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Sunday Talk Show Bullshit
As I do most Sundays, I am sitting here now with my coffee cup in my hand, watching the Sunday morning political talk shows.
The remote is sitting next to me, and I’m clicking from one station to the next. And if I may be so bold as to quote one of my heroines, “I call bullshit.”
I’m listening to elected officials like Joni Ernst and Chris Christie, and political operatives like Rahm Emanuel and George Stephanopolous. They’re arguing about all the key issues of the day, and naturally, they’re leaning predictably right or left.
They’re bickering back and forth about the impeachment and whether it was “fair”. Mostly they’re arguing about who stands to lose more in the 2020 elections. Will the Democrats come out on top, with some moral superiority? Or will the Republicans gain votes by insisting that the President won this round?
They aren’t talking about the damage that may or may not have been done to the institutions that were designed to protect us. They aren’t talking about the lies that took place right out there in front of us, or about the likelihood that we are moving into an era of nearly unlimited executive power.
Nope. They’re talking about parties and winning.
And I also notice that as I listen to the talking heads discussing the Iowa Caucuses, I keep hearing the…
