Morons of the Month - June 2015

Hey, I've found my candidate for 2016.

So, Len, if that's the case, we guess you're saying that you're the Moron of the Month for June.

Um, not exactly.   Given the conga lines of assholes on both sides of the aisle who are lining up to be Presidential candidates, I can't think of a better choice than Gracie Allen.

I mean, everybody listened to her across the country.   She had a unique way of looking at things outside the box.   And, since she mounted this campaign in 1940 against the inept Wendell Wilkie and the ultimately dangerous Franklin Roosevelt, I would challenge that the country would have been better off in 2015 if she had won 75 years ago.

As regulars here know, I'm not bullish on the long term future of America as we know it and as it was founded back in 1776.  Thanks to the relentlessly stupid media and our own misguided focus, we're in a bi-polar society for which there is no little blue pill to be prescribed.

Down the rabbit hole we go a little further.

On the Republican side, there are 16 to 40 known or alleged candidates, each worse than the next.   Radical right leaning or Republicans pretending to be Democrats.  All clearly without any direction.   And leading the field is somebody named Bush and there are people in this country who won't even eat a certain brand of baked beans because it bears the same name.

There are more retreads here than there are down at your local Firestone outlet store.

The other side of the political ledger is no better and might even be worse.  Of course, most are waiting for Democrats to anoint their queen and I challenge anybody to tell me what Hillary has done in her career that warrants her having what used to be the most important job in the world.   Sleeping with Bill doesn't count because it only happened once.   We know that because we see daughter Chelsea all the time.   And, oh, by the way, has the latter's father-in-law paid back the millions of dollars he misappropriated in Congress?  That got him five years of federal prison time.  Given all the funny money deals Hillary and Bill have apparently engineered through their foundation, they should get at least that and more when they're finally up against the judge.

But I digress...

Or do I?  The other Democratic options are just as bad.   The media keeps touting this O'Malley guy who was Governor of Maryland and every picture they show of him he's got his shirt off.  So, his major attribute is being physically fit?

Then there's this raging mental patient called Bernie Sanders who claims to be an Independent but wants to run on the Democratic ticket.   What the fuck is up with that?  Hey, I'm a registered Independent in the state of California and nothing this lunatic talks about matches up with my unique beliefs.   Indeed, everything I read about Sanders makes him the ideal guest at Joseph Stalin's May Day barbecue.   

But that is what we've got, sports fans, and we have let it happen on our watch. A lot of us vote simply based on whether there is a "D" or a "R" next to somebody's name.  How about delving into the complete make-up of every candidate from grade school to present day?   And I don't mean how many parking tickets they forgot to pay as the media has investigated with regard to Marco Rubio.  Let's demand real issues, please.  And let's not fall for any marketing plans that are based on dredging up century-old sins of the nation.  I mean, that's how we got in trouble back in 2008.

If we don't do this as a nation in totality next year, we will be the morons this month and every month.  Of course, what's really been captivating everybody these days?   Bruce or whatever her name is Jenner.   Some reality stars called the Duggars.

Yeah, we're messed up.  Badly.

Still think Gracie Allen's a bad idea?

Oh, wait, you say.  Len, you can't vote for her.   She's dead.

Pish tosh, given the current slate of what's out there, this is a minor quibble.

Dinner last night:  Leftover sausage and peppers.