wankmaggot is once again President of the United States. Like the day after the election I find I must unplug from all news, close my eyes, put my hands over my ears and say “La, la, la” over and over again to block it all out.

Clearly I am not the only one. Apparently MSNBC’s primetime viewership has dropped by over 50% since the election. Too many people who went through the insanity once, simply cannot (or refuse to) believe it’s happening again. Bringing Rachel Maddow back five nights a week probably won’t help.

Yes, there was a People’s March in Washington on Saturday, but it drew tens of thousands, not the hundreds of thousands who turned up in 2015. Some naïve signs declared WE WON’T GO BACK! But, ladies and gentlemen, you have gone back.

The Wankmaggot once again has the nuclear launch codes and this time, as many have pointed out, there are no guard rails. Most of his totally insane cabinet nominees (including Right Fucking Knob as Health Secretary – welcome back, polio) will be confirmed by the Republican senate. The lunatics are officially in charge of the asylum.

At least the last Wankmaggot inauguration led to something good – the formation of the Bad Girls Book Club. I can’t see anything good coming out of this.

Even if someone did manage to shoot the asshole, what then? Another giant asshole would replace him. A Vance administration would be very bad news indeed for everyone in the United States who isn’t an affluent white male. Although it might do less damage in the rest of the world.

La, la, la.