I caught the end of Meet The Press last Sunday. For the record, I don't watch these shows as I get my fill of political punditry during the week. Some would argue I indulge too much. Like Mike Huckabee reloading his plate for the 5th time at the local Golden Corral. Mmmmm, bacon macaroni & cheese.
Nevertheless I did hear Doris Kearns Goodwin (too many names) ask why Americans, who exhibited such unity in the past when faced with crises, including 9/11, Cuban Missiles, WWII, etc., found themselves so divided when confronted with the Covid pandemic?
An outstanding question in my view.
George Will, a Republican I actually respect on some occasions, seized the microphone and blathered on about how Americans are suffering War Fatigue. Citing the endless Wars in Asia, the War on Drugs, the War on Religion, the War on Women, blah, blah, blah.
He couldn't be more wrong on the matter.
We're divided on Covid because Captain Ouchie Foot divided us. Let's recall the first words out of the gate were to the effect of, "Covid is just the next Democratic Hoax." His first response to a worldwide pandemic that has taken the lives of millions was that it was nothing more than a weapon, used to make him look bad.
Holy horseshit, that is some nuclear grade narcissism! And because Covid was a personal attack on him, his Hale Boppish followers perceived any news, warnings, medical alerts that were Covid related, as an attack on them.
He never took Covid seriously. He said so, to Bob Woodward, "I like to play it down." He liked to play it down, not because it would panic people as he stipulated, he liked to play it down because it hurt him politically. And how it would effect his economy. His re-election. His legacy, such as it is.
When Republican leaders failed to criticize his cavalier approach, he went from downplaying the deadly disease to mocking it.
"I'm not wearing a mask."
"People who wear masks are trying to make a political statement."
"...the Kung Flu, you like that? The Kung Flu."
Even as the death toll climbed from three digits, to four digits, to five and then 6, he relentlessly positioned the disease as a political cudgel against him. And by proxy, 75 million American Red Hats.
It makes my twice-vaccinated blood boil. And it has drained me of all sympathy for those who refuse to get vaccinated, who refuse to have their children vaccinated, who balk at mask mandates, and who, despite two impeachments and an Insurrection, cling to this worthless sack of diseased camel haggis.
The descendants of Benedict Arnold, Robert E. Lee, Jeffrey Dahmer and Timothy McVeigh will forever be indebted to the Trump family for stealing the crown of America's Absolute Worst.
Take your Ivermectin and go to hell.
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