Sunday, June 21, 2020

Opuscula

Alfred E. Neuman
Is the only decent
Candidate in 2020

THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION leaves me with three choices:

    1.  Donald John Trump

    2.   Jos. Robinette Biden Jr.

    3.  Alfred E. Neuman

Of the three, two are unworthy of my vote.

The third is a cartoon character from EC Comics’ Mad Magazine.

 

 

Trump lost my vote when he opened his mouth at his rally in Tulsa OK.

There was absolutely NOTHING “OK” in Oklahoma.

Trump’s answer to the rising number of positive tests for the Chinese virus: Stop testing!

Given the ease at which the virus spreads, testing is the surest — albeit admittedly not with 100% accuracy — means of identifying carriers. Carriers can be isolated and treated.

I did not see one — NOT ONE – person wearing a mask at the Trump rally.

I also did not see any evidence of “social distancing.”

Since their “leader” refuses to wear a mask — despite several White House staffers who tested positive for the virus — it is not surprising that the Oakies at the rally followed their leader.

I do NOT plan any trips in the near future to Sooner State.

He threatens to being the GOP convention to Jacksonville FL.

Jacksonville has a huge Navy presence. I suggest he order at least one of the Navy’s hospital ships to tie up at Naval Station Mayport.

If the convention is typical of political conventions of both major parties, the proverbial “drunken sailors” should remain in quarters until the drunken conventioneers leave town.

Trump is, in my opinion, a disgrace.

His tweets are provocative and insulting.

His foot-in-mouth gaffes are without either number or redeeming social value.

He needs a script writer and someone to make certain he follows the script.

He HAS tried to keep his campaign promises. The Democrats have thwarted him at every turn.

On the other hand, working for POTUS is a revolving door. Trump apparently only wants sycophants; he reminds me of the Hans Christian Andersen story of the Emperor's New Clothes — tell me what I want to hear or, to borrow from the Queen in Louis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, Off with his head!

 

Cartoon by Steve Sack, Minneapolis Star Tribune 15 FEB 18 (https://tinyurl.com/yc3ynmnc)
Minnesota is the state that gave America a great orator, Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. , and in recent days, the racist Ilhan Omar.

 

Jos. Robinette Biden Jr.

Biden is a confirmed loser.

This is his third or fourth run at the White House.

The media, even the liberal, leftist media points out his confusion when he ties to make a point; a point he often forgets before his finishes the preamble.

 

Candidate in action
Watch https://tinyurl.com/y6vkh4oq

 

Biden’s second biggest handicap; his first being definite signs of senility at only 77 years of age, is being Obama’s vice president.

Obama is the reason Trump is president.

Never mind that BOTH candidates have been accused of disrespecting women and minorities. (Both candidates deny these allegations.)

 

Is this the best we can do?

If Messrs. Trump and Biden are the best America has to offer, it is no wonder that the nation is rapidly becoming a laughingstock.

It did not start with Trump, although he has certainly added fuel to the fire. His predecessor did more damage to America’s image than anyone previously. Ms. Clinton’s lies as Secretary of State and post-election antics, coupled with the constant attacks by a far-left Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, along with the mutterings of “The Squad” of anti-American racists have farther reduced America in the eyes of the world.

 

I’m Mad about Alfred E.

This will be my 18th presidential election.

In ever previous election, I voted for the person who I though could best serve the country. The nation has survived this long despite some presidents who this scrivener is glad served only one term. The last good president, at least in my opinion, was Harry S Truman. Some others were “OK”.

Presidential sex scandals don’t raise eyebrows in Europe where sexual peccadilloes are commonplace.

But stupidity.

Senility.

These are things that disgrace the nation.

No matter who wins in November, America loses.

For the first time in my voting career I will vote for an imaginary candidate: Alfred E. Neuman.

 

Mad Magazine cover for July 1968. How many pols can you identify ?
(https://tinyurl.com/ydz8d4cs)

 

Alfred E. was a creation Harvey Kurtzman and was introduced to the world via William M. Gaines’ MAD magazine in 1952. He's as qualified as either Trump or Biden. He is at least 35 years old. He was “born” in the U.S.

He even has a campaign slogan: “What, Me Worry?”

I think maybe Trump has taken that slogan and applied it to the Chinese virus, since neither he nor his followers don masks or maintain social distancing” Presidents should set a positive example.

Trump does not.

On the other hand, Biden may forget how to get to the Executive Office from the presidential bedroom.

For America, it is a lose-lose election.

No matter who wins, America loses.

Can America survive these candidates?

Will America recover from their occupancy of the White House?


Others also wonder. The Dry Bones blog (https://tinyurl.com/rrrd6uk)

 



 

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