By Mike Bibb
While I'm not yet considered a totally incapacitated primate — at least not physically — I do have the fortune of living through 15 U.S. Presidential cycles (since Harry Truman) and still recall most of them.
Some with more fondness than others, and some I'd rather forget.
I suppose that opinion would be acceptable to most folks, other than hard core political party aficionados, placing "Party before country" tripe. Which I've really never fully understood. There must be a reason they think the way they do, but it's beyond me.
Maybe some kind of genetic abnormality. Perhaps the parents, grandparents and great grandparents had similar x and y chromosomes; too many of one and not enough of the other. Who knows?
Like a certain Supreme Court Justice recently admitted, I'm not an expert biologist either. However, that particular justice didn't have any difficulty being nominated and approved for the court, so there's still hope I'll eventually be a useful functioning member of society.
Of course, not by becoming a Supreme Court Justice. Probably closer to living my life as a semi-intelligent, stubborn country knot head whose views on politics and government might be closer to reality than media's talking heads, who are continually trying to convince me things are not as bad as they seem, or they're actually worse because President Trump is to blame.
Which seems similar to the usual dialogue and scripted stunts between the Dems and Repubs — at least for the past 15 administrations I've witnessed (Trump, twice).
Admittedly, it's intensified the past several years. Two impeachments, two assassination attempts, multiple indictments, arrests, FBI home invasions, attempted ballot removals and an endless stream of lawsuits have propelled Donald Trump to the forefront of the "Most Harassed President" in U.S. history.
I've also seen these skirmishes with my own eyes, and it wasn't very long ago. Although, his staff hasn't insinuated Trump "is an elderly man with a poor memory" to avoid prosecution.
That excuse seems to be part of a Democrat legal defense tactic in response to shielding former President Joe Biden, who is obviously struggling with slowing mental functions, in addition to facing Congressional investigations, accusations and scandalous Presidential autopen improprieties.
Actually, daily Democrat and Republican pugilisms are as common as members of The View expressing a biased opinion of the 47th President. Odds are, it's going to happen over and over, regardless of the facts or situations.
However, I've noticed a slight change in rhetoric; Trump is now being called a "King" by the Dems rather than the customary "Hitler" moniker he's been slammed with the past several years.
Not sure if that's an improvement or merely realization by the Democrats that they've overused the Nazi analogy and people are no longer paying attention.
A good marketer understands when the brand begins to fade in the public's eye, it's time to revise the sales pitch and try a new gimmick.
"Hitler," "King" — same sort of accusation repackaged in an updated container with a fancy new label.
What's next? Your guess is as good as mine but you can be sure it will reflect a similar theme and repeated often. "Monarch," "Tyrant" and "Dictator" could be suitable replacements and conducive to the idea that Trump is still a scoundrel and should be impeached for the 3rd, 4th, 5th or 17th time.
Almost as if Democrats have nothing else to do other than hound Trump until his term in office ends in three-and-a-half years.
By then, he'll be in his early 80s — age appropriate to be considered an "elderly man with a poor memory" who's uncertain if he's still President.
But just to make sure, he'd better follow Joe's lead and issue bundles of pardons for his family, White House staff, lawn keepers, cabinet members, Secret Service detail, close friends, Air Force One pilots and anyone who has ever talked on the phone with Trump, shook his hand, spoke favorably of him or purchased one of his watches.
While at it, might be a good idea he pardons himself for any past, present or future legal entanglements. Just in case Donald is subpoenaed to court someday and asked by the prosecution "To the best of your knowledge, do you know if you have ever been President of the United States? If so, when?"
In response, Trump may answer "I think that's a question you should ask my predecessor. You can probably find him sleeping down at the beach."
