Morons of the Month - February 2019

No, no, she's not the monthly moron.  Indeed, she's a pretty smart cookie.  She's worked the system over the years to become one multi-millionaire.   Not stupid in my book.

It's the lemmings who plunked down 25 bucks or more to read her memoirs who are the real idiots here.   That includes several women in my church who have been passing around this book like it's a marijuana joint.   Frankly, I'd have to be that high to read it myself.

I want to ask all those "Becoming" readers (and buyers) if they realize that Ms. Obama probably had her hands on about 5 percent of the words in this thing.  Do you really believe that any politician on her level has the capability to write a book in world record time?  

You see, folks, there is a cottage industry of ghost writers out there who make big bucks translating the meandering thoughts of people like Michelle Obama into readable prose.   These people work in complete secrecy, but they are out there.   I mean, Presidential hopeful Kamala Harris has her memoirs out and I can't fathom when she had the time to write them given her being a US Senator and all.  Yep, I am sure there's a ghost writer behind her.   And expect similar books being "crafted" by everybody who jumps into the 2020 circus, regardless of what party they are affiliated with.

Come on, gang.  Get with it.   These folks are not writing their words.   The greatest validation of that was when that Arizona House representative Gabby Giffords who got shot in the head several years ago.    She and her husband had a book out six months later!   At least, there was a co-writer who got credit.  The latter obviously had a good agent.

Know what you are reading when you pick up these political memoirs.   Plus, in most cases, they are completely "white washed"...er, no pun intended.  For instance, Michelle Obama won't be writing how she was renowned in her law career for screaming profanity at underlings.   This I know for a fact from somebody who worked there.    

Plus Kamala Harris won't be telling you about the affair she had with a married politician who was 30 years older than she was.   Nope, that won't make the galleys.  You see, that's the five percent where the subject has influence.   The ghost writer won't be instructed to include that tidbit as they do 95% of the heavy lifting.

If you're one of the folks who cracks open one of these tomes, you are truly a moron.  And just so you know this is a bi-partisan gripe, Donald Trump didn't write "The Art of the Deal" either.

Dinner last night:  Bratwurst and German potato salad.